University of Utah News

Denver, CO December 17, 2013 Key Equipment Finance , one of the nation's largest bank-held equipment finance companies and an affiliate of KeyCorp , has named Mark H. Thomas senior vice president and west region sales director for the bank channel.

O'Mara recently headed up external communications for Rocky Mountain Power, and previously she had 15 years of news media experience with KSL and the Deseret News.

A former home economics teacher for eight years and special education administrator for 16 years, Margaret Quayle knows how to transform a house into a home.

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 18, 2013 - In some mountain ranges, Earth's warming climate is driving rabbit relatives known as pikas to higher elevations or wiping them out.

Ken Stilson, 69, and Kathleen Stilson, 69, passed away due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Dec. 12, 2013 near Axtell.

Girl, 13, declared brain dead after having her tonsils removed is to be taken off life support AGAINST her family's wishes So THAT'S why your toddler might not be sleeping: Many parents put their child to bed 'far too early' Couple spend a MONTH in jail after cops refused to believe the white 'bricks' in their car were homemade soap and not cocaine ... (more)

A study published in the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy looked at 717 people in long-distance relationships and 425 in 'geographically close ' relationships, to assess the quality of their relationships.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - A recently discovered bone from the hand of an East African hominim provides the earliest record of a structural feature related to tool use.

By measuring seismic waves from earthquakes, scientists were able to map the magma chamber underneath the Yellowstone caldera as 55 miles long, lead author Jamie Farrell of the University of Utah said Monday.

Dec. 16, 2013 - Have you ever had a strange mole on your body and wondered if it was skin cancer? The best move is to schedule an appointment with a dermatologist, but many wait without realizing they could be dealing with melanoma.

University of Utah researchers have discovered a naturally occurring genetic variation in mice that predisposes carriers toward developing severe, inflammatory arthritis.

University of Utah Hospital has been named by the National Institutes of Health as a member of the NIH Store Trials Network, of a network of regional stroke centers across the country that will try to revolutionize clinical stroke research.

For $150, a University of Utah student could buy a few tanks of gas, a couple of weeks' worth of groceries - or maybe a textbook for an English class.

Colorado City, Ariz. a As Kristyn Decker woke up early Saturday morning, she thought she was going to have a good day.

"Be bold. Be kind, Be gracious. Be curious. Be where you are," commencement speaker Michele Norris-Johnson advised the University of Michigan's 2013 winter graduates Sunday.

Yellowstone National Park, located in the United States, is home to a super volcano where seismic activity creates geysers and hot springs.

"It's going to save lives and it's going to make our community a safer place," said Tooele Mayor Patrick Dunlavy.

"I came in with a little bit of fear _ not wanting to let myself be known," said Mendez, a freshman Democrat from Tempe.

A U.S. District Court judge has sided with the polgyamous Brown family, ruling that key parts of Utah's polygamy laws are unconstitutional.

Andreessen Horowitz, the ScarJo of venture firms, has just put $75 million into Oculus Rift to help the company take its technology mainstream.