University of Utah News

Dennis Baron is Professor of English and Linguistics at the University of Illinois.

Bruce Larrabee and LonA1 2 Vilnius are among the members of the Park City Professional Artists Association with pieces featured in an exhibit at the Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre in Salt Lake City.

Dr. James Mumford examines seven-year-old Elizabeth Childers of Union. Mumford began practicing pediatrics in Union last month.

Gov. Gary Herbert says he's had enough with the bickering and incivility and relentless contentiousness suffocating debate over Utah's land and energy resource use.

One of the most ambitious one-time mass-transit projects in the nation's history, called FasTracks - $4.7 billion, 122 miles of passenger rail and a hectic construction schedule of only 12 years - was approved by voters here in 2004 along with a regionwide sales tax to pay for it.

University of Utah chemists demonstrated the first conclusive link between the size of catalyst particles on a solid surface, their electronic properties and their ability to speed chemical reactions.

New research shows that less fat in the diet might protect men from aggressive prostate cancer that can lead to increased mortality.

The University of Utah will celebrate the initial observations or "first light" of its new $860,000 research telescope in southwest Utah during a Wednesday, Nov.

Ex Libris announced that the Utah Academic Library Consortium has chosen the Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery platform for the Mountain West Digital Library.

A leading Utah state senator with nearly 30 years in the Legislature says he will be forced out of office if a citizen initiative on legislative ethics passes.

MANSFIELD: Bulent Servet Tasman, Jr. 'Bill', age 53, died unexpectedly October 31, 2009.

Nov. 2, 2009 -- Elder Tommy George has not spoken his aboriginal language of Kuku Thaypan for three years, since his brother died.

In spite of strong government encouragement, about half the people of Utah do not intend to get vaccinated for the H1N1 virus.

Have you ever used Adderall to cram before a midterm or to write a paper? Adderall's scientific name is amphetamine, and in David Daberkow's presentation Thursday, "Amphetamine; an old drug - " a new mechanism," he explained how biologists at ISU are studying its effects on human behavior.

On this day in 1969, what would became the Internet was used for the first time--and crashed.

It's a good thing the Utah Department of Transportation has been working the past few weeks to convert heavy dump trucks used for summer construction into snowplows.

Former First Lady and famous librarian Laura Bush came to Salt Lake City on Monday to speak at the opening of the newly remodeled University of Utah library.

Scientists questing after a long-sought new medical adhesive describe copying the natural glue secreted by a tiny sea creature called the sandcastle worm in the latest episode in the American Chemical Society's award-winning podcast series, "Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions." Such an adhesive is needed to repair bones shattered in battlefield ...

When we think of domestic violence, we often think of it as someone else's problem.

Contrary to what you might believe, living near a variety of restaurants, convenience stores, supermarkets and even fast food outlets actually lowers your risk for obesity, according to a new study from the University of Utah.