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Salt Lake City The University of Utah has been named one of the nation's 100 best values in public colleges for 2014 by Kiplinger's Personal Finance in a report released Dec. 11. This is the fourth time the U has appeared on the list.

A lizard captures oxygen from air both when inhaling and exhaling - a feat normally associated with birds.

University of Utah students sharply questioned President David Pershing on Wednesday as he denied talk that the school's top diversity officer, Octavio Villalpando , had been asked to resign.

The findings -- published online Dec. 11 in the journal Nature -- raise the possibility this breathing pattern originated 270 million years ago, about 20 million years earlier than previously believed and 100 million years before the first birds.

Monitor lizards breathe by taking in air that flows through their lungs in a one-way loop - a pattern of breathing that may have originated 270 million years ago in the ancestral group that gave rise to dinosaurs, and eventually alligators and birds, a new study finds.

The upper image is a colorized CT scan showing different airways in the lung of a monitor lizard.

Wildfires in the western United States are getting worse, and human-caused climate change may be the main culprit in the hotter, more dangerous infernos, new research suggests.

Audience members watch dancers from the Malialole Dance group perform during a Human Rights Day of celebration at the University of Utah College of Social Work on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013.

A panel of experts at the University of Utah will explore the topic of the ethics of collecting, managing and using big data.

Nearly 20 years after it began, a David-and-Goliath struggle over a small piece of downtown Salt Lake City commercial property has quietly gone to the giant.

Women, the elderly and some of Utah's most vulnerable populations in need of specialty care from nurse practitioners now will be able to receive those services, thanks, in part, to a faculty member from USU Eastern.

The supervolcano that lies beneath Yellowstone National Park in the US is far larger than was previously thought, scientists report.

Expectant mothers who smoke marijuana may increase their risk of stillbirth, according to a new study .

"Bidder 70" will e shown on Sunday, December 15th at 7:00 p.m. at the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine.

Ramen Pop-Up Fiana Bistro chef/proprietor Brandon Edward Price and foodie/cook/KUER producer Benjamin Bombard are teaming up on Friday, Dec. 13, to host a unique dinner at Enko Pop-up Restaurant.

From the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, George E. Whalen VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT ; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Department of Neurology , University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Department of Health and Exercise Sciences, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY ; Institute of Preventative ... (more)

Two Utah mothers know that when your newborn is in the intensive care unit, in that moment, the experience seems like it will never end.

University of Utah President David Pershing said providing students with access and excellence in education continue to be his top priorities as the university moves forward on a number of initiatives.

The risk is also increased by smoking cigarettes, using other legal and illegal drugs and being exposed to secondhand smoke.

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