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02/08/10 - Salt Lake Tribune - Utah Museum of Fine Arts: Painter David Meikle creates a big, big picture
A career in painting wasn't always part of the plan. For (Dave) Meikle, it's work that comes first, even when it comes to art. His job as senior graphic designer at the University of Utah's marketing and communication office, a position he's held ever since graduating in 1994 with a degree in graphic design and illustration from the same school, made him comfortable with production budgets, deadlines and schedules.
02/05/10 - KSL - Kids with autism discover a new window for therapy
A most unusual kind of therapy! That's what folks are saying about something that unexpectedly has captured the eyes of those with autism. In a room at the University of Utah, KSL watched as kids and adults with autism discovered a fascinating tool -- a piece of software called "SketchUp."
02/02/10 - New York Times - Decades Later, Post-Polio Syndrome Troubles Survivors
So when Becky Lloyd, a researcher at the American West Center of the University of Utah, started an oral history project on polio last fall, she imagined weaving a tapestry of memory - a filling in of details about quarantines and rehabilitation units and hospital wards, with their rows of iron-lung breathing machines that became the most chilling symbols of the disease's attack. Polio cases peaked in the United States in 1952.
Also in the Deseret News
02/01/10 - Commedy Central - Colbert Report
U of U Sports Psychologist Nicole Miller talks about going to the Vancouver Olympics as a mental coach for the US Speedskating team.
Also on FOXBusiness, KSL-TV, in Daily Utah Chronicle, and KUTV-2
02/01/10 - FOX Business Network - A Salt Lake City Success
Mayor Ralph Becker discusses the success of Salt Lake City, saying, "We've been very fortunate...We're the home of the University of Utah, a major research university, and it's creating several thousand jobs, new jobs, a year..."
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Releases from the last 45 days (Dec 26th, '09 to Feb 9th, '10)...
February 2, 2010
African Gala, Haitian Relief Benefit
The Black Student Union (BSU) and African American Programs at the University of Utah will host a one of a kind celebration and silent auction to kick-off Black History Month and serve as a benefit gala for their Haitian relief project.
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February 2, 2010
2010 Middle East Lecture Series at U Explores Perspectives on the State of Democracy in the Middle East
The University of Utah's Middle East Lecture Series kicks off its 2010 lecture series with four talks examining the emerging patterns of political participation in the Middle East and its impact on the meaning of legitimacy for regimes and citizens in the region.
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February 2, 2010
 Big Study of Dirty Air Inversions
At times this winter, the greater Salt Lake City area has harbored the most polluted air in the United States. Now, researchers from the University of Utah and other institutions are starting a three-year, $1.3 million study to better understand the winter weather "inversion" conditions frequently associated with poor air quality.
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January 29, 2010
 Genetically Superior Web Sites
The University of Utah Genetic Science Learning Center Web sites that have brought millions of viewers fascinating animations of the size and scale of cells, drug-addicted mice, and other captivating lessons in genetics, have been honored by the journal Science with the first Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE) Award.
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January 28, 2010
 Sketching Up Autism: Google Workshop Helps Parents and Teachers of Children with Autism
A Google software program called SketchUp, which was intended largely for architects and design professionals, has found a very unexpected and welcome fan base-children with autism. SketchUp is entertaining kids with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) as well as providing them with skills that might one day help them as they age out of school and into the workforce.
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January 27, 2010
 National ACLU President Enters Debate on Terrorism vs. Freedom of Speech
The very security of the United States could be at stake unless some limits are placed on freedom of speech. That's the issue to be argued in this year's Fordham Debate by College of Law Professor Amos Guiora and Susan Herman, president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
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January 26, 2010
 U of U Exercise and Sports Science Professor Helps Heads, Not Bodies, of US Speedskaters at Vancouver Olympic Games
Nicole Detling Miller, PhD, graduate of and visiting assistant professor in exercise and sport science at the University of Utah, is one of four mental coaches-those trained in the psychosocial aspects of sport-who will accompany U.S. teams to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
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January 26, 2010
Surprise: Blood Platelets can Reproduce
University of Utah researchers led an international team of scientists that is the first to report on the previously undescribed ability of platelets to reproduce themselves in the circulation. Their revolutionary findings were published online ahead of print, Jan. 19, 2010, in the journal Blood.
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January 25, 2010
 Students Showcase Research with Posters on the Hill
More than two dozen University of Utah undergraduate students will join counterparts from Utah State University in presenting "Research Posters on the Hill: A Celebration of Undergraduate Research" to Utah State Legislators on Thursday, Jan. 28, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the rotunda of the State Capitol.
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January 24, 2010
 How 'Random' Lasers Work
When University of Utah scientists discovered a new kind of laser that was generated by an electrically conducting plastic or polymer, no one could explain how it worked and some doubted it was real. Now, a decade later, the Utah researchers have found these "random lasers" occur because of natural, mirror-like cavities in the polymers, and they say such lasers may prove useful for diagnosing cancer.
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January 20, 2010
The University of Utah Ranks as World-Class
The Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranks the University of Utah (U of U) number 80 in the 2009 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU.) Since the ARWU was first released in June 2003, the University of Utah has been among the top 100 universities in the world, the only school in Utah so recognized.
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January 14, 2010
 Gators Breathe Like Birds
University of Utah scientists discovered that air flows in one direction as it loops through the lungs of alligators, just as it does in birds. The study suggests this breathing method may have helped the dinosaurs' ancestors dominate Earth after the planet’s worst mass extinction 251 million years ago.
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January 14, 2010
 U Music Faculty Nominated for Grammy
Mezzo-soprano Kirsten Gunlogson has been nominated for a Grammy award in the category of best classical album of 2009 for her performance on the album "Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges" (The Child and the Spells) with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra.
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January 14, 2010
 Diversity: The New Frontier in Science
"Diversity - The New Frontier in Science: Keeping the Dream Alive" is the theme of the University of Utah's 26th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration. The week-long celebration will highlight the growing contributions and importance of a diverse workforce in the sciences and technology through educational equity and opportunity.
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January 12, 2010
Re-Imagining Cities: Urban Design after the Age of Oil
The University of Utah College of Architecture + Planning is hosting a groundbreaking exhibition showcasing the new visions of architects, planners, policy makers, and designers for our lives and our cities in a future without oil. This exhibition provides a graphic tour of both real-world and exploratory ideas, projects, and designs.
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January 12, 2010
 Jon Huntsman, Jr. Returns to U to Deliver 2010 Commencement Address
The University of Utah Board of Trustees announced today that United States Ambassador to China and former Governor of Utah Jon Huntsman, Jr. will deliver the commencement address at the 2010 commencement ceremony, to be held on Friday, May 7 in the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
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January 12, 2010
U of U Research Dollars Have Double Impact on Utah's Economy
The University of Utah pumps millions of dollars, thousands of jobs into the Utah economy, a recent study of research spending has found.
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January 11, 2010
Middle East Film Series Shows Another Side of the Story
Now more than ever, the Middle East is introduced to Americans through newscasts of violent warfare, poverty and aggression. Yet film makers from the region tell a different tale. The University of Utah's Middle East film series provides viewers a personal glimpse into the lives, loves, struggles and languages of the complex peoples and cultures of this region.
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January 6, 2010
American West Center at University of Utah Looking for Polio Survivors
In an effort to document the social and cultural history of Polio locally - especially the course, treatment and long-term outcomes of Polio victims - the American West Center at the University of Utah is developing an oral history record of Polio survivors and clinicians who treated Polio. The materials gathered will be available to clinicians, researchers and the general public through the Special Collections Department of the University of Utah's Marriott Library.
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January 5, 2010
 Birds Fight Alien Parasites
Unlike Hawaii and other island groups, no native bird has gone extinct in the Galapagos Islands, although some are in danger. But University of Utah biologists found that finches - the birds Darwin studied - develop antibodies against two parasites that moved to the Galapagos, suggesting the birds can fight the alien invaders.
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