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• Sorenson Legacy Foundation Gives University of Utah $15 Million to Develop Anchor Facility for New 'Interdisciplinary Quadrangle' Linking Upper, Lower Campuses

  - 2008-10-27

  Dedicated to Biomedical and Neurosciences Research, the James L. Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building Will Be First of Four Multidisciplinary Facilities on 11 Acres in Center of Campus, and Will Be the Cornerstone of State's $500 Million 'Utah Science Technology And Research Initiative,' a University-Based Drive to Build Interdisciplinary Teams That...

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• Learn to earn: executive education provides the next level of learning

  - 2008-06-01

  Doctors, nurses and technicians at the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics are good at getting to the bottom of a patient's medical problems and prescribing a path towards wellness. But soon after University Hospital's Chief Financial Officer Gordon Crabtree's arrival, he couldn't help but see that, "We had...

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• U. graduate to help fight AIDS in Africa

  - 2008-05-18

  After several years of studying the effects and complications of AIDS and the human immunodeficiency virus, new University of Utah graduate Nicole Nguyen will take what she knows to Africa, where the disease is known to infect nearly 15 percent of the total population. Nguyen, 21, says that...

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• Triathlon, 5K to benefit clinic

  - 2008-04-24

  If you're looking for a good activity -- or three -- that will help you have fun outdoors, get into shape and benefit the homeless, consider the Fourth Street Clinic Eighth Annual Triathlon & 5K Saturday. Registration is ongoing for an individual triathlon (300-yard swim, 8-mile mountain bike,...

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• U. housing snuffs out smoking

  - 2008-01-28

  Students living on campus at the University of Utah may have to change some habits beginning Friday, thanks to new smoking rules imposed within housing units. Two-thirds of the U.'s on-campus apartments are already smoke- free, but the rest will be joining them shortly. Up until...

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• People on the move

  - 2008-01-27

  -- Larry D. Hancock, chief executive officer of Intermountain Urban Central Region, has been elected to serve as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Utah Hospitals and Health Systems Association. As chairman, Hancock will lead the 21-member board in developing policy and direction for the association for the...

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• Ex-U. biochemistry chairman Velick dies

  - 2008-01-05

  Sidney F. Velick, former chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Utah School of Medicine, died Dec. 29 in Salt Lake City. Velick was widely recognized for his research in protein biophysics, particularly enzyme structure and mechanisms. He was also an advocate for mental health...

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• U. choral program gets $1M donation

  - 2007-12-09

  The University of Utah School of Music is the recipient of a million-dollar donation that will benefit the school's choral department. The Kem Crosby Gardner and Carolyn Barnes Gardner Presidential Endowed Chair for Choral Studies will go toward developing the U.'s choral program. The announcement was made by...

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• Golden Spike Awards presented

  - 2007-11-22

  Four individuals and several agencies along the Wasatch Front were honored recently during the annual Golden Spike Awards, recognizing exceptional work in the communications fields. The Golden Spike Awards are presented annually by the Greater Salt Lake and Utah Valley chapters of the Public Relations Society of America...

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• Magic show is today at U.'s Newman Center

  - 2007-11-03

  Father Daniel with the Catholic Newman Center at the University of Utah is performing a spiritual magic show today. The show is to benefit high school students attending a Religious Education Youth Day in Anaheim, Calif., and the cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages...

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