U Friends Around the World
Olá from Brazil! The photos are from a University of Utah alumni event, held on April 14 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. We have many prominent alumni in the Sao Paulo area, and throughout Brazil. Mark Neeleman,...
View ArticleEducational Futures and Student Success Task Force
Since its founding in 1850, the University of Utah has diligently pursued a three-part, time-honored mission: educating our state’s residents; creating and disseminating new knowledge and creative...
View ArticleThe University’s Academic Prowess
I am delighted to serve as senior vice president for Academic Affairs at the University of Utah, where I have responsibility for the quality of our academic programs and facilities, the success of our...
View ArticleHolly S. Godsey
Holly Godsey is an associate professor (lecturer) in the Department of Geology and Geophysics. She is also director of student success and teacher development in the Center for Science and Mathematics...
View ArticleJames (Jim) A. Agutter
Jim Agutter is an associate professor in the College of Architecture + Planning, the director of the Spark Design Initiative and the director of the Bachelor of University Studies in the Office of...
View ArticleBuilding a Connected World
Today’s global economy links us all in deep and important ways. Thanks to instant, inexpensive digital communication, local events can and do have immediate and far-reaching worldwide impacts. At the...
View ArticleThe endless frontier and the National Science Board
I am pleased with the White House’s announcement that I am being appointed to the National Science Board (NSB), which provides advice and oversight for the National Science Foundation (NSF). In...
View ArticleUndergraduate research and scholarship
What motivates us to discover and explore new frontiers? What unbroken causal chain connects a child’s boundless curiosity to the focused, but equally insatiable questioning of a trained researcher at...
View ArticleAI, business and the future
A few days ago, I had the opportunity and pleasure to chair a panel on artificial intelligence as part of the David Eccles School of Business Alumni forum at the University of Utah. The panel members...
View ArticleBreathing easily
One of the least appreciated blessings in life is having clean, clear air to breathe. A human can survive without food for days to weeks, without water for days, but only minutes without air. Air...
View ArticleHumans, Robots and Money
Elena Asparouhova’s work is a unique blend of economics and psychology. The David Eccles School of Business Professor of Finance started her career steeped in the concrete study of numbers and...
View ArticleEducational Futures Key Initiative
Going to college has changed significantly over the past 170 years. Several times. The ways future teachers, engineers, attorneys and doctors travel to the University of Utah’s campus each day;...
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