The Sorenson Impact Center has been awarded a $1.5 million Social Innovation Fund Pay for Success Administrative Data Pilot grant — an initiative highlighted by the White House at the Frontiers Conference hosted by President Barack Obama in Pittsburgh on Thursday. The Sorenson Impact Center’s project, which will be matched with an additional $1.5 million, […]
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Sorenson Impact Center receives $1.5 million grant
Eccles School Executive MBA program ranked No. 79 in the world, 21 in the U.S.
The Executive MBA program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business is ranked one of the best in the world, according to a new survey by the Financial Times. The program ranked No. 21 nationally and No. 79 globally, moving up one and four spots respectively. The Eccles School’s program also ranked […]
University of Utah Health Care Ranks No. 1 Nationally in Quality, Accountability After 6 Years in Top 10
For seven years running, University of Utah Health Care (UUHC) has ranked among the nation’s top 10 academic medical centers in quality, safety and accountability. This year, the U has risen to the top. On Friday in Dallas, Vizient, Inc. announced UUHC finished in first place overall in its prestigious Quality and Accountability Study, besting […]
U among top 26 healthiest colleges
The University of Utah was recently ranked among the top 26 Healthiest Colleges of 2016 by Greatist.com, a health and wellness website with more than 9 million monthly readers. The ranking took into account criteria including special dietary options on dining hall menus, number of fitness classes offered, available mental health resources and more. According […]
LEED-er of the pack
The University of Utah this week will mark the one-year anniversary of the opening of its state-of-the art law school by announcing the facility has been awarded a prestigious LEED platinum designation by the by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). LEED is an acronym that stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. The […]
Video game created by U students helps combat lazy eye in kids
A leading cause of vision loss in children is amblyopia, or lazy eye, and video game developers from the University of Utah have come up with a way to not only diagnose but to treat the disorder. In 2015, U students Ahmad Alsaleem, Ahmad Nassari and Daniel Blair from Entertainment Arts & Engineering won a […]
U announces founding director for newly formed School of Dance
After an extensive search, the University of Utah named Luc Vanier as the director of the new School of Dance. Vanier comes to the U from his position as associate director and head of dance at the School of Theatre and Dance at Texas Tech University. Earlier this year, the U announced the departments of […]
The Tanner Humanities Center receives grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
The Obert C. and Grace A. Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah has received a $160,000 award from the National Endowment for the Humanities for Landmarks of American Culture and History: Workshops for School Teachers. The workshops will be held in the summer of 2017 and will be co-directed by U professors of […]
University of Utah names James Lee Sorenson to Board of Trustees
The University of Utah today announced the appointment of James Lee Sorenson as a member of its Board of Trustees. Sorenson will replace the board’s outgoing chair, Michele Mattsson. Earlier this month the board elected H. David Burton as its new chair. A globally prominent entrepreneur, Sorenson has built highly successful enterprises, in fields ranging […]
Lighting the way
University of Utah Distinguished Professor Gerald Stringfellow, a former dean of the U’s College of Engineering and a pioneer in LED technology, has been awarded a top research prize for his career-long work in the process for making light-emitting diodes, an important milestone for LED TVs, cellphone screens, high-efficiency solar cells, computer monitors and a […]