News Highlights Fall 2024 Hidden Coal Riches U researchers found significant rare earth elements, critical for clean energy technology, near coal deposits in Utah and Colorado. Horned and Dangerous The newly discovered Lokiceratops, featuring the largest frill horns of any horned dinosaur, is now on display at the Natural History Museum of Utah. Elevating Utah’s Medical Education The U celebrated the structural completion of the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, set to open in 2026. Computing’s Bold Future The John and Marcia Price Computing and Engineering Building will expand student capacity and enhance tech innovation education. Fall 2024 News Roundup The U expands downtown, student breaks Olympic speed climbing record, and HMHI launches mental health campaign. Rice-Eccles Stadium Rocks beyond Sports Thousands flocked to Rice-Eccles Stadium for recent live shows, featuring artists like NOFX, Zeds Dead, Luke Combs, and Garth Brooks. By the Numbers: The U’s Bold New Strategic Plan Impact 2030 aims to boost the U’s student body to 40,000, achieve an 80% graduation rate, $1 billion in research funding, and 90% job placement. U Climbing Team Three-peats as National Champions The U climbing team won the USA Climbing Collegiate National Championship, sweeping bouldering and sending eight to worlds. Snapping the Chains of Addiction U researchers at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute are developing a noninvasive ultrasound treatment for opioid addiction. Students Shine in Space Engineering The U's robotics team placed third at NASA’s Lunabotics competition with their moon rover designed for building lunar berms Immersive Virtual Reality Trains Miners for the Real World The U’s mining program developed a metaverse platform for immersive virtual reality mine safety and training simulations. UMFA Exhibit Celebrates 150 Years of American Impressionism Blue Grass, Green Skies: American Impressionism and Realism is on view at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts through December 29. A Legacy in Motion The Tanner Dance Program, founded in 1949, celebrates 75 years of fostering creativity and arts education for all ages. The U Breaks Ground on a New Center for Medical Innovation The James LeVoy Sorenson Center for Medical Innovation, a $50 million facility opening in 2026, will foster health care innovation.
Hidden Coal Riches U researchers found significant rare earth elements, critical for clean energy technology, near coal deposits in Utah and Colorado.
Horned and Dangerous The newly discovered Lokiceratops, featuring the largest frill horns of any horned dinosaur, is now on display at the Natural History Museum of Utah.
Elevating Utah’s Medical Education The U celebrated the structural completion of the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, set to open in 2026.
Computing’s Bold Future The John and Marcia Price Computing and Engineering Building will expand student capacity and enhance tech innovation education.
Fall 2024 News Roundup The U expands downtown, student breaks Olympic speed climbing record, and HMHI launches mental health campaign.
Rice-Eccles Stadium Rocks beyond Sports Thousands flocked to Rice-Eccles Stadium for recent live shows, featuring artists like NOFX, Zeds Dead, Luke Combs, and Garth Brooks.
By the Numbers: The U’s Bold New Strategic Plan Impact 2030 aims to boost the U’s student body to 40,000, achieve an 80% graduation rate, $1 billion in research funding, and 90% job placement.
U Climbing Team Three-peats as National Champions The U climbing team won the USA Climbing Collegiate National Championship, sweeping bouldering and sending eight to worlds.
Snapping the Chains of Addiction U researchers at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute are developing a noninvasive ultrasound treatment for opioid addiction.
Students Shine in Space Engineering The U's robotics team placed third at NASA’s Lunabotics competition with their moon rover designed for building lunar berms
Immersive Virtual Reality Trains Miners for the Real World The U’s mining program developed a metaverse platform for immersive virtual reality mine safety and training simulations.
UMFA Exhibit Celebrates 150 Years of American Impressionism Blue Grass, Green Skies: American Impressionism and Realism is on view at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts through December 29.
A Legacy in Motion The Tanner Dance Program, founded in 1949, celebrates 75 years of fostering creativity and arts education for all ages.
The U Breaks Ground on a New Center for Medical Innovation The James LeVoy Sorenson Center for Medical Innovation, a $50 million facility opening in 2026, will foster health care innovation.
