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  • The U’s Next Big Climb

    The University of Utah’s five-year strategic plan charts ambitious routes for how higher education can inspire students, advance research, and deliver societal impact.

  • A New Emergency Room for Mental Health

    The Kem and Carolyn Gardner Mental Health Crisis Care Center offers 24/7 help for any adult, transforming how communities respond to mental health emergencies.

  • The Twice-a-Year Prevention Shot That Could End HIV

    One simple question from U researchers about HIV sparked a 20-year journey that just produced a breakthrough with the potential to save millions of lives.


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  • rock solid teaching - Outside

  • the future is bright utah red - President’s Perspective

  • fall 2025 from our readers - From the Readers

  • dennis menjivar bs23 - Humans

  • snowball effect - Number

  • military mindset meets management theory - Imagine

  • runnin the utes - Ask

  • built to make a difference - Gallery

  • beauty business - Expert

  • News From the U

    • southern utah med school expansion

    • fall 2025 news briefs

    • a new home for hospitality at the u

    • utah housing by the numbers

    • real life goblin prince

    • nvidia partnership for ai education push

    • u students can now earn credit for military mission and volunteer service

    • getting in the game

    • fall 2025 sports briefs

    • road warriors

    • another big investment in entrepreneurs

    • u team creates robot to revolutionize retinal surgery

    • student team wins nasa competition

    • breaking ground

    • your dna changes faster than we thought

    • new portrait hall opens at umfa

  • Forever U

    • a fantastic success

    • fall 2025 alumni news roundup

    • u across america - TRENDING

    • red carpet research - VOICES

    • class notes fall 2025

  • 175 years and still climbing - Reflect

  • Utah Mag Archives

News Highlights


Winter 2021

Let the Sun Shine

With a new solar power contract, the U is one step closer to the remarkable goal of being carbon neutral by 2050.

A Genius in our Midst

Evolutionary geneticist Nels Elde was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship, popularly known as a “genius grant.”

What Hair Says

Millimeter by millimeter, your strands are building a record of your diet. Analyzing hair can assess a community’s health.

Help at the Border

Scenes from immigrant detention centers at the border of the U.S. and Mexico hit home for U law student Amitay Flores.

Center for Violence Prevention Named to Honor Lauren McCluskey

The recently launched center has been named in memory of the U student-athlete.

What is the Honors College?

Even after 50 years, there are still misconceptions about the Honors program. Learn how it can set students up for success.

Student Start-up

Telehealth start-up doxy.me saw demand grow a thousandfold and served 274,000 providers and 6 million patients last March alone.

Blowin’ in the Wind

A high-powered computer helped chemical engineers redesign the Utah Symphony seating chart to keep musicians and audience members safe.

News Roundup

Giving Day, Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital opening, College of Engineering Dean Rich Brown is new endowed chair

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