Mario Capecchi

What's happening at Weber State?

I was invited to attend the National Conference on Undergraduate Research at Weber State University last week. What I saw was an eye opener. Over 3,000 students and faculty members from 60 colleges and universities around the country gathered to share their scientific research and to hear Nobel Prize Winner Mario Capecchi present the keynote address.

New CEO of University of Utah Health Care aims to make a real difference in the challenges patients, doctors face

As they walked down the tile corridor, 12-year-old Vivian Lee stayed close on the heels of Dr. Hal Belknap. He carried a clipboard filled with medical charts and test results, yet each time he walked into a patient's room he greeted them with a cheerful hello and asked about their families, as well as their pain levels.

National science medalist from University of Utah credits freedom and opportunity in U.S. for his success

Search for University of Utah's next president kicks off with public meetings

What qualities should the University of Utah's next president possess? Being the president of a public university means being the servant of many masters: faculty, students, lawmakers, alumni and many other groups.

Program collects used hearing aids to help children born with hearing problems

That is where used hearing aids come in handy. The Utah Department of Health Hearing Aid Recycling Program is collecting them for people who can't afford new ones or don't qualify for help from other state agencies.

Feeling better? Say thanks to the fruit fly, the zebrafish, the mouse

SALT LAKE CITY — Watch a life-saving drug flow into the arm of a loved one who has cancer or reach for prescription medication to ease your allergies or lower your blood pressure and there's a good chance you owe some thanks to a fruit fly, a zebrafish or a mouse. Or maybe all of them.

Donors push Leonardo closer to opening

Move-in day at The Leonardo was more about housewarming gifts than actual moving.

Huntsmans give another $41 million to Huntsman Cancer Institute; donation fills patient with hope

Maliheh Free Clinic ready to expand, remodel

SALT LAKE CITY — A middle-age Hispanic woman visited Maliheh Free Clinic on a recent snowy morning. She sought respite from sharp chronic pain in her neck and shoulders, a condition catalyzed by a November fall down the stairs and exacerbated by her inability to afford an appointment with an orthopedic specialist.

Ground broken for new U. student housing

Happy Birthday to the University of Utah

SALT LAKE CITY — Today marks the 161st birthday of the University of Utah. Few institutions in our state have as rich a history — and photographic history — as the University of Utah.

Lawmaker's bill would end tenure for Utah professors

Tenure for professors at Utah's public universities and colleges would be eliminated through a proposal in the House.

Utah's innovators: more than just John Browning

I didn't know John Browning, but my grandmother did. She told me that John and Matt Browning came to what she called "The Ranch" on Uintah flat south of Ogden to test their guns. She sometimes provided lunch.

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