The latest issue of University of Utah Magazine is hot off the presses. Check out some of the highlights.
The Heat Beneath Our Feet
Outside a town of 1,700 people in southern Utah, a well reaching thousands of feet underground was drilled and completed last December. But instead of searching for water or even oil, this well near Milford, Utah, extends deep into the earth to access an energy source in the form of rocks as hot as 440 degrees Fahrenheit.
Blazing Trails
Utah State Rep. Sandra Hollins MSW ’09 is just an average person, trying to do right by her community. That’s what the New Orleans native and U alum wants you to know.
But as the first Black woman to serve in the Utah State Legislature, Hollins—and her impact on the Beehive State—is anything but ordinary.
Environmental Defender
Ryan Gellert J.D. ’05 has rafted rivers in the European wilderness, scaled boulders in Mongolia, and bicycled through Amsterdam’s tulip-lined streets, but Salt Lake City still holds a place in the Patagonia CEO’s heart. Gellert grew to love the Beehive State and his alma mater while snowboarding, rock climbing and watching his son ride his balance bike all over campus.