Letters from the Galapagos Islands
Virtually join middle-schooler Nora Clayton’s journey as she embeds herself with a U research team.
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Dark sky’s future leaders
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The first undergraduate cohort of the dark sky studies minor completed the Dark Sky Studies Capstone course with projects that made an impact in Utah’s communities.
Read More11 U students awarded prestigious NSF fellowships
This is the second-largest U cohort to date.
Read MoreWarming climate slows tropical birds’ population growth rates
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A 30-year study in Tanzania shows temperature-linked population declines in species important to forests.
Read MoreBuilding a mobile, virtual reality classroom
Going well beyond video chatting, University of Utah students dissect virtual animals.
Read MoreAutomatic trail cameras keep wildlife research going during pandemic
Researchers share how trail cameras enabled science to continue even without fieldwork
Read MoreRediscovery of the ‘extinct’ Pinatubo volcano mouse
In 1991, a volcano in the Philippines had the second-most powerful volcanic eruption of the 20th century. Its effects were devastating—but a mouse feared to have gone extinct survived.
Read MoreHow do U…participate in crowdsourced science?
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Join in research projects from the comfort of your own home.
Read MoreHonoring Karl Gordon Lark
Renowned geneticist and father of molecular biology at the U passes away.
Read MoreWhy wait? New initiative gets students into the lab early
In 2020, the College of Science will give hundreds of undergraduates the opportunity to contribute to real research projects the year that they step onto campus.
Read MoreThe role of lizard lungs in evolutionary biology
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Savannah monitor lizards have a unique airflow pattern that is a hybrid of bird and mammal flow patterns.
Read MoreHumans of the U: Quaid Harding
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“Worldwide, honeybee populations are in serious decline. That’s a big problem for humans—one in every three bites of food that you take were pollinated directly or indirectly by a bee.”
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