It’s who you are that matters most
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A first-of-its-kind study found that evolutionary history has the strongest influence in both wild and captive woodrats’ microbiomes.
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What inspires environmental action?
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Utahns, regardless of their age or political party, are becoming more willing to take environmental action when they know one key element: the positive economic benefits of change.
Read MoreGreening your office
The choices we make in our work environment impact the natural environment, our health and our future quality of life. Because these issues are important to our students we want to make sure that we are upholding their values.
Read MoreSweating the small stuff
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The Sustainability Office’s Green Office Certification offers ongoing support and customized training to help employees make small changes to daily office habits that can have a large collective impact.
Read MoreUncovering sustainability
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Faculty across campus are enhancing education by implementing the big ideas of sustainability — equity, economy and environment into their courses and departments.
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BIOSAFETY RESEARCH UPDATE[bs_row class=”row”][bs_col class=”col-sm-4″] [/bs_col][bs_col class=”col-sm-8″]Laboratory studies involving recombinant and synthetic nucleic acids are regulated by the NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities (OBA) and non-exempt studies require registration with, and approval by, the University of Utah Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC). Violations of NIH guidelines are serious and have to be reported to the NIH […]
Read MoreNATIONAL PARKS: SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES
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In the centennial year of the National Park Service, authors David Quammen and Terry Tempest Williams will use Yellowstone National Park as a context for discussing the past and future of national parks.
Read MoreUSING MILITARY EXPERIENCE TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT
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Student veteran Rachael Barkie plans to use her experience dealing with conflict and the complexities of different ideologies and cultures to help policymakers find nuanced solutions to difficult environmental problems.
Read MoreMUSINGS FROM MONTANA
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Ten University of Utah Honors students spent one week studying the ecological landscape of Centennial Valley, Montana.
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