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The University of Utah community mourns the loss of John A. Moran — U alum, business leader and philanthropist whose generosity helped establish the Moran Eye Center. “We are very saddened to learn of John Moran’s passing,” said Taylor Randall, president of the University of Utah. “John was a remarkable individual who believed that together we can accomplish the extraordinary, like restoring vision. His commitment to the University of Utah and his legacy through the John A. Moran Center demonstrates a lifelong belief in the power of doing the impossible.” Moran died on Sept. 23, 2023 at the age of…

For a minute, the crackling sounded like the Zoom call was crashing. Turns out, it was just a University of Utah physical therapy graduate student’s potato chip bag rustling in a classroom on Utah Tech University’s campus in Southern Utah. The fiber optics for the virtual lectures are that good.

U’s largest living-learning community complete   A little more “college town magic” came to the University of Utah’s campus this semester with the opening of the final wing of the university’s largest living-learning community.   Though the last installment of Kahlert Village is still awaiting some final touches, over 400 students have moved into the newest on-campus housing community for the Fall 2023 Semester. The new tower brings the total number of beds in Kahlert Village up to 1,422. “We know when students live on campus, they graduate faster. We know when students live on campus, they build deeper connections, not only…

For the tenth year in a row, research funding hit another landmark year, reaching $768 million in fiscal year 2023.

The University of Utah community is saddened by the loss of alum John Warnock—a scientist, humanist and trailblazer in computer graphics.

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The University of Utah is teaming with renowned designer Mehrdad Yazdani to imagine a new home for the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine. The result will change the way we see health care throughout Utah and beyond.   As long as Mehrdad Yazdani can remember, he’s had a sketchbook. Even as a child growing up in Iran, he would carry it around and draw the things he loved. In elementary school, it was soccer: sketches of his favorite teams, drawings of a goalie blocking a shot. Later he moved on to his favorite cartoon characters. But by high school…

Imagine New Heights: The Campaign for the University of Utah broke records for participation and funds raised.   When the University of Utah launched a capital campaign in 2014, the initial goal seemed lofty—$2 billion to be raised over eight years. No one could have anticipated the changes that lay ahead. Over the next decade, Utah’s population began to soar, new sectors of the economy heated up, and the COVID-19 pandemic shook the world. Despite those and other challenges, or perhaps in response to them, the university would meet its goals two years ahead of schedule, then go on to…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah celebrated the opening of its hospital expansion, the Kathryn F. Kirk Center for Comprehensive Cancer Care and Women’s Cancers, in a dedication ceremony on Monday. Located on the north end of Huntsman Cancer Institute, the 220,000-square-foot building increases the cancer hospital’s inpatient capacity by nearly 50% and adds exam rooms, surgical suites, screening facilities and other services, allowing more patients in the Mountain West to receive world-class cancer care. “Today, as we open this wonderful expansion, we recommit to providing the world’s best in compassionate, science-based care for our patients,” said Mary Beckerle,…

The expertise of my entire team, combined with the University of Utah hospital’s state-of-the-art resources is the reason I was able to make a full recovery.