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Utah State University received a record $187 million in research awards during the 2010 fiscal year, a 29 percent increase over funding received in 2009. Total sponsored programs funding in 2010 was $42 million more than the 2009 figure. That is the largest increase — both dollars and percentage-wise — on record.

Utah Valley University is revamping its master building plan, and as part of the process, is seeking input from the community. Residents, students, and any interested parties can review and respond to the plan at the master plan open house, Aug. 12, from 6-8 p.m. in room 206 of the Sorensen Student Center.

Promises to Keep is a statement of vision and mission for Utah’s system of public education. 

The Department of City and Metropolitan Planning at the University of Utah is a vibrant community of students and faculty concerned with exploring, researching, and effecting the planning and development of our cities and the larger built environment of our metropolitan regions.

Utah Business Week (UBW) is a program that immerses you into business culture while enabling you to mingle with successful business professionals and other high school students. If you are undecided about what you want to do after high school, UBW will help you explore the many different avenues business has to offer.

University of Utah's Serrato-Combe reconstructed the main public spaces of the Aztec city under Moctezumah.

For the first time in nine years, NASA and other federal agencies will use aircraft and satellites this summer to mount an intensive, U.S.-based study of how hurricanes are born and rapidly intensify, and a University of Utah meteorologist is one of three project scientists leading the study.

Utah State University President Stan Albrecht recently approved a Climate Action Plan that outlines steps aimed at minimizing USU’s greenhouse gas emissions. The plan is part of the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment that Albrecht signed in 2007. He was the first in the state to sign the pledge.

Beginning last January, UVU Marketing Chair Paul Dishman taught the people of Montenegro about capitalism and free enterprise during a six-month Fulbright scholarship. The Baltic country is one of the world’s youngest autonomous states and its search for a viable economic model has been focused on some form of free-market commerce. It’s a major transition for Montenegro, and experts like Dishman are essential in bridging the gap.

Representatives of State Bank of Southern Utah visited the Dixie State College campus Monday and presented College administrators a generous scholarship gift to benefit DSC students for this upcoming academic year. SBSU executive vice president Kim Christensen and assistant vice president Jimi Kestin presented a check to DSC Vice President of Advancement Christina Schultz Monday morning.

The Ogden-Weber Applied Technology College is looking for students interested in becoming a Student Ambassador for the upcoming school year. If you are an OWATC adult student and are interested in FREE TUITION for the next nine months, a chance to meet new people, develop leadership skills and become a part of the action, this opportunity may be right for you.

At the 46th annual SkillsUSA National Championships held June 21-25 in Kansas City, Mo., UVU students brought home 10 national medals, including two gold, six silver and two bronze.

University of Utah Health Care and the U School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry will break ground July 7 on a new 80-bed, 120,000 square-foot expansion to the University Neuropsychiatric Institute (UNI). The ceremony takes place at 11 a.m. just east of the current UNI building at 501 Chipeta Way in the University's Research Park.

The Pacific-10 Conference announced today that the University of Utah has accepted an invitation to join the Conference as its 12th member. The Utes and the University of Colorado, which accepted an invitation to join the Pac-10 last week, are the Conference's newest members since 1978. "The addition of the University of Utah as the Conference's 12th member continues to strengthen the Pac-10's goals of becoming the country&'s leader in college athletics," said Larry Scott. 

On Monday, June 14, Utah Valley University celebrated its second completed home in a partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Utah County during a ribbon-cutting. Built by students in the UVU Department of Construction Management under the direction of faculty member DeWayne Erdmann, the home was a project for the Terry family, a single mother who has her hands full caring for a toddler daughter, two young sons, and her aging mother.

The Utah Youth Summit will be the voice of Utah’s Youth in providing a recommendation to Governor Herbert and the State of Utah about where YOU think effort should be put into Improving the Quality of life by the state government. YOUR ideas, thoughts, challenges, and opinions matter. Join us to make a difference.

For two years, Rebecca Horn, director of the Latin American Studies Program, has been overseeing the building of the U's innovative Brazilian Studies Program. "Brazil is the economic powerhouse of Latin America," says Horn.

The Utah State Board of Education gave preliminary approval for Utah to move ahead in accepting the common core as a framework for setting the state's own standards and curriculum in both English language arts and mathematics. Final approval will likely come during the Board's August 6 meeting.

After eleven years at the University of Utah, Dr. Lorris Betz has announced his intention to retire as senior vice president for health sciences and CEO of University of Utah Health Care. He shared his decision with the University of Utah Board of Trustees during their monthly meeting today.

Thanks in part to support from USTAR, the University of Utah is currently building a team of experts –and a new Masters program – in digital media. With an emphasis in computer game technology, the U of U’s digital media institute – which will host the Masters program – will be a research center for the colleges of engineering and fine arts.

South Park Academy held two separate commencement ceremonies on June 1. About 370 inmates - the most in prison history - received their diplomas.

Charles A. “Chuck” Coonradt recently spoke to Riverton High students about his book The Four Laws of Debt Free Prosperity. Teachers invited Coonradt to speak about his book because the text aligns with curriculum that is currently being taught at the school. Students were also assigned a paper based on the book.

Happening on June 11th at the Bridgerland Applied Technology College in Logan, Utah.

DATC’s Summer Youth Experience is an amazing opportunity for youth ages 14-18 to explore exciting careers in Utah TUITION FREE! Students can attend a different class every 2 weeks. Courses are project & activity based.

In its most recent issue, Utah Business magazine named its 2010 “trailblazers” in an article by Heidi Kulicke and Candace Little. The list includes ten companies that “preserve Utah’s legacy,” and Utah State University is on the list.

Higher education is for those who are prepared for it. If you are ready to learn a trade and join the workforce, go for it. If you are ready to get a four-year college degree, go for it.

The Entry Years Enhancement (EYE) is a structured support program for Level 1 educators as they fulfill the requirements for a Level 2 professional license. EYE provides novice teachers with school, district, and state support for a three-year period. All new educators are required to participate and all requirements must be completed within the first three years of service.

Short Solutions, a University of Utah startup company consisting of four current and former engineering students, won the Palo Alto Software Challenge Award at the 2010 Global Moot Corp Competition - the "Super Bowl of business plan competitions" -at The University of Texas in Austin.

Provo School District employees are instructed to enact a (summer) four-day work-week beginning Tuesday, June 1, 2010 and ending Sunday, August 8, 2010. Buildings are to be closed on Friday, Saturday and Sunday during this period.

Weber State University is one of five schools in the nation to be charter members of SALUTE, a new honor society for student veterans at two- and four-year institutions of higher education. Establishing a chapter of the new honor society is the latest in a series of efforts WSU has undertaken to better serve the needs of student veterans.

The Diabloceratops eatoni is a recently discovered fossil record named for WSU paleontologist and professor Jeffrey G. Eaton. Amazingly, it’s the fourth time Eaton has been honored with a fossil record named for him, having previously been immortalized with a marsupial, lizard and a genus trace fossil bearing the Eaton nomenclature.

Utah Valley University offers a diverse curriculum of summer courses to the community on topics like mountain biking, Utah herbs and wildflowers, photography, karate, and social media marketing.

Results are in for winners of the annual Best of State Awards. The Ogden-Weber tech college has been named Best of State for Vocational Training in Education. Medals will be presented at the 2010 Best of State Awards Gala on Saturday, May 29th in the Grand Ballroom of the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City.

University of Utah President Michael K. Young today announced the University of Utah National Center for Veterans Studies (NCVS) - whose mission is to improve the lives of veterans and their families and further advance American values, prosperity and security.

After earlier success at the regional conference, Jennifer Stapely-Taylor and Brandee Jenks competed at the national level at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival where they captured first- and second-place honors.

The public is invited to attend the groundbreaking of the new Grantsville Elementary School beginning at 4 pm on Friday.

The National Science Foundation has launched a Web-based resource seeking guidance on how to effectively interact with K-12 teachers as part of National Lab Day, a grassroots effort to invigorate science education. National Lab Day is a volunteer effort designed to form  communities of support around science, technology, engineering and mathematics teachers and to connect them with professionals who will share their expertise as well as their excitement and passion for their disciplines.

In a move approved by Utah State University’s Board of Trustees, the university’s Department of Landscape and Environmental Planning (LAEP) will become part of the College of Agriculture, strengthening both the department and college’s commitments to sustainable development.

Each year, 10 Utah teachers, administrators and school volunteers win the $10,000 awards. 

Governor Gary R. Herbert has appointed Daniel W. Campbell to the State Board of Regents. “In addition to having an extensive background of management and governance expertise, Dan has been an active supporter of public and higher education in the State of Utah,” Governor Herbert said. “I look forward to his contribution to the State Board of Regents.”