Chemistry Facility Expanding with NIH Support and Private Grants
In June 2009, the University of Utah Department of Chemistry received $8 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) toward construction of an addition to the south tower of the Henry Eyring Building (HEB) specifically to support biological and biophysical chemistry research.
Alumni Participation Takes Huge Leap
Alumni and friends of the College of Science stepped forward in large numbers this past academic year to support the college and the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics & Astronomy.
Cloaking: From Science Fiction to Science
Although unlikely to lead to invisibility cloaks like those used by Harry Potter or Romulan spaceships in “Star Trek,” the new method someday might shield submarines from sonar, planes from radar, buildings from earthquakes, and oil rigs and coastal structures from tsunamis.
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Dean’s Corner Fall 2009
Pierre V. Sokolsky Dean, College of Science. Photo by Steven Leitch/University of Utah It has been a difficult economic year,...
College of Science Alumni Association Fall 2009
Bernard Price, BS’88, MS’97 Alumni Association President The College of Science Alumni Association is working to provide benefits...
Chemistry Facility Expanding with NIH Support and Private Grants
Holding an architect’s rendering of how the new Thatcher Building for Biological and Biophysical Chemistry could appear are,...