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Fight fire . . . with fire? August 17, 2026 Above: In 1944 the Forest Service created a new campaign with a bear resembling an upstanding and charismatic forest ranger: Smokey. A history of fire suppression in the United States Wildfires have been the story of Utah's summer where, as of August 10, a record 514,000 acres have burned. Of that figure, 290,000 acres of woodland forest alone have succ…

Honored with an IceCube Impact Award, post-doc Vedant Basu also co-leads a landmark neutrino discovery.

The field lab de-risks and tests tools and technologies necessary to advance Enhanced Geothermal Systems

Great Salt Lake updates, the race for critical minerals, arctic equations and more...

U's Wilkes Center produces an interactive tool exploring the past and future of Utah data centers

How Plants Sense Their Environment August 3, 2026 Above: Photobodies in Chan Yul Yoo's plant lab Chan Yul Yoo Receives $1.2 million NSF CAREER Award to Uncover How Plants Sense Light, Temperature and Nutrients “Plants grow well when light, temperature and nutrients are all in balance,” says Chan Yul Yoo, assistant professor of biology at the University of Utah. “But when conditions turn extreme, …

University of Utah 2026 STEM Safety Day Friday, October 2, 2026 Cleone Peterson Eccles Alumni House 155 Central Campus Drive STEM Safety Day brings faculty, staff and experts together from throughout campus to offer trainings and updates on laboratory, clinical, classroom and workplace safety. We are excited to share that STEM Safety Day 2026 will take place on Friday, Oct. 2nd, 2026 in the Cleon…

3 Atmospheric Scientists included: Gannet Hallar, Steven Krueger and Court Strong

Selected as a First Genesis Mission Project to accelerate AI-driven scientific discovery

Physics & Astronomy's Vikram Deshpande and Nick Borys are, respectively, science and automation leads of the project

"I want my findings to be used to make decisions that will help better wherever I am next."

Life Sciences Building Building the future of biological discovery  Number of students […]

A surprisingly low-mass object in an unexpectedly wide orbit that challenges ideas about how black holes form.

Astronomers have made a series of landmark observations of one of the universe’s most violent events

Submilliter Array gives scientists a near-real-time window into the physics of cosmic explosions

Srikanth received his B.Tech. in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1991

The lake beneath GSL is real ... and very challenging to extract without undesirable consequences

Learn to Conduct Research SRI offers College of Science students the opportunity to participate in discovery-based scientific research starting on your first day on campus, with no prior research experience required. You will gain research skills that will help you in science classes, learn with College of Science peers, and connect with faculty across the University. How to Participate To partic…

Gannet Hallar Named Chair of Atmospheric Sciences June 18, 2026 Above: Gannet Hallar Accomplished researcher, Storm Peak director, and dedicated mentor takes the helm of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences effective July 1, succeeding outgoing chair Brenda Bowen. Gannet Hallar has spent nearly two decades with her head in the clouds—literally. As director of Storm Peak Laboratory, the premier …

New Chairs Announced for Departments of Atmospheric Science and Mathematics July 1, 2026 Above: Gannet Hallar and Christopher Hacon. Credit: Todd Anderson Gannet Hallar and Christopher Hacon take the helm of the Departments of Atmospheric Science and Mathematics, respectively, July 1, 2026 Gannet Hallar Accomplished researcher, Storm Peak director, and dedicated mentor takes the helm of the Depar…