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Michael K. Young is a spectacular get for the University of Washington

(Seattle Times Newspaper) -- Michael Young was an early favorite of the University of Washington's presidential search committee because of his impressive experience in business development, trade and the Pacific Rim — all of which resonate deeply in Seattle and Washington state. Young has been president of the University of Utah since 2004, a tenure marked...

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Tenure is being debated off, and on, campus

(Brian Maffly, Salt Lake Tribune) -- The University of Utah spent a lot of money to lure organic chemist Ryan Looper to Salt Lake City in 2007, setting him up with a lab to explore the potential of natural compounds for combatting cancer. He figures he should repay the state flagship by bringing in research grants...

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Utah one of the country’s five most inventive states

According to a recent story in CNNmoney.com, Utah is one of the five most inventive states in the country along with Oregon, California, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Thanks to programs like USTAR which promote partnerships between entrepreneurs and research universities in the state, Utah's inventors are succeeding in industries including science, technology and homeland security. To read this...

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U. researchers read patient’s thoughts

(SL Tribune) - University of Utah researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of translating brain signals into words, a preliminary step toward technology that could allow severely paralyzed people to turn thoughts into computer-generated words. In a study published this month, the team decoded spoken words from signals recorded in the brain of a volunteer subject whose cranium was temporarily opened for...

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