News Clips | January 1-15, 2025

Right now, in Utah, there are numerous discussions regarding the future of higher education for the state.

A Texas company aims to develop technology to create “biochar” as a soil additive that could benefit farmers.

The Utah Legislature in 2022 ordered state agencies to add water use protections. The university was doing it already.

The University of Utah and Utah State University are Utah’s only designated R1 doctoral universities engaged in the highest level of research activity, and both are key to preparing our state for tomorrow’s opportunities.

University of Utah professor Adam Beehler's workday included shrink-wrapping a student and levitating another with a leaf blower.

The school’s new, shorter mission statement recently received final approval from the Utah Board of Higher Education.

Though the 2025 Utah Legislature will be tackling a wide range of issues when their general session begins Jan. 21.

In anticipation of worldwide attention in 2034, Utahns are collaborating to restore the state’s most iconic body of water.

The survey involved over 6,000 faculty members from 55 schools, including BYU and Utah.

It should prompt even more urgency from our lawmakers to improve the air we breathe—starting with a serious plan to send more water to Great Salt Lake.

The six focus areas of “Utah Rising” strive to create the nation’s top-performing economy.

Utah could soon explore the idea of building a spaceport—but not without first conducting a thorough study.

Researchers at University of Utah Health will participate in a trial to see whether fentanyl or ketamine, administered by emergency medical service providers on the scene, is more successful in relieving pain in trauma patients before arriving at the hospital.

House Speaker Mike Schultz said Utah's higher education system needs changes, highlighting a series of measures he and other Republicans on Utah's Capitol Hill intend to pursue in the upcoming legislative session.

University of Utah President Taylor Randall said universities should specialize in their strengths to ‘deliver a higher quality education to the state.’