News Clips | October 14-17, 2022

A conversation with Utah’s industry leaders.

The University of Utah's Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy will be administering a $1.5-million international prize to recognize and support the "world's most promising ideas" to address the impacts of climate change.

The award, which was announced during U.S. Rep. John Curtis’ Conservative Climate Summit, will be open for applications in January.

WalletHub released the results of its analysis and revealed the best colleges and universities in the U.S.

Attorneys with the Rocky Mountain Innocence Center worked for years to prove Michael W. Thompson’s innocence.

Earlier this month, President Joe Biden urged college presidents to avoid policies that restrict access to contraception after the University of Idaho outlined its plans to comply with a state anti-abortion law.

Utah's engineering and computer science workforce generates $19.1 billion and represents 12-15% of the state's economy. A new report released by the University of Utah Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute on Tuesday revealed this and other key findings as demand for the workforce has emerged across industries.

The application for federal student loan forgiveness went online Friday and was ready for applicants to fill out. 95 percent of student loan borrowers were eligible for debt relief.

Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll finds 70% of Utahns are not concerned about contracting either virus.

Utah has the 6th highest suicide rate in the nation. If wellness centers will help kids, let’s do it.

A group that aims to make Utah a safer place for bicycle riders is bringing attention to what they're calling a "significantly high number" of crashes that have resulted in cyclists' deaths or serious injuries this year.

A congressional push to let drug companies patent diagnostic tests and other biotech inventions is rekindling a decade-old battle and dividing legal experts and stakeholders over whether the approach could spark innovation or stifle new treatments that could help patients.

The go-ahead came Wednesday from the federal Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for children under 12 to get what's known as a bivalent booster, targeting for the first time the currently circulating versions of the omicron variant of the virus in addition to the original strain of COVID-19.

The housing debate shouldn’t come down to NIMBYism or ‘yes or no.’ It’s about realizing homes shouldn’t just be single-family or apartments, advocate says.