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'{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2012}} {{Infobox University |name = University of Utah |image_name = UofU_official_seal.png |caption = [[Seal (device)|Seal]] of the University of Utah |established = February 28, 1850<ref name="sesquicentennial" /> |type = [[Public university|Public]] [[Flagship university|flagship]] |endowment = US$668 million<ref name="nacubo" /> |president = David W. Pershing, [[Ph.D.]]<ref name="New President">{{cite news|last=University of Utah|title=David W. Pershing named new President of the University of Utah|url=http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/david-w-pershing-named-new-president-of-the-university-of-utah/|accessdate=January 20, 2012|newspaper=University of Utah Press Release|date=January 20, 2012}}</ref> |faculty = 2,687<ref name="who we are">{{cite web | title=Who We Are | url=http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=13 | work=In Fact | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> |staff = 14,362<ref name="who we are" /> |students = 30,819<ref name="fast facts" /> |undergrad = 23,371<ref name="fast facts"/> |postgrad = 7,448<ref name="fast facts" /> |city = [[Salt Lake City]] |state = [[Utah]] |country = United States |campus = Urban<br />{{convert|1534|acre|km2|abbr=on}}<ref name="inventory" /> |former_names = University of Deseret<ref name="sesquicentennial" /> |sports = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] [[NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship|FBS]]<ref name="football media guide">{{cite web | title=Utah Football Media Guide | url=http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/utah-2008-media-guide.html | work=Utah Official Athletic Site | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref><br />[[Pac-12 Conference]]<br />17 varsity teams<ref name="athletics" /> |nickname = [[Utah Utes|Utes]] |colors = Crimson and White<ref name="basketball media guide" /> {{color box|#CC0000}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} |mascot = [[Utah_Utes#Mascot|Swoop]]<ref name="ute traditions" /> |website = [http://www.utah.edu/ utah.edu] |mobile = http://mobile.utah.edu/ |logo = [[File:University of Utah horizontal logo.svg|200px|University of Utah logo]] }} The '''University of Utah''' (also referred to as '''The U''', '''the U of U''' or '''Utah''') is a [[public university|public]], [[Mixed-sex education|coeducational]] [[research university]] in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], United States. As the state's [[flagship university]], Utah offers more than 100 undergraduate majors and more than 90 graduate degree programs.<ref name="fast facts" /> Graduate studies include the [[S.J. Quinney College of Law]] and the [[University of Utah School of Medicine|School of Medicine]], Utah's only [[medical school]].<ref name="aamc">{{cite web | title=Member Medical Schools | url=http://services.aamc.org/memberlistings/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.search&search_type=MS&state_criteria=CNT%3AUSA | publisher=[[Association of American Medical Colleges]] | accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> As of 2011, there are 23,371 [[undergraduate education|undergraduate]] students and 7,448 [[postgraduate education|graduate]] students, for an enrollment total of 30,819; with 84% coming from Utah and 6% coming from foreign countries.<ref name="fast facts" /> Just over 10% of students live on campus.<ref name="plan elements" /> The university's athletic teams, the [[Utah Utes|Utes]], participate in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] athletics ([[NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship|FBS]] for football) as a member of the [[Pacific-12 Conference]]. Its football team has received national attention in recent years for winning the [[2005 Fiesta Bowl]]<ref name="fiesta bowl" /> and the [[2009 Sugar Bowl]].<ref name="sugar bowl" /> The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional [[State of Deseret]],<ref name="sesquicentennial" /> making it Utah's oldest institution of higher education.<ref name="fast facts">{{cite web | title=Fast Facts | url=http://www.obia.utah.edu/content/fastfacts.pdf | format=PDF | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=December 28, 2010}}</ref> It received its current name in 1892, four years before Utah attained statehood, and moved to its current location in 1900.<ref name="sesquicentennial" /> ==History== [[Image:MountVanCott.JPG|thumb|left|The [[Block U]] has overlooked the university since 1907<ref>{{cite web | title=The Block U | url=http://www.trademarks.utah.edu/traditions/blockU.html | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref>]] A Board of Regents was organized by [[Brigham Young]] to establish a university in the Salt Lake Valley.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/pioneers_and_cowboys/thebeginningsoftheuniversityofutah.html |title=The Beginnings of the University of Utah |author=Yvette D. Ison |date=January 1995 |accessdate=October 5, 2011 |publisher=[[State of Utah]] }}</ref> The university was established on February 28, 1850, as the ''University of Deseret'' by the General Assembly of the provisional [[State of Deseret]], and [[Orson Spencer]] was appointed as the first chancellor of the university. Early classes were held in private homes or wherever space could be found. The university closed in 1853 due to lack of funds and lack of [[feeder school]]s. Following years of intermittent classes in the Salt Lake City [[Council House (Salt Lake City)|Council House]], the university began to be reestablished in 1867 under the direction of [[David O. Calder]], who was followed by [[John R. Park]] in 1869. The university moved out of the council house into the Union Academy building in 1876 and into Union Square in 1884. In 1892, the school's name was changed to the University of Utah, and [[John R. Park]] began arranging to obtain land belonging to the U.S. Army's [[Fort Douglas (Utah)|Fort Douglas]] on the east bench of the [[Salt Lake Valley]], where the university moved permanently in 1900. Additional [[Fort Douglas (Utah)|Fort Douglas]] land has been granted to the university over the years, and the fort was officially closed on October 26, 1991.<ref>{{cite web | title=Brief History of Fort Douglas | url=http://www.fortdouglas.org/fdhist.htm | publisher=Fort Douglas Military Museum Association | accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> Upon his death in 1900, Dr. John R. Park bequeathed his entire fortune to the university.<ref name="sesquicentennial">{{cite web | title=University of Utah Sesquicentennial, 1850–2000 | url=http://www.lib.utah.edu/portal/site/marriottlibrary/menuitem.350f2794f84fb3b29cf87354d1e916b9/?vgnextoid=99f582749bbfb110VgnVCM1000001c9e619bRCRD | publisher=[[J. Willard Marriott Library]] Special Collections | year=2000 | accessdate=May 17, 2009}}</ref><ref name="history of utah">{{cite book | last = Whitney | first = Orson F. | authorlink = Orson F. Whitney | title = History of Utah | publisher = George Q. Cannon & Sons Co | date = October 1904 | pages = 356–357 | location = Salt Lake City, Utah | volume = 4 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=C0cOAAAAIAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PPA356,M1}}</ref> [[File:UofU campus close-up early 1920s.jpg|thumb|right|The University of Utah campus in the early 1920s]] The university grew rapidly in the early 20th century but was involved in an [[academic freedom]] controversy in 1915 when [[Joseph T. Kingsbury]] recommended that five faculty members be dismissed after a graduation speaker made a speech critical of mayor [[William Spry]]. One third of the faculty resigned in protest of these dismissals. Some felt that the dismissals were a result of the [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS Church]]'s influence on the university, while others felt that they reflected a more general pattern of repressing religious and political expression that might be deemed offensive. The controversy was largely resolved when Kingsbury resigned in 1916, but university operations were again interrupted by World War I, and later [[The Great Depression]] and World War II. Student enrollment dropped to a low of 3,418 during the last year of World War II, but [[A. Ray Olpin]] was able to make substantial additions to campus following the war, and enrollment reached 12,000 by the time he retired in 1964. Growth continued throughout the following decades as the university developed into a center for computer, medical, and other research.<ref name="sesquicentennial" /><ref name="transition">{{cite book|last=Alexander|first=Thomas G.|authorlink=Thomas G. Alexander|title=Mormonism in Transition|publisher=University of Illinois Press|location=Urbana, Illinois|year=1996|pages=174–177}}</ref> During the [[2002 Winter Olympics]], the university hosted the Olympic Village<ref name="olympic village">{{cite web | title=Olympic Village | url=http://www.deseretnews.com/oly/view/0,3949,30000076,00.html | work=2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games | publisher=[[Deseret News]] and [[KSL-TV|KSL]] | accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref>, a housing complex for the Olympic and Paralympic athletes, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies.<ref name="olympic stadium">{{cite web | title=Rice–Eccles Olympic Stadium | url=http://www.deseretnews.com/oly/view/0,3949,30000075,00.html | work=2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games | publisher=[[Deseret News]] and [[KSL-TV|KSL]] | accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> Prior to the events, the university received a facelift that included extensive renovations to the [[Rice–Eccles Stadium]],<ref name="olympic stadium" /> a [[light rail]] track leading to downtown Salt Lake City,<ref>{{cite web | title=UTA TRAX Light Rail | url=http://www.utahrails.net/uta/uta-trax.php | publisher=Don Strack | accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> a new student center known as the Heritage Center,<ref name="olympic village" /> an array of new student housing,<ref>{{cite news |last=Roche |first=Lisa R. |title=The Olympic Village: World's elite athletes to have rooms with a view, pizza with goat cheese |work=2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games |publisher=[[Deseret News]] and [[KSL-TV|KSL]] |date=January 10, 2002 |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/oly/view/0,3949,60000013,00.html |accessdate=May 14, 2009}}</ref> and a 134-room campus hotel and conference center. ==Campus== [[Image:Uofu walkwaywithbuildings.jpg|thumb|right|A view of lower campus]] Campus takes up {{convert|1534|acre|km2|abbr=on}}, including the Health Sciences complex, [[University of Utah Research Park|Research Park]], and [[Fort Douglas, Utah|Fort Douglas]].<ref name="inventory">{{cite web | title=Inventory | url=http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=32 | work=In Fact | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=May 16, 2009}}</ref> It is located on the east bench of the [[Salt Lake Valley]], close to the [[Wasatch Range]] and approximately 2 miles east of [[downtown Salt Lake City]]. Most courses take place on the west side of campus, known as lower campus due to its lower elevation. [[University of Utah Circle|Presidents Circle]] is a loop of buildings named after past university presidents with a courtyard in the center. Major libraries on lower campus include the [[J. Willard Marriott Library]] and the [[S.J. Quinney College of Law#Law Library|S.J. Quinney Law Library]].<ref name="inventory" /> The primary [[student activity center]] is the [[A. Ray Olpin]] University Union, and campus fitness centers include the Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Complex (HPER) and the [[Nielsen Fieldhouse]].<ref name="inventory" /><ref>{{cite web | title=Campus Life at the U | url=http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=34 | work=In Fact | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=May 16, 2009}}</ref> [[Image:Kingsbury Hall.jpg|thumb|left|[[Kingsbury Hall]] at the [[Presidents Circle]] is a center for the performing arts]]Lower campus is also home to most public venues, such as the [[Rice–Eccles Stadium]], the [[Jon M. Huntsman Center]], the [[Utah Museum of Natural History]], and the [[Utah Museum of Fine Arts]], a museum with rotating exhibitions and a permanent collection of American, European, African, and Asian art. Venues for performing arts include [[Kingsbury Hall]], used for touring companies and concerts, Pioneer Memorial Theatre, used by the professional [[Pioneer Theatre Company]], David P. Gardner Hall, used by the School of Music and for musical performances, and the Marriott Center for Dance. [[Red Butte Garden and Arboretum|Red Butte Garden]], with formal gardens and natural areas, is located on the far east side of campus.<ref name="cultural venues">{{cite web | title=Cultural Venues | url=http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=77 | work=In Fact | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=May 16, 2009}}</ref> [[Image:University of Utah Hospital in 2009.JPG|thumb|right|The [[University of Utah Medical Center]]]]The health sciences complex, at the northeast end of campus, includes the [[University of Utah Medical Center]], [[Primary Children's Medical Center]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Primary Children's Medical Center Hospital History | url=http://intermountainhealthcare.org/hospitals/primarychildrens/about/history/Pages/home.aspx | publisher=[[Intermountain Healthcare]] | accessdate=May 16, 2009}}</ref> the [[Huntsman Cancer Institute]], the [[Moran Eye Center]], and the Spencer Eccles Health Sciences Library.<ref>{{cite web | title=Health Facilities | url=http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=67 | work=In Fact | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=May 16, 2009}}</ref> South of the health sciences complex, several university residence halls and apartments are clustered together near [[Fort Douglas, Utah|Fort Douglas]] and the Heritage Center, which serves as a student center and cafeteria for this area.<ref>{{cite web | title=Printable Student Housing Map | url=http://www.housing.utah.edu/pubs/UUStudentHousingMap.pdf | format=PDF | publisher=University of Utah Housing & Residential Education | accessdate=May 19, 2009}}</ref> In addition, there are 1,115 university apartments for students, staff, and faculty across three apartment complexes on campus.<ref>{{cite web | title=Campus Housing | url=http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=47 | work=In Fact | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=May 16, 2009}}</ref> At the southeast end of campus is [[University of Utah Research Park|Research Park]], which is home to research companies including [[ARUP Laboratories]], [[Evans & Sutherland]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Research | url=http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=69 | work=In Fact | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=May 16, 2009}}</ref> [[Sarcos]], [[Idaho Technology]], and [[Myriad Genetics]]. Courses are also held at off-campus centers located in [[Bountiful, Utah|Bountiful]], [[Murray, Utah|Murray]], [[Park City, Utah|Park City]], downtown [[Salt Lake City]], and [[Sandy, Utah|Sandy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://continue.utah.edu/sites/index.php|title=Continuing Education Locations|publisher=University of Utah Continuing Education|accessdate=May 27, 2009}}</ref> ===Student housing=== The University of Utah provides student housing in an 32-building housing complex on campus. The complex consists of 7 housing areas: Chapel Glen, Gateway Heights, Sage Point, Officer's Circle, Benchmark Plaza, Shoreline Ridge, and the Donna Garff Marriott Honors Residential Scholars Community. The new Donna Garff Marriott Honors Residential Scholars Community, a dormitory for honors students, is to be completed Fall 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://facilities.utah.edu/campus-design/current-projects/honors-residential.php|title= Facilities Management - Donna Garff Marriott Honors Residential Scholars Community|accessdate=May 8, 2012}}</ref> ===Transportation=== A number of campus shuttles, running on biodiesel and used vegetable oil,<ref name="sei2009" /> circle the campus on six different routes.<ref>{{cite web | title=Shuttle Routes and Schedules | url=http://www.parking.utah.edu/shuttles/index.html | publisher=University of Utah Commuter Services | accessdate=May 16, 2009}}</ref> The [[Utah Transit Authority]] (UTA) runs several buses through the university area as well as the [[UTA TRAX|TRAX]] [[Red Line (UTA TRAX)|Red Line]] ([[light rail]]), which runs to [[Daybreak Parkway (UTA station)|South Jordan]]. Riders can travel downtown, to [[FrontRunner]] ([[Commuter rail in North America|commuter rail]]), to [[West Valley City, Utah|West Valley]], or to [[Sandy, Utah|Sandy]] by transferring to the TRAX [[Green Line (UTA TRAX)|Green Line]] or [[Blue Line (UTA TRAX)|Blue Line]]. Students and staff can use their university IDs to ride UTA buses, TRAX, and FrontRunner.<ref>{{cite web | title=UTA and U | url=http://www.parking.utah.edu/UTA/index.html | publisher=University of Utah Commuter Services | accessdate=May 16, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The university has recently unveiled a new plan for a friendlier campus for bicyclers called the "Bicycle Master Plan" which aims to transform the campus into a safer and more accessible place for bicyclers and to promote the increase of bicycle ridership. The plan emphasizes both campus pathways and on-street facilities that connect the core campus area with surrounding neighborhoods. The Bicycle Master Plan gives guidelines for facilities and programs that are within the University’s jurisdiction. It also provides recommendations for the University to work with external entities such as UDOT, UTA, and Salt Lake City to improve bicycling conditions in locations that are important to the campus environment, but which are not under the University’s direct control.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/new-campus-master-plan-being-developed/|title=University of Utah News Center - New Campus Master Plan Being Developed|accessdate=April 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://facilities.utah.edu/facilities-planning/master-plan/bicycle.php|title=University of Utah Facilities Management- Bicycle Master Plan|accessdate=April 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://facilities.utah.edu/static-content/facilitiesmanagement/files/pdf/UniversityOfUtah-BicycleMasterPlan.pdf|title= University of Utah Bicycle Master Plan (18.45 MB)|year=2011||publisher=University of Utah|pages=201 | format=PDF|accessdate=April 30, 2012}}</ref> ===Sustainability=== The university is ranked 3rd by the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|EPA]] for annual [[Green energy|green power]] usage among universities, with 31% of its power coming from [[Wind power|wind]] and [[Solar power|solar]] sources.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/toplists/top20ed.htm|title=Top 20 College & University|publisher=[[United States Environmental Protection Agency]]|accessdate=July 16, 2011}}</ref> Other sustainability efforts include a permanent sustainability office, a campus [[cogeneration]] plant, building upgrades and energy efficient building standards, behavior modification programs, purchasing local [[produce]], and student groups including a bicycle collective.<ref name="sei2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2009/schools/university-of-utah|title=University of Utah – Green Report Card 2009|publisher=Sustainability Endowments Institute|accessdate=June 27, 2009}}</ref> Sustainability and transportation are also a large part of the university's campus master plan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facilities.utah.edu/static-content/facilitiesmanagement/files/pdf/2008_UofU_CMP_B_Executive_Summary.pdf|title=Executie Summary (23 MB)|work=Campus Master Plan|year=2008|publisher=University of Utah|pages=X | format=PDF|accessdate=June 27, 2009}}</ref> The Sustainable Endowments Institute gave the university a "B+" in its College Sustainability Report Card 2011, with A's for climate change and energy, food and recycling, student involvement, and transportation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/university-of-utah|title=University of Utah – Green Report Card 2011|publisher=Sustainability Endowments Institute|accessdate=July 16, 2011}}</ref> The expanded recycling program launched on July 1, 2007. Since its launch, the program has continued to grow and refine its procedures to better accommodate a growing campus' needs. Currently there are programs in place for paper, cardboard, aluminum, batteries, printer cartridges, wooden pallets and plastics #1 and #2.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://facilities.utah.edu/facilities-services/u-recycling/|title=Facilities Management - Recycling at the U|accessdate=May 1, 2012}}</ref> ===Renewable energy=== On July 7, 2011 the university unveiled its plans to be the first location in the United States to install solar ivy. Unlike rooftop panels, solar ivy panels are small and shaped like ivy so that they can be installed in an attractive arrangement that will scale walls, much like ivy growing over a building’s surface. These panels were designed by Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology of New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/ivy-covered-walls-take-on-new-power-from-the-sun/|title=University of Utah News Center- Ivy-Covered Walls Take on New Power from the Sun|accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sustainability.utah.edu/initiative-fund/scif-projects/solar-ivy.php|title=Office of Sustainability - Support a Solar U!|accessdate=May 1, 2012}}</ref> A renewable energy partnership was entered into by the university, Rocky Mountain Power and 3Degrees on September 28, 2011 allowing the purchase of renewable wind power that in its first year will produce 98,233,000 kilowatt-hours of wind energy, which is 36%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/university-of-utah-green-power-purchases-propels-pac-12-to-epa-top-ranking/|title=University of Utah News Center - University of Utah Green Power Purchases Propels Pac-12 to EPA Top Ranking|accessdate= April 19, 2012}}</ref> of the university's total power usage, with plans for an additional two-year renewable energy commitment. The university’s first-year renewable energy purchase through Blue Sky and 3Degrees has the combined environmental benefit of taking more than 13,200 cars off the road for one year or planting 1.7 million trees. The university’s support for renewable energy is made possible through a student fee-funded sustainability program established in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/green-power-at-the-u-goes-big-with-blue-sky-visionary-designation/|title=University of Utah News Center - Green Power at the U Goes Big with Blue Sky Visionary Designation|accessdate=September 28, 2011}}</ref> The university unveiled the addition of a new solar array system on April 16, 2012 on the rooftop of the Museum of Natural History. This is the second system installed on the university's campus, the other being at the HPER East building. The Natural History Museum of Utah’s system is a 330-kilowatt system, while the HPER East system is a 263-kilowatt system. The combined arrays consist of 2,470 Sharp photovoltaic panels covering 40,000 square feet of rooftop space and together they will annually produce 802,240 kilowatt hours<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/new-solar-arrays-biking-to-campus-and-e-waste-recycling-highlight-u-earth-week/|title=University of Utah News Center - New Solar Arrays, Biking to Campus and Ewaste Recycling Highlight U Earth Week|date=April 16, 2012}}</ref> ==Organization== [[File:The Park Building at the University of Utah.jpg|thumb|right|The Park Building is the center of university administration]]The university is part of the [[Utah System of Higher Education]]. As of 2009, the university's endowment is US$668 million.<ref name="nacubo">As of January 17, 2012. {{cite web | title = U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2012 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2010 to FY 2011| work = 2011 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments | publisher = National Association of College and University Business Officers | url = http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2011_NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values_Final_January_17_2012.pdf}}</ref> The primary colleges at the university are: {| | * [[University of Utah College of Architecture and Planning|College of Architecture & Planning]] *College of Dentistry * College of Education * [[University of Utah College of Engineering|College of Engineering]] * College of Fine Arts * College of Health * College of Humanities * College of Mines & Earth Sciences * College of Nursing | width = 20 | | style='vertical-align:top;' | * College of Pharmacy * College of Science * College of Social & Behavioral Science * College of Social Work * [[David Eccles School of Business]] * [[S.J. Quinney College of Law]] * [[University of Utah School of Medicine|School of Medicine]] |} Other divisions that support academics at the university include Continuing Education, the Graduate School, the Honors College, and the Office of Undergraduate Studies. There are also a number of interdisciplinary academic programs.<ref>{{cite web | title=Colleges & Departments | url=http://www.utah.edu/portal/site/uuhome/menuitem.2c41a2321a17f69f095eb7c8d1e916b9/?vgnextoid=610992d315bb3110VgnVCM1000001c9e619bRCRD | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=May 18, 2009}}</ref> ==Academics== {{Infobox US university ranking | ARWU_W = 79 | ARWU_N = 47 | CWUR = 38 | Forbes = 158 | QS_W = 306 | THES_W = 83 | USNWR_NU = 124 | Wamo_NU = 154 }} The university offers 72 undergraduate majors, more than 70 minors and certificates, more than 40 teaching majors and minors, and 95 major fields of study at the graduate level.<ref name="academic programs">{{cite web | title=Academic Programs | url=http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=57 | work=In Fact | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=May 18, 2009}}</ref> Students at the undergraduate level can also create an individualized major under the direction of the Bachelor of University Studies program and the supervision of a [[Tenure|tenure-track]] faculty member.<ref>{{cite web | title=Bachelor of University Studies (B.U.S.) | url=http://www.ugs.utah.edu/?pageId=1803 | publisher=University of Utah University College | accessdate=May 18, 2009}}</ref> The university has three semesters a year: spring, summer, and fall.<ref>{{cite web | title=Academic Calendars | url=http://www.sa.utah.edu/regist/calendar/datesDeadlines/deadlines.htm | publisher=University of Utah Office of the Registrar | accessdate=May 18, 2009}}</ref> Tuition and fees for 2008–2009 were US$2,226 for Utah residents and $6,954 for non-residents per 12-credit-hour semester.<ref name="fast facts" /> The university is classified as a research university with very high research activity by the [[Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching|Carnegie Foundation]],<ref name="carnegie classification">{{cite web | title=Carnegie Classifications Data File | url=http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/dynamic/downloads/file_1_656.xls | publisher=[[The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching]] | accessdate=May 18, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><!-- see labels tab for interpretation of basic classification "basic2005" column --> with research and training awards for 2007–2008 amounting to US$298,044,997.<ref name="fast facts" /> The university's research expenditures were the 67th highest in the nation in the [[Center for Measuring University Performance]]'s 2008 report. Additionally, the university was the 58th highest for federal research expenditures, 52nd for [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]] membership, 50th for faculty awards, 51st for doctorates awarded, and 42nd for [[Postdoctoral research|postdoctoral]] appointees.<ref name="cmup">{{cite web|url=http://mup.asu.edu/research2008.pdf |author=CMUP|publisher=Center for Measuring University Performance|title=The Top American Research Universities: 2008 Annual Report |year=2008 | format=PDF| accessdate=June 3, 2009}}</ref> In 2009, the University of Utah created the highest number of startup companies in the nation based on university technology, just ahead of [[MIT]].<ref>{{citeweb | url=http://www.unews.utah.edu/old/p/121710-1.html |title=U OF UTAH: NO. 1 FOR STARTUPS|publisher=[[University of Utah News]]|accessdate=July 13, 2011}}</ref> ===Admissions and demographics=== In 2007–2008, the university accepted 94% and admitted 80% of its 16,200 domestic undegraduate applicants; accepted 94% and admitted 66% of its 1,017 international undergraduate applicants; accepted 80% and admitted 44% of its 6,773 domestic graduate applicants; and accepted 70% and admitted 38% of its 1,992 international graduate applicants.<ref name="admission report">{{cite web | title=Annual Report July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008 | url=http://www.sa.utah.edu/assessment/pdf/Admissions_Annual_Report2007-08.pdf | format=PDF | publisher=University of Utah Admissions Office | accessdate=May 18, 2009}}</ref> Of admitted freshmen, the average [[Grade (education)#United States|GPA]] was 3.4 and the average [[ACT (test)|ACT]] score was 23.5.<ref name="admission report" /> The university uses an admissions index number that gives equal weight to GPA and ACT/[[SAT]] scores. If a freshman applicant's index number is at or above the current cutoff, they are guaranteed admission, assuming the student has or will graduate from an accredited high school, has satisfactorily completed all course requirements, has a cumulative high school GPA of at least 2.6, and has an ACT score of at least 18 or SAT score of at least 860. Special requirements apply to non-accredited high schools.<ref>{{cite web | title=Freshman Admission Requirements | url=http://www.sa.utah.edu/admiss/requirements.html | publisher=University of Utah Admissions Office | accessdate=May 18, 2009}}</ref> In 2010, the undergraduate and graduate student body was 30,819, with 23,371 [[undergraduate education|undergraduate]] students and 7,448 [[postgraduate education|graduate]] students. 71% of students were full-time, 56% were male and 44% female, 84% were Utah residents, and 6% were foreign students.<ref name="fast facts" /> The student body was 77% white, 6% non-resident alien, 5% Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander, 5% Hispanic, 1% black, and 1% Native American. Ethnicity or citizenship was unknown for 6% of the student body.<ref>{{cite web | title=Headcount Enrollment by Academic Level, Gender, and Ethnicity 2008 Autumn Semester Census | url=http://www.obia.utah.edu/ia/stat/2008-2009/ss0809A02.pdf | format=PDF | publisher=University of Utah Office of Budget & Institutional Analysis | accessdate=May 18, 2009}}</ref> The university was ranked 20th by [[The Princeton Review]] for having the most religious students in the nation in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Utah|url=http://www.princetonreview.com/UniversityofUtah.aspx|work=The Best 368 Colleges|year=2009|publisher=[[The Princeton Review]]|accessdate=September 2, 2009}}</ref> ===Notable programs=== [[File:Carlson Hall University of Utah.jpeg|thumb|right|Carlson Hall hosts a number of different offices, including some for the S.J. Quinney College of Law]] The University of Utah has the only accredited architecture program in Utah,<ref>{{cite web | title=Architecture Programs in Utah | url=http://www.naab.org/schools/results.aspx?vSchoolYMGHFREState=UT | publisher=[[National Architectural Accrediting Board]] | accessdate=May 18, 2009}}</ref> as well as the only [[medical school]].<ref name="aamc" /> In 2009, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked the university's medical school 51st in the nation for medical research<ref name="USUnivRankings_USNWR_Medr" >{{cite web|url=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/items/04117|title=University of Utah – Best Medical Schools|publisher=U.S. News and World Report|accessdate=January 17, 2010}}</ref> and 29th in the nation for primary care.<ref name="USUnivRankings_USNWR_Medr" /> The school has made several notable contributions to medicine, such as establishing the first [[cerebrovascular disease|Cerebrovascular Disease]] Unit west of the [[Mississippi River]] in 1970 and administering the world's first permanent artificial heart, the [[Jarvik-7]], to [[Barney Clark]] in 1982.<ref>{{cite web | title=University Health Care Milestones | url=http://healthcare.utah.edu/about/milestones.htm | publisher=University of Utah Health Care | accessdate=May 18, 2009}}</ref> [[Image:Uofu warnockside.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The Warnock Engineering Building]] The [[S.J. Quinney College of Law]], founded in 1913,<ref>{{cite web | title=Law School Profile | url=http://www.law.utah.edu/prospective/profile/ | publisher=S.J. Quinney College of Law | accessdate=May 18, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> was the only [[law school]] in Utah until the 1970s. In 2010, it was ranked 42nd in the nation by ''U.S. News''.<ref name="USUnivRankings_USNWR_Law" >{{cite web|url=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/items/03157|title=University of Utah (Quinney) – Best Law Schools|publisher=U.S. News and World Report|accessdate=May 12, 2010}}</ref> In 2009, the university's [[University of Utah College of Engineering|College of Engineering]] graduate program was ranked 62nd in the nation by ''U.S. News''.<ref name="USUnivRankings_USNWR_Eng" >{{cite web|url=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/items/02181|title=University of Utah – Best Engineering Schools|publisher=U.S News and World Report|accessdate=January 17, 2010}}</ref> The university's School of Computing, part of the College of Engineering, was ranked 39th in the nation.<ref>{{cite web | title=Computer Science | url=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-computer-science-schools/rankings | work=Best Graduate Schools | publisher=U.S. News & World Report | accessdate=May 19, 2009}}</ref> The University of Utah was one of the original four nodes of [[ARPANET#Initial ARPANET deployment|ARPANET]], the world's first [[packet-switching]] computer network and embryo of the current worldwide Internet.<ref>{{cite web | last=Leiner | first=Barry M. | coauthors=Robert E. Kahn, Jon Postel | title=A Brief History of the Internet | url=http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml | publisher=[[Internet Society]] | accessdate=May 18, 2009}}</ref> Notable innovations of faculty and alumni include the first method for representing surface textures in graphical images, the [[Gouraud shading]] model, magnetic ink printing technology, the Johnson counter [[logic circuit]], the oldest algebraic mathematics package still in use ([[REDUCE]]), the [[Phong reflection model]], the [[Phong shading]] method, and the [[rendering equation]]. The school has pioneered work in [[asynchronous circuit]]s, [[computer animation]], [[computer art]], digital [[Sound recording and reproduction|music recording]], [[graphical user interface]]s, and [[stack machine]] architectures.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the School of Computing |url=http://www.cs.utah.edu/dept/history/ |publisher=University of Utah School of Computing |accessdate=May 19, 2009}}</ref> The School of Computing also takes part in the [[Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute]], which continues to make advances in visualization, scientific computing, and image analysis.<ref>{{cite web |title=Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute Overview |url=http://www.sci.utah.edu/about/about.html |publisher=University of Utah |accessdate=May 18, 2009}}</ref> In the sciences, ''U.S. News'' ranked the university 36th in chemistry (2007) and 43rd in earth sciences (2006) among national graduate programs,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools|title=Best Science Schools|work=America's Best Graduate Schools|publisher=U.S. News & World Report|accessdate=May 21, 2009}}</ref> and the [[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] ranked the university 43rd in the world in the life and agricultural sciences in 2009.<ref name="USUnivRankings_ARWU_LIFE" >{{cite web|url=http://www.arwu.org/ARWUFIELD2009LIFE.jsp|title=ARWU Field 2009 LIFE|publisher=Academic Ranking of World Universities|accessdate=January 17, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The university has made unique contributions to the study of [[genetics]] due in part to long-term [[genealogy]] efforts of the [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS Church]], which has allowed researchers to trace genetic disorders through several generations. The relative homogeneity of Utah's population also makes it an ideal laboratory for studies of population genetics.<ref name="genetics">{{cite web | last = Sussingham | first = Robin | coauthors = Stephanie Watson, Jennifer Logan | year = 2006 | url = http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/features/utah/ | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070219145225/http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/features/utah/index.cfm | archivedate=February 19, 2007 | title = Utah: A Gold Mine for Genetic Research | publisher = University of Utah | accessdate =March 9, 2006}}</ref> The university is home to the Genetic Science Learning Center, a resource which educates the public about genetics through its website.<ref>{{cite web | title=Learn.Genetics | url=http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/ | publisher=Genetic Science Learning Center | accessdate=May 18, 2009}}</ref> In March of 2012, the university received unanimous approval from the board of trustees to create a new academic college, the college of dentistry; the university's first new college in sixty years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=2569777|title=The Daily Utah Chronicle - College of Dentistry Starts in Fall of 2013|accessdate=May 1, 2012}}</ref> The college's mission is to "educate and train excellent, compassionate and ethical dentist to partner with other healthcare providers in order to serve our community and the world around us and to further our understanding of the therapeutic management of oral structures and functions through research and its translation."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://admin.utah.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Dentistry-School-Degree.pdf|title=Proposals for: School of Dentistry (a new academic college) at the University of Utah and Approval to Grant the DDS Degree (0.82 MB)|year=March 2012|publisher=University of Utah Health Sciences|pages=164|format=PDF|page=13|accessdate=May 1, 2012}}</ref> The new college has received funding for a new structure and has started as a debt-free program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=2569777|title=The Daily Utah Chronicle - College of Dentistry Starts in Fall of 2013|accessdate=May 1, 2012}}</ref> The new school will start enrolling students for the fall semester of 2013 and is expected to average the same cost as the university's medical school tuition of $29,000 with expenses being between $85,000 and $115,000 annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=2570672|title=The Daily Utah Chronicle - Dental School Receives Approval|accessdate=May 1, 2012}}</ref> In August 2012, the University of Utah announced plans to close its [[Center for American Indian Languages]], which has been home to linguists such as [[Lyle Campbell]] and Wick Miller. "The College of Humanities instead will concentrate language-preservation efforts on Utah's tribal tongues," according to one article.<ref name = "republic">{{Cite news | last = Associated Press | title = Linguists' quest to preserve languages in danger after University of Utah closes unique center | work = The Republic | location = Columbus, Indiana | accessdate = 2012-10-07 | url = http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/0f02e09060fa49d1aef765b2996556d8/UT--Native-Languages-Center1st-Ld-Writethru }}</ref> This closure, said to be for purposes focusing efforts on the language of Utah tribes, "has shocked many in the [[language documentation|language conservation]] world.<ref>{{Cite news | last = Brian Maffly | title = U. of Utah dismantling native language center: Fate of the preservation efforts in question as focus narrows to Utah tribes. | work = Salt Lake Tribune | accessdate = 2012-10-07 | date = 2012-09-07 | url = about:blank }}</ref> Linguists, including [[Ives Goddard]] of the [[Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian]] have expressed serious concern about the negative impact on efforts to preserve indigenous languages throughout the Americas.<ref name = "republic"/><ref>{{Cite news | last = Brian Maffly | title = University of Utah shifts focus on indigenous languages | work = The Salt Lake Tribune | accessdate = 2012-10-07 | date = 2012-09-17 | url = http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/54890361-78/language-center-cail-campbell.html.csp }}</ref> ==Athletics== [[Image:Uofu huntsmancenter.jpg|thumb|right|[[Jon M. Huntsman Center]] serves as a basketball and gymnastics venue]]{{main|Utah Utes}} The university has 7 men's and 11 women's varsity teams.<ref name="athletics">{{cite web | title=Athletics | url=http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=81 | work=In Fact | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=May 30, 2009}}</ref> Athletic teams include men's baseball, basketball, football, golf, skiing, swimming/diving, and tennis and women's basketball, cross country, gymnastics, skiing, soccer, softball, swimming/diving, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.<ref name="utah utes">{{cite web | title=Utah Official Athletic Site | url=http://utahutes.cstv.com/ | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> The school's sports teams are called the [[Ute tribe|Ute]]s, though some teams have an additional nickname, such as "Runnin' Utes" for the men's basketball team.<ref name="basketball media guide">{{cite web | title=Men's Basketball Media Guide | url=http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/0809-media-guide.html | work=Utah Official Athletic Site | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> The university participates in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]'s [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] ([[NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship|FBS]] for football) as part of the [[Pacific-12 Conference|Pac-12 Conference]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5298238|title=Utah excited by Pac-10 acceptance|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=June 17, 2010}}.</ref> There is a fierce [[Utah–BYU rivalry]], and the [[Holy War (Utah vs. BYU)|Utah–BYU football game]], traditionally a season finale, has been called the "Holy War" by national broadcasting commentators.<ref>{{cite news |first=Graham |last=Watson |title=Cougars-Utes spice things up – off the field |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?page=rivalryweek/holywar |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=November 20, 2008 |accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> The university [[fight song]] is [[Utah Utes#Fight song|"Utah Man"]], commonly played at athletic games and other university events.<ref name="ute traditions">{{cite web | title=Ute Traditions | url=http://utahutes.cstv.com/trads/ute-trads-what.html | work=Utah Official Athletic Site | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=May 14, 2009}}</ref> In 1996, [[Utah_Utes#Mascot|Swoop]] was introduced as the new mascot of the University of Utah. Because of relationships with the local Ute Indians, Utah adopted a new mascot. While still known as the Utes, Utah is now represented by the [[Red-tailed Hawk]] known for the use of his tail feathers in Ute head-dresses, and said he "Reflects the soaring spirit of our state and school"<ref name="Utah Mascot">{{cite web | title=Utah Mascot | url=http://www.trademarks.utah.edu/traditions/mascot.html| work=Utah Official Athletic Site | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=November 10, 2010}}</ref> In 2002, the university was one of 20 schools to make the ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' College Sports Honor Roll.<ref>{{cite news |first=Gordon |last=Witkin |coauthors=Jodi Schneider |title=College Sports: Why they're not just about winning and losing anymore. A look at some of the best—and worst—programs. |url=http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/020318/archive_020363.htm |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |date=March 10, 2002 |accessdate=May 16, 2009}}</ref> In 2005, Utah became the first school to produce No. 1 overall draft picks in both the [[NFL Draft]] and [[NBA Draft]] for the same year.<ref name="bogut">{{cite web|last=Sorensen|first=Mike|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,600144977,00.html|title=It's official: Bogut's a Buck|date=June 29, 2005|work=[[Deseret News|Deseret Morning News]]|accessdate=May 28, 2009}}</ref> [[Alex Smith]] was picked first overall by the [[San Francisco 49ers]] in the [[2005 NFL Draft]],<ref>{{cite web | title=NFL Draft History Full Draft | url=http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?season=2005 | publisher=[[National Football League]] | accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> and [[Andrew Bogut]] was picked first overall by the [[Milwaukee Bucks]] in the [[2005 NBA Draft]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Draft 2005 | url=http://www.nba.com/draft2005/index.html | publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] | accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> The university has won ten [[NCAA Skiing Championships]], most recently in 2003,<ref>{{cite web | title=Utah | url=http://www.ncaa.com/history/skiing.html | publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] | accessdate=May 16, 2009}}</ref> as well as the 1977 [[Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women|AIAW]] National Women's Skiing Championship.<ref>{{cite web | title=Utah Athletics History | url=http://utahutes.cstv.com/trads/ute-trads-success.html | work=Utah Official Athletic Site | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=May 16, 2009}}</ref> ===Men's basketball=== {{main|Utah Utes men's basketball}} The men's basketball team won the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] title in [[1944 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1944]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Division I Men's Basketball History | url=http://www.ncaa.com/history/m-basketball-d1.html | publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] | accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> and the [[National Invitation Tournament|NIT]] crown in 1947.<ref>{{cite web | title=Postseason NIT History (1940's) | url=http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1940s.html | publisher=[[National Invitation Tournament]] | accessdate=May 15, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> [[Arnie Ferrin]], the only four-time All-American in Utah basketball history, played for both the 1944 and 1947 teams. He also went on to help the [[Minneapolis Lakers]] win [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] Championships in 1949 and 1951.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Arnie Ferrin To Be Honored During Utah-TCU Game Saturday |url=http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030209aab.html |publisher=University of Utah |date=March 2, 2009 |accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> [[Wataru Misaka|Wat Misaka]], the first person of Asian descent to play in the NBA, also played for Utah during this era.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jennifer W. |last=Sanchez |title=Utahn broke ethnic wall in NBA |work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]] |date=September 9, 2008 |accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> Utah basketball rose again to national prominence when head coach [[Rick Majerus]] took his team, including guard [[Andre Miller]], combo forward [[Hanno Möttölä]], and post player [[Michael Doleac]], to the NCAA [[Final Four]] in [[1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1998]]. After eliminating [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|North Carolina]] to advance to the final round, Utah lost the championship game to [[Kentucky Wildcats|Kentucky]], 78–69.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jack |last=Curry |authorlink=Jack Curry |title=1998 NCAA Tournament: Kentucky Turns Comeback Into Its 2nd Title in 3 Years |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/31/sports/1998-ncaa-tournament-kentucky-turns-comeback-into-its-2d-title-in-3-years.html |work=The New York Times |date=March 31, 1998 |accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> ===Football=== {{main|Utah Utes football}} [[Image:UtesRiceEccles2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Rice–Eccles Stadium]] during a football game]]In 2004–2005, the football team, coached by [[Urban Meyer]] and quarterbacked by [[Alex Smith]], along with defensive great [[Eric Weddle]], went 11–0 during the regular season and defeated [[University of Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh]] 35–7 in the [[2005 Fiesta Bowl]], becoming the first team from a conference without an automatic [[Bowl Championship Series]] (BCS) bid to go to a BCS bowl game.<ref name="fiesta bowl">{{cite news |first=Brad |last=Rock |title=Utes a perfect 12–0: U. pounds Pitt after crashing BCS party |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,600102009,00.html |work=[[Deseret News|Deseret Morning News]] |date=January 2, 2005 |accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> The team ended its perfect 12–0 season ranked 4th in AP polling.<ref>{{cite web | title=NCAA College Football Polls | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex?seasonYear=2004 | publisher=[[ESPN]] | accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> 2008–2009 was another undefeated year for the football team, coached by [[Kyle Whittingham]], as they finished the season 13–0 and defeated Alabama 31–17 in the [[2009 Sugar Bowl]]. Utah finished the season 2nd in AP polling, their highest rank ever. At the end of the season, the Utes were the only unbeaten team in the country, with the nation's longest active streak of bowl victories (8).<ref name="sugar bowl">{{cite news |first=Dirk |last=Facer |title=Utah Utes football: Storybook season: How did the Utes get from 0–0 to 13–0? Let us remind you |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705277808,00.html |work=[[Deseret News]] |date=January 16, 2009 |accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> The Utah Utes moved to the Pac-12 Conference for the start of the 2011–2012 football season. They are in the South Division with [[University of Colorado at Boulder|University of Colorado]], [[University of Arizona]], [[Arizona State University]], [[UCLA]] and [[University of Southern California]]. Their first game in the Pac-12 was at [[University of Southern California|USC]] on September 10, 2011, and resulted in a 23–14 Utah loss. ===Gymnastics=== {{main|Utah Red Rocks}} The women's gymnastics team, the [[Utah Red Rocks|Red Rocks]], has won ten national championships, including the 1981 [[Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women|AIAW]] championship, and placed 2nd nationally eight times. As of 2010, it has qualified for the [[NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship|NCAA championship]] every year, the only program to do so. The program has averaged over 11,000 fans per meet 1992–2010 and has been the NCAA gymnastics season attendance champions 16 of these 19 years. In 2010, there was an average of 14,213 fans per meet, the largest crowd being 15,030.<ref>{{cite web | title=Utah Gymnastics Media Guide | url=http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/w-gym/spec-rel/utah-2010-media-guide.html| work=Utah Official Athletic Site | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=April 7, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/w-gym/recaps/032710aaa.html|title=Gymnasts Make NCAA Attendance History|date=March 26, 2010|work=Utah Official Athletic Site|publisher=University of Utah|accessdate=April 8, 2010}}</ref> ===Marching band=== The university [[marching band]], known as the "Pride of Utah",<ref name="official band page">{{cite web | title=Marching Band | url=http://uofubands.music.utah.edu/Marching%20Band/MarchingBandLanding.html | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> perform at all home football games, as well as some away games and bowl games. They performed at the [[2005 Fiesta Bowl|2005 BCS Tostitos Fiesta Bowl]], the [[2009 Sugar Bowl|2009 BCS Allstate Sugar Bowl]], and the Inaugural Parade of President [[Barack Obama]].<ref name="official band page" /> The band began as a military band in the 1940s. In 1948, university president [[A. Ray Olpin]] recruited Ron Gregory from [[Ohio State University]] to form a collegiate marching band. Support for the band dwindled in the 60s, and ASUU (the Associated Students of the University of Utah) discontinued its funding in 1969.<ref name="ute traditions" /> The band was revived in 1976 after a fund raising effort.<ref name="ute traditions" /> under the direction of Gregg I. Hanson<ref>{{cite news | title = Once again, U. band will strut for football fans | publisher = [[Deseret News]] | date = September 25, 1976 | url = http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19760925&id=ckMOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Y38DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6668,6647367 | accessdate =May 14, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> As of 2011, the band is under the direction of Dr. Brian Sproul.<ref>{{cite web | title=Brian Sproul | url=http://www.music.utah.edu/faculty/faculty_a-z/brian_sproul | publisher=University of Utah School of Music | accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> ==Student life== [[Image:Uofu union.jpg|thumb|right|[[A. Ray Olpin]] University Union and courtyard]]A large portion of university students live off-campus, as the university is located in a large [[Salt Lake City, Utah MSA|metropolitan area]] and has beds for less than 10% of its undergraduate population in [[Dormitory|residence halls]] and single student apartments. An additional 1,115 family apartments are available to students, staff, and faculty. One of the university's primary four goals for long-term campus growth is to increase student engagement through the addition of on-campus housing, intramural fields, athletic centers, and a new [[student activity center]].<ref name="plan elements">{{cite web|url=http://www.facilities.utah.edu/static-content/facilitiesmanagement/files/pdf/2008_UofU_CMP_5_Plan_Elements.pdf|title=Plan Elements (50 MB)|year=2008 | format=PDF|work=Campus Master Plan|publisher=University of Utah|accessdate=May 22, 2009}}</ref> The current student activity center, the [[A. Ray Olpin]] University Union, is a common gathering place for university-wide events such as Crimson Nights, roughly monthly student activity nights; PlazaFest, a fair for campus groups at the start of the school year; and the Grand Kerfuffle, a concert at the end of the school year. The building includes a cafeteria, computer lab, recreational facilities, and a ballroom for special events. The Union also houses the [[Lowell L. Bennion|Lowell Bennion]] Community Service Center and ASUU (the Associated Students of the University of Utah), which is responsible for appropriating funds to student groups and organizations on campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asuu.utah.edu/govt|title=ASUU: Government|publisher=Associated Students of the University of Utah|accessdate=May 22, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> ASUU holds [[Primary election|primary]] and general elections each year for student representatives, typically with 10–15% of the student population voting.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/news/candidates-fight-low-voter-turnout-1.1598515|title=Candidates fight low voter turnout|last=Thompson|first=Jeremy|date=March 5, 2009|work=The Daily Utah Chronicle|publisher=University of Utah|accessdate=March 22, 2009}}</ref> Due to the large number of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS Church]] members at the university, there is an LDS [[Institute of Religion]] building directly on campus, as well as several LDS student groups and 46 campus [[Ward (LDS Church)|wards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ldsces.org/iws1/index.aspx?p=60611|title=Institute of Religion – University of Utah|publisher=[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]|accessdate=May 27, 2009}}</ref> Approximately 650 students participate in [[fraternities and sororities]] at the university, primarily located on "Greek Row" just off campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greeks.utah.edu/pageview.aspx?id=7730|title=Welcome to Greek Row|publisher=University of Utah Greek Council|accessdate=May 22, 2009}}</ref> The University of Utah has a [[dry campus]], meaning that alcohol is banned on campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facilities.utah.edu/portal/site/facilities/menuitem.f3f7b0b1f50f8fe6d0f3d010c1e916b9/?vgnextoid=2021762b3055d110VgnVCM1000001c9e619bRCRD|title=Alcohol and Drug Policies|publisher=University of Utah Department of Public Safety|accessdate=May 22, 2009}}</ref> In 2004, [[Utah]] became the first state with a law expressly permitting [[Concealed carry in the United States|concealed weapons]] on public university campuses.<ref>{{cite news|author=Associated Press|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18355953/|title=Utah only state to allow guns at college|date=April 28, 2007|publisher=MSNBC|accessdate=May 22, 2009|authorlink=Associated Press}}</ref> The University of Utah tried to uphold its gun ban but the [[Utah Supreme Court]] rejected the ban in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/story?id=2469016&page=1|title=University of Utah Can't Ban Firearms on Campus |last=Croft|first=Gregory T.|date=September 20, 2006|publisher=[[ABC News]]|accessdate=May 22, 2009}}</ref> ==Media== [[Image:EBC northeast.JPG|thumb|right|[[Eccles Broadcast Center]] is home to three broadcast stations]]The university has several public broadcasting affiliations, many of which utilize the [[Eccles Broadcast Center]]. These stations include [[KUED]] channel&nbsp;7, a [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] member station<ref>{{cite web | title=PBS Station Finder | url=http://www.pbs.org/stationfinder/index.html?station=KUED | publisher=[[Public Broadcasting Service]] | accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> and producer of local documentaries; [[KUEN]] channel&nbsp;9, an educational station for teachers and students from the [[Utah Education Network]]; [[KUER-FM|KUER]] 90.1&nbsp;[[FM radio|FM]], a public radio affiliate of [[National Public Radio]], [[American Public Media]], and [[Public Radio International]];<ref>{{cite web | title=About KUER 90.1 | url=http://www.kuer.org/insidefm90/home.php | publisher=[[KUER-FM|KUER]] | accessdate=May 15, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> and [[K-UTE]] 1620 ''NewsBreak'' is the student-run television newscast on campus.<ref>{{cite web | title = NewsBreak | publisher = University of Utah | url = http://www.newsbreak.utah.edu/ | accessdate =December 14, 2011}}</ref> During 2011, program will celebrate its 40th year.<ref>{{cite web | title = History of NewsBreak| publisher = University of Utah | url = http://www.newsbreak.utah.edu/?p=2034 | accessdate =December 14, 2011}}</ref> Broadcasts air every Thursday night at 10&nbsp;pm during the fall and spring semesters on [[KUEN]]. ''The Daily Utah Chronicle'', also referred to as the ''Chrony'',<ref name="chrony press release">{{cite press release |title=Broadsheet, NY Times Crossword Puzzle and SI On Campus Part of New Daily Utah Chronicle Offering |url=http://www.unews.utah.edu/p/?r=031306-13 |publisher=University of Utah |date=August 20, 2003 |accessdate=May 15, 2009}}</ref> has been the university's independent, student-run paper since 1890.<ref>{{cite web | title = The Daily Utah Chronicle | publisher = University of Utah | url = http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/ | accessdate =May 15, 2009}}</ref> It publishes daily on school days during fall and spring semesters and weekly during summer semester.<ref>{{cite web | title = Production Schedules | publisher = University Media Sales Group | url = http://www.umsg.utah.edu/schedule.html | accessdate =May 15, 2009}}</ref> The paper typically runs between eight and twelve pages, with longer editions for weekend game guides. The paper converted to a [[broadsheet]] format in 2003 when the [[Newspaper Agency Corporation]] began printing it.<ref name="chrony press release" /> The [[Society of Professional Journalists]] selected the newspaper as one of three finalists for best all-around daily student newspaper in the nation in both 2007 and 2008.<ref>{{cite press release |title=SPJ Announces 2007 Mark of Excellence Award National Winners |url=http://www.spj.org/news.asp?REF=800 |publisher=[[Society of Professional Journalists]] |date=May 19, 2008 |accessdate=January 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=SPJ Announces 2008 Mark of Excellence Award National Winners |url=http://www.spj.org/news.asp?REF=891 |publisher=[[Society of Professional Journalists]] |date=May 13, 2009 |accessdate=January 14, 2009}}</ref> Staff from the ''Chronicle'' feed into Utah journalism circles, some of them rising to considerable prominence, such as former editor Matt Canham, whose work with ''[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]'' earned him the Don Baker Investigative Reporting Award from the Utah Chapter of the [[Society of Professional Journalists]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12584921|title=SPJ recognizes the best Utah journalism of 2008|date=June 13, 2009|work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]|accessdate=March 16, 2010}}</ref> The [[University of Utah Press]], the oldest press in Utah and now part of the [[J. Willard Marriott Library]], publishes books on topics including the outdoors, [[anthropology]] and [[archaeology]], [[linguistics]], [[creative nonfiction]], [[Mesoamerica]], [[Native American studies]], and [[Utah]], [[Mormon]], and Western history.<ref name="media in fact">{{cite web | title=Media | url=http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=79 | work=In Fact | publisher=University of Utah | accessdate=May 16, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Subject Categories | url=http://www.uofupress.com/store/subjects.php | publisher=[[University of Utah Press]] | accessdate=May 16, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The university is also home to a national literary journal, ''[[Quarterly West]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Small Magazine, Big Names: 'Quarterly West' Turns 20|last=Griggs|first=Brandon|date=December 15, 1996|work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]}}</ref> ==Notable alumni and faculty== {{main|List of University of Utah people}} Notable alumni include politicians [[Rocky Anderson]], [[Robert Foster Bennett|Bob Bennett]], [[E. Jake Garn]], [[Jon Huntsman, Jr.]], [[Frank E. Moss]], and [[Karl Rove]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.deseretnews.com/archive/952840/Triumph-of-the-underdog.html|title=Triumph of the underdog|last=Davidson|first=Lee|date=December 8, 2002|work=[[Deseret News]]|accessdate=May 26, 2009}}</ref> recent [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS Church]] presidents [[Gordon B. Hinckley]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]|url=http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/background-information/leader-biographies/president-gordon-b-hinckley|title=President Gordon B. Hinckley|work=Leader Biographies|accessdate=May 26, 2009}}</ref> and [[Thomas S. Monson]];<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]|url=http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/background-information/leader-biographies/president-thomas-s-monson|title=President Thomas S. Monson|work=Leader Biographies|accessdate=May 26, 2009}}</ref> authors [[Orson Scott Card]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hatrack.com/osc/about-more.shtml|title=About Orson Scott Card|publisher=Hatrack River Enterprises Inc.|accessdate=May 26, 2009}}</ref> [[Stephen Covey]], [[Ronald B. Scott]]<ref>http://www.globepequot.com/mitt_romney-9780762779277</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.boston.com/yourtown/milton/articles/2011/09/22/the_working_title_on_romney/ | work=The Boston Globe | title=The working title on Romney | first=Joan | last=Vennochi | date=September 22, 2011}}</ref> and [[Wallace Stegner]]; [[R Adams Cowley]], [[William DeVries]], [[Russell M. Nelson]],<ref name="nelson bio">{{cite web|publisher=[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]|url=http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/background-information/leader-biographies/elder-russell-m-nelson|title=Elder Russell M. Nelson|work=Leader Biographies|accessdate=May 26, 2009}}</ref> and [[Robert Jarvik]] in medicine; historian [[Richard Foltz]]; and educator [[Gordon Gee]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Rule|first=Ann|title=The stranger beside me|publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]]|location=New York|year=2000|edition=Updated 20th anniversity ed.|isbn=0-393-05029-7|accessdate=May 26, 2009|page=118}}</ref> Notable science and engineering alumni include [[Jim Blinn]]; [[James H. Clark|Jim Clark]], founder of [[Silicon Graphics]], [[Netscape Communications Corporation]], [[myCFO]], and [[Healtheon]]; [[Henri Gouraud (computer scientist)|Henri Gouraud]]; [[Ralph Hartley]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/biography/hartley.html|title=Ralph V. L. Hartley, 1888–1970|publisher=[[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]]|accessdate=May 26, 2009}}</ref> [[Alan Kay]]; [[Simon Ramo]]; and [[John Warnock]], co-founder of [[Adobe Systems]]. Entrepreneurs and businessmen in other areas include [[Alan Ashton (executive)|Alan Ashton]], co-founder of [[WordPerfect]] and [[Thanksgiving Point]]; [[Nolan Bushnell]], founder of [[Atari]] and [[Chuck E. Cheese]]; [[Edwin Catmull|Ed Catmull]], co-founder of [[Pixar]]; [[J. Willard Marriott]], founder of [[Marriott International]]; [[Robert A. "Bob" McDonald]], CEO of [[Procter & Gamble]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=983031&ric=PG|title=Executive Profile: Robert A. McDonald|work=BusinessWeek|accessdate=June 11, 2009}}</ref> and [[David Neeleman]], founder of [[JetBlue]].<ref name="cs history">{{cite web|url=http://www.cs.utah.edu/school/history/|title=Major contributions by Utah faculty and alumni|publisher=University of Utah School of Computing|accessdate=May 26, 2009}}</ref> In athletics, notable alumni include baseball player [[Chris Shelton]]; basketball players [[Andrew Bogut]], [[Andre Miller]] and [[Keith Van Horn]]; football players [[Jamal Anderson]], [[Kevin Dyson]], [[Alex Smith]], and [[Steve Smith (American football, born 1979)|Steve Smith]]; and football coach [[LaVell Edwards]].<ref name="alumni">{{cite web|url=http://utahutes.cstv.com/trads/ute-trads-alum.html|title=Famous University of Utah Alumni|work=Utah Official Athletic Site|publisher=University of Utah|accessdate=May 26, 2009}}</ref> Notable faculty in science and engineering include [[David C. Evans|David Evans]] and [[Ivan Sutherland]], founders of [[Evans and Sutherland]]; [[Henry Eyring]], known for studying [[Chemical kinetics|chemical reaction rates]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=heyring.html|title=Henry Eyring, February 20, 1901 – December 26, 1981|last=Kauzmann|first=Walter|authorlink=Walter Kauzmann|publisher=[[National Academies Press]]|accessdate=May 26, 2009}}</ref> [[Stephen Jacobsen]], founder of [[Sarcos]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mech.utah.edu/people/faculty/jacobsen.html|title=Stephen Jacobsen – Distinguished Professor|publisher=University of Utah Department of Mechanical Engineering|accessdate=May 26, 2009}}</ref> [[Jindřich Kopeček]] and [[Sung Wan Kim]], pioneers of polymeric [[drug delivery]] and [[gene delivery]];<ref>[http://www.nae.edu/Activities/MediaRoom/20095/42133.aspx NAE Elects 68 Members and Nine Foreign Associates]</ref> [[Suhas Patil]], founder of [[Cirrus Logic]]; [[Stanley Pons]], who claimed to have discovered "[[cold fusion]]" in 1989;<ref>{{cite news|title=Brilliance and Recklessness Seen in Fusion Collaboration|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/09/science/brilliance-and-recklessness-seen-in-fusion-collaboration.html|last=Broad|first=William J.|date=May 9, 1989|work=The New York Times|accessdate=May 26, 2009}}</ref> [[Venkatraman Ramakrishnan]], later co-winner of the 2009 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13530930|title=Ramakrishnan: Nobel-winning work started in Utah|last=Maffly|first=Brian|date=October 11, 2009|work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]|accessdate=November 19, 2009}}</ref> and [[Thomas Stockham]], founder of [[Soundstream]].<ref name="cs history" /> In medicine, notable faculty include [[Mario Capecchi]], the co-winner of the 2007 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]];<ref name = "Nobel 2007">{{cite web | title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007 | url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2007/index.html | publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]] | accessdate=October 8, 2007}}</ref> [[Willem Johan Kolff]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4604625/Willem-Kolff.html|title=Willem Kolff|date=March 20, 2009|work=The New York Times|accessdate=May 26, 2009|location=London}}</ref> and [[Russell M. 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