Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research Call for Papers

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October 29, 2021

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Applications are now open for next year’s Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research (UCUR). At UCUR, students can showcase their research, and engage with other peers and academic professionals.  Students attending institutions throughout Utah are invited to celebrate, “academic, professional, and personal achievements resulting from undergraduate research projects or creative endeavors,” during this year’s Utah Conference […]

FDA-approved Pfizer vaccine available on campus

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October 25, 2021

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The fully FDA-approved Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine became available at Utah Valley University last week, which UVU announced on Wednesday, Oct. 13. This vaccine is now available to students and their immediate family members for free at the UVU on-campus clinic, in addition to the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccines.  The Pfizer vaccine was […]

Students present at Geological Society of America’s national conference

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October 23, 2021

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Undergraduate students and staff members from Utah Valley University attended the Geological Society of America’s Connects 2021 conference in Portland, OR, UVU students and faculty delivered four poster presentations and participated in three different sessions.  The Geological Society of America (GSA) is an organization of professionals, students and other individuals who are interested in earth […]

Expert: Corporations essential progress on climate, social justice

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October 8, 2021

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Renowned economist and author, Dr. Dambisa Moyo, spoke about the role that corporations play in the twenty-first century. Regarding the main question she addressed “why should we care given the current state of the world,” Moyo listed various challenges that society faces, such as debt, demographic and population shifts, inequality, climate change, and energy poverty.  […]

Bitcoin takes the stage at conference

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October 8, 2021

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The annual Bitcoin Conference and Tech Business Summit was held at UVU on Oct. 1, with the goal of bringing together like-minded people to discuss and learn from each other. According to the event’s website, “[it] is the one and only conference that’s connecting clean energy, bitcoin, and the blockchain economy and presenting it to […]

IPCC’s latest assessment report and sustainability at UVU

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August 29, 2021

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On Aug. 9, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the sixth Assessment Report (AR6) summarizing the current state of the climate, causes, impacts and options for climate action. The major findings from AR6 show conclusive evidence that human activities are causing climate change, that it is happening in every region on Earth and […]

UVU students beat top-tier schools in cybersecurity competition

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March 25, 2021

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by Alessia Love The “WOLV3R1NES”, a team of UVU students from the National Securities Study program, competed among prestigious, highly-renowned universities on March 4 and 5 in the Atlantic Council Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge — an international cybersecurity competition — and were crowned the winners. The competition had a total of  two rounds. In each […]

Students in Utah Valley more likely to avoid mask-wearing for convenience, not politics

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January 5, 2021

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Students at UVU and BYU are more likely than the national college population to ignore coronavirus precautions because the guidelines are inconvenient, according to a new Brigham Young University study. The study compared survey answers from college students nationwide to answers from students in introductory biology classes at UVU and BYU. The surveys showed that […]

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College of Science explores options for access to supercomputers

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December 6, 2020

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When exercise science student Josh Zushi swabbed dogs’ mouths to collect DNA from the bacteria living in their saliva, the data was so complex that analyzing it nearly destroyed his laptop. The College of Science’s High-Performance Computing Committee is looking at options to improve access to supercomputing so researchers like Zushi can more easily process […]

UVU MBA, Netflix, & Entrepreneur Funding at Silicon Slopes

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February 26, 2020

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Seen as a prime networking opportunity for many business people and technology professionals, Salt Lake City’s annual Silicon Slopes Tech Summit hosted a record of 25,000 attendees in late January. Budding from just 5,000 attendees four years ago, this year’s lineup included Mark Zuckerberg, Gail Miller, owner of the Utah Jazz and Megaplex Theatres, Utah’s […]