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Appears in 10 stories · Last updated Oct 25, 2026
Leads the consortium awarded the grant
The Department of Energy gave a University of Utah-led consortium $7.5 million to hunt for rare earth elements in places miners usually skip: coal seams, mine waste and ash piles. Those metals go into electric vehicle motors, wind turbines and missile guidance systems.
Updated Oct 25
Owner of Rice-Eccles Stadium
Utah trustees approved a $39.1 million premium-seating renovation at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Oct. 13. Suite work is set to start Jan. 5, 2027 and finish by August 2027, covering refreshed suites on levels 4 and 5, six new suites and a club on level 6, and a club behind the north end zone.
Updated Oct 22
As of September 2026: Party to settlement
A fan who said she was racially discriminated against at a BYU-Utah basketball game will receive $15,000 from the University of Utah. The settlement, reported by The Salt Lake Tribune, is one of the few public payouts the athletic department has made over fan conduct allegations.
Updated Sep 22
As of September 2026: Uses the Utes name under a renewable memorandum of understanding
The University of Utah and the Ute Indian Tribe signed a new five-year agreement on Aug. 28, extending the school's right to use the Utes name through August 2031. The university announced the deal Sept. 11. It increases scholarships, extends eligibility to descendants of tribal members, and sends mobile health clinics to the Uintah and Ouray Reservation.
Updated Sep 19
As of September 2026: Dismissed disciplinary cases against Barnes and Beesley
A University of Utah sophomore brought a cake reading "Happy Kirkiversary" to a College Republicans table on Sept. 10 — the first anniversary of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination. A club vice president photographed her, posted it to the social platform X (formerly Twitter), and the post drew 6.3 million views, triggering doxxing and death threats on both sides.
Updated Sep 18
As of September 2026: Planning workforce reduction as part of modernization
The University of Utah plans to cut hundreds of staff positions over the next year, the university announced on Sept. 8. The cuts follow operational reviews by Huron and McKinsey, national consulting firms with a track record of recommending staff reductions.
Updated Sep 15
As of September 2026: Host of Native Ascent House
Eleven Indigenous students now live in Native Ascent House, a red-brick residential facility on the University of Utah's Officer's Circle geared to Native American students. It is the first Native-focused living-learning community in Utah and the surrounding region.
Updated Sep 6
As of September 2026: Owner of the EPA-funded brownfield parcel
Artspace, the nonprofit that seeded Salt Lake City's Rio Grande arts scene, celebrated the reopening of its first building on September 3. The 62-unit complex at 511 West 200 South—now renamed Norbridge Court—underwent a full renovation with new interiors, a mural, and remade commercial spaces.
As of September 2026: Host campus for licensed address
Olives Oasis, a Middle Eastern-American food truck and catering business run by two sisters originally from Iraq, is now cleared to operate at 50 N Medical Dr in Salt Lake City. The address appeared on the Salt Lake County Health Department's public food establishment list on September 1, 2026.
Updated Sep 2
As of May 2026: Conducted 2026 hair analysis study
For most of the twentieth century, Americans inhaled roughly two pounds of lead per person annually from car exhaust alone. A new University of Utah study analyzing century-old hair samples documents the scale of this unintentional mass poisoning—and the reversal that followed. Lead concentrations in human hair dropped from 100 parts per million before the 1970s to less than 1 part per million today, a 100-fold decline documented through specimens preserved in family scrapbooks.
Updated May 27
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