Bitcoin takes the stage at conference

October 8, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes 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

August 29, 2021

Reading Time: 4 minutes 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

March 25, 2021

Reading Time: 3 minutes 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

January 5, 2021

Reading Time: 4 minutes 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

December 6, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutes 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

February 26, 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutes 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 […]

Utah Prep program strengthens STEM skills

July 24, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Middle school students interested in STEM-related fields participated in the Utah Prep program July 13 in order to improve skills, such as math.   “We’ve learned through research and experience that math is the key, because its a stumbling block for a lot students,” said Carlos Cortez, program director of the Office of Sponsored Programs […]

Retired CIA and NSA director to speak at UVU

September 19, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes With North Korea, ISIS and Russia on the frontpage, former director of the CIA, NSA and retired four-star general, Gen. Michael Hayden, will join UVU to discuss national security issues Oct. 11. “It seems very timely to have him here now,” Frederick White, associate vice president of engaged learning and organizer for the event, said. […]

NUVI Social Media Command Center offers state of the art technology to students

September 1, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Marcela Violeta Cuttingedge technology is now available to students as social media mining company, NUVI, joins with UVU  to create the new Social Media Command Center. Cameron Martin, vice president of university relations, hosted the ribbon cutting of the SMCC Aug. 3 in the Losee Center. Guests included executives from NUVI and members […]

New College of Health and Public Service creates unity

August 27, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Illustration by Tyler Carpenter A new college is being formed as the College of Health and Science as the College of Aviation and Public Service merged into one college July 1. Fourteen different schools, departments and major programs are now united as the College of Health and Public Service. CSH was one of the largest […]