News: Division of Research

Alyssa Crittenden portrait
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What do a heist thriller, the evolving human diet, water quality, consumer behavior, literature, and Mars have in common? All were the foundation of research awards ÐÔÊӽ紫ý faculty gar-nered this year.

Student Michelle Mata works at a Consumer Electronics Show booth
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For the first time in its history, ÐÔÊӽ紫ý exhibited at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which regularly attracts more than 175,000 techies from around the world.

Vlad Zhitny, Biology major, looks into a microscope in a laboratory.
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An annual accounting of research and economic development activity over the last fiscal year.

Dr. Mary Croughan
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ÐÔÊӽ紫ý President, Dr. Len Jessup and ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Dr. Mary Croughan welcomes ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Innovation readers to the Fall 2017 issue.

Cover of The Aztecs at Indepencence
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New book on 19th century Mexican community proves a written tradition, previously assumed to have ended around the battle for independence, continued beyond.

Students in theater
Campus News |

Step into the world of YES, where high school students meet team ÐÔÊӽ紫ý through project-based mentoring and a case-study analysis of the top industry right their backyards.

Group of indigenous women
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Drawing on community partnerships developed with Yup’ik Eskimo villagers, a new book combines research with indigenous perspectives to create a comprehensive understanding of colonialism in Alaska.

Xiangning Chen holds a cigarette with smoke resembling a DNA strand
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Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine gene researchers clear the air on the link between schizophrenia and smoking.

stethoscope
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The Mountain West Clinical Translational Research Infrastructure Network helps 13 universities support the faculty and research that will improve human health in seven states.

ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Office of Undergraduate Research's Becky Boulton, Nicole Thomas, and Liam Frink.
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The ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Office of Undergraduate Research’s new program immerses local high school students in the opportunities research at ÐÔÊӽ紫ý has to offer.

ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Libraries' Cory Lampert and Silvia Southwick
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A new research tool created by University Libraries helps the world discover more connections among the region’s Jewish community.

Kinesiology professor Brach Poston
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Brach Poston's research on electrical stimulation shows promise for Parkinson's patients.