2025

New research suggests that dust storms coming from the shrinking Great Salt Lake are costing the local economy millions of dollars every year, and the findings started with an assistant professor’s one simple question.

In recent years, K-12 school districts across the U.S. have faced growing challenges in recruiting and retaining qualified school food service workers.

As part of the university’s strategic effort to boost student success and workforce readiness, advance research prowess, and better serve the community: The University of Utah is going back to its history—launching a unified School of Economics.

Using Census data, researchers untangle interplay between urban development patterns and socioeconomic outcomes.