University of Utah
The University of Utah ( also called The U U of U or UU ) is a state university in Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah. Currently, 29 192 students are enrolled. The school is particularly known for its research and teaching in the fields of computer science, medicine, and population biology. The University of Utah Medical Center became world famous in 1983, when Dr. Barney Clark - a dentist from Seattle - the first artificial heart was transplanted, with whom he lived for 122 days.
History
The University of Utah was founded on February 28, 1850 by Brigham Young, the prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints ( " Mormons " ), then known as the University of Deseret. Only two years later, the university was forced to close for financial reasons. In 1867 it was reopened as a commercial college in 1894 and received its current name. Since 1900, the campus is located two miles east of downtown.
The University of Utah in 1969 took part in the Arpanet, the forerunner of today's Internet. This makes it one along with three other research institutions to the first four participants who were connected with Internet technology.
Organization
Faculties and Courses
- Architecture and Planning
- Mining and Geosciences
- Computer Engineering and Sciences (Computational Engineering and Science )
- Ethnic Studies
- Humanities
- Gender Studies
- Engineering
- Natural sciences
- Education
- Law ( SJ Quinley College of Law )
- Fine Arts
- Social Services
- Environmental Studies
- Economics ( David Eccles School of Business )
- Honors Programs
Scientific institutions
- Center for Excellence in Nuclear Technology
- Energy and Geoscience
- Institute for Combustion and Energy Studies
- Institute of Public and International Affairs
- Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute
Additional training
- Program Data Center Management
Sports
The sports teams are called the University of Utah Utes. The university is a member of the Pacific -12 Conference. There is a rivalry with, also based in Utah, Brigham Young University.
On the campus of the University of Utah, the Olympic Village was located during the 2002 Winter Olympics. In addition, here the opening and closing ceremonies took place.
Famous people
- Andrew Bogut - Australian basketball player in the NBA
- Nolan Bushnell - Founder of Atari
- Edwin Catmull - founder of Pixar
- Mario Capecchi - molecular geneticist, Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2007 for discovering the knockout mice
- Tom Chambers - former basketball player ( NBA All-Star )
- Brett Clark - sociologist
- James H. Clark - Founder of Silicon Graphics
- Henri Gouraud ( computer scientist ) - inventor of the designated Gouraud shading computer- graphic display process
- David O. McKay - former President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints ( "Mormon " )
- Steve Nichols - a former designer of racing cars in Formula 1
- Bùi Tường Phong - inventor of the designated Phong shading computer- graphic display process (Note: although ' Bùi ' is actually the name, here sorted as common. )
- Mac Speedie - American football player and coach
- Ivan Sutherland - a pioneer of computer graphics, inventor of Sketchpad, one of the first computer- graphic systems. Co-founder of the company " Evans and Sutherland " along with David C. Evans ( also of the University of Utah ), specializing in computer graphics systems and visual systems for flight and driving simulators
- Tom Wallisch - professional freeskiers
- Larry Wilson - American football player, coach and official