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Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Outstanding TA Awards
August 5, 2026 Awards, Students

Graduate teaching assistants play a vital role in mentoring students and supporting their academic success. This spring, Ph.D. candidates Jeremiah Adejube and Marcor...

Ronald H. Dunn, SE, Named 2026 Distinguished Alumni
August 4, 2026 Awards, Distinguished Alumni

Ronald H. Dunn, SE, Chairman and Principal of Dunn Associates, Inc., has built a career defined by turning ambitious ideas into built...

Student Spotlight: Rupesh Uprety
August 4, 2026 Research, Structural Engineering, Students

For Rupesh Uprety, earthquake engineering isn't just an academic discipline—it's personal. When the 2015 Gorkha earthquake devastated his home country of Nepal,...

Luis Ibarra Awarded Fulbright Scholarship on Earthquake Resilience
July 17, 2026 Awards, Research, Structural Engineering

Luis Ibarra, assistant professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, is one of six professors from the University of Utah that have...

What AI Costs the Planet and How Higher Ed Can Help
June 17, 2026 Research, Water Resources

Republished on June 17, 2026 from the One-U Responsible AI Initiative. Behind every AI prompt is a chain of physical infrastructure—from data centers...

The Hidden Engineering Innovation Beneath I-215
May 27, 2026 Construction, Materials, Research

To many drivers, construction along the west side of I-215 may seem like another seasonal traffic delay. For researchers at the University...

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