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COLLEGE NEWS
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The future of Great Salt Lake
University of Utah president Taylor Randall and Brad Wilson, Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives, met with legislators, Great Salt Lake advocates, and scientists, including Chair of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences Kevin Perry, to discuss how to help save the lake, which reached its lowest recorded level last year.
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Explore the geology of the Tour de France
Did you know that the Tour de France takes bicyclists past dead volcanoes and dinosaur fossils? The website Geo-Tour de France is now live to serve sports editors, cycling commentators, and bicycle racing fans. It describes the natural décor of each stage of the Tour de France, with contributors from across the globe, including Peter Lippert, associate professor of geology and geophysics at the University of Utah.
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U professors impact federal policy through D.C. fellowships
One of the latest University of Utah researchers to head to the corridors of power in Washington, D.C., to join in the policymaking process isn’t a political scientist or lawyer — he’s a geoscientist. Sudeep Kanungo, an adjunct associate professor of geology and geophysics and a research associate in the U’s Energy & Geoscience Institute, is one of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Science & Technology Policy Fellows this year.
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