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A Personal Touch to Wedding Photography

Riley Knautz, a marketing major at the University of Utah, is transforming the world of destination wedding and elopement photography with a deeply personal approach. Through her business, Capturedbyrileyk, she focuses on more than just taking beautiful photos. Instead, she builds relationships with her clients, ensuring their wedding day is as meaningful and stress-free as […]

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Creating Societal Change Through Art

Bachelor of fine arts in art teaching student Courtney Buss is helping create social change through art in a collaboration with Sydney Porter Williams, a community-based teaching artist and professor of art and art education at the University of Utah. Porter Williams collaborated with Buss and other undergraduate students to co-create a socially engaged, interactive […]

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AI-Powered Rock Strength Analysis

Changdi He, a Ph.D. candidate in mining engineering at the University of Utah, is revolutionizing how rock strength is analyzed using image processing, numerical modeling, and machine learning. His research introduces a novel, AI-driven approach to determining rock strength, which could enhance efficiency in mining and geological studies while also finding applications in planetary exploration. […]

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Building Resilient Communities

At the Utah Smart Energy Lab, Alex Farley, a fourth-year Ph.D. student, is merging engineering with community resilience principles to strengthen local infrastructure. His work on resilience hubs, a concept that retrofits community spaces like libraries and meeting centers with resources, services, and robust energy systems, offers a proactive approach to extreme weather challenges. Farley […]

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Low-Cost Energy Storage

Yana Qin, a Ph.D. student in chemical engineering at the University of Utah, has made innovative contributions to the field of low-cost energy storage technologies, including advancements in flow batteries and sodium-ion batteries. Among her significant achievements, Qin has invented a magnesium-organic flow battery, a transformative technology designed to provide low-cost and sustainable energy storage […]

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