A Cuffless Blood-Pressure Monitor

Henry Crandall, an electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. candidate at the University of Utah, is working to create a blood pressure monitoring technique that is cuffless, convenient, and can measure over an extended period. Blood pressure is an important indicator of overall heart health, and high blood pressure contributes to many serious health issues. Despite […]

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Reimagining Data Visualization

Youjia Zhou is a computing Ph.D. candidate at the University of Utah working to help scientists and mathematicians with their knowledge-discovery process through practical visual analytics systems. Her research focuses on large and complex data, coupling theoretical analysis with interactive visualization to help users quickly gain insights from complex graphs and hypergraphs. Visualization is useful […]

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Global Impact Through Charity Validation

Excluding funding, what is the number one challenge facing nonprofits? Validation, according to Angela Holzer, founder of WikiCharities and a recent Master of Business Creation graduate. As a humanitarian volunteer, nonprofit researcher, and student, Holzer realized that a resource was needed to centralize and build trust between funders, users, and nonprofits. Thus, WikiCharities was born. […]

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