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[edit] Genetics

I'd like to see a source that claims genetic uniformity due to polygamy. Polygamy got a lot of attention, but in practice it wasn't that commonplace. A stronger effect would simply be due to Utah's isolation - not that many people moving in or out, compared to other areas. Stan 07:25, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I Concur. Around 1% of Mormons were polygamous at any time. We need to get the stats bar here.

The genetic value of the population is not because of polygomy but rather that the population shares a similiar origin, northern Europe. The population also had a large number of founders but stayed rather isolated for a number of years. All of this combines with large families with large pedigrees that are well-documented to make the population an ideal study group for genetics.

  • I've added a cite for the genetics claim. --Fjarlq 02:44, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "The U"

I'm not familiar with Utah University tradition, but I always thought that Miami University (of Florida) was nicknamed "The U". I suppose they both could be nicknamed "The U", but should The U redirect to Utah's page? 06:54, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

Yes, because the University of Utah is cooler.  ;-) Aranhamo 23:47, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Plus - the UofU has been "the U" for 75 years longer than Miami. JefeDeJefes 13:18, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

On this topic.... the first line of the article claims that one of our nicknames is "the UU". I've been around here for 8 years and I've never heard anyone use this abbreviation. Unless someone can confirm this, I will remove it. Djiann 16:22, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ARPANET

Somebody edited the blurb on ARPANET to change a verb from 'were' to 'was'. This was incorrect, as the subject of the sentence was 'UCSB and the University of Utah', however the way the sentence was written did not make that clear. I changed it so hopefully it is clear now. Aranhamo 15:09, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chuck E Cheese

If I'm not mistaken, Chuck E Cheese's was also founded by Nolan Bushnell (who founded Atari); should it not be listed among the companies founded by alumni? Aranhamo 22:18, 15 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Campus History

The campus history section previously stated that the campus is located on the former grounds of Fort Douglas. It then goes on to say that Fort Douglas was only closed in 1991. This gives the impression that the university is only 15 years old. As stated in the first paragraph of the article, this is obviously not true. The school moved to its current campus in 1900 -- were the older parts of campus, like President's Circle, really part of Fort Douglas? That doesn't sound right. Schmobag

Parts of the current university were once part of Fort Douglas: http://www.lib.utah.edu/150/02/index.html The University has continued to take over additional parts of the Fort, including many historic areas that now serve as dorms and offices. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ckautah (talk • contribs) 15:20, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

I have reworded that section in an attempt to make it less ambiguous. I have also removed a bunch of info about the fort that doesn't belong here, but in the fort's article. Those with more info about the historical relationship between the U and Ft. Douglas and the transfer of land from the latter to the former should contribute. Djiann 19:29, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possible creation of new pages

This article is getting lengthy. I propose creating separate articles, especially for the University of Utah Marching Band. There are many collegiate marching bands throughout Wikipedia. As a U. Band alumnus, I'll try to start a page soon.

--AdjustablePliers 06:58, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] add information about departments that are internationally known - like pathology.

unreal path depart. great educational resources. why isn't this mentioned? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.151.229.121 (talk) 00:08, 23 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] information about student population?

where is it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.151.229.121 (talk) 00:08, 23 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Century Magazine

The same criteria that caused the merging of the Daily Utah Chronicle article into the University of Utah article applies to Century Magazine. -- 159.182.1.4 22:44, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

There's only so much you can put in a single article before it gets out of hand. There are a million other things going on at this university, and potentially any of them could insist on inclusion in the main article. The Chrony is a significant part of campus life - I don't consider Century Mag to be so (I've never even seen it). I would be against adding anything and everything happening on this campus to the article. Djiann 22:40, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

century magazine isn't even the sole magazine created by students at the U. there are others as well. and I don't think it should be added to the u page either. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.97.8.133 (talk) 23:32, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

I have removed the banner suggesting merger of Century magazine's artice into the main U article. I don't think there's much interest, but some of us are against it, and that's good enough. Those who don't believe Century rates its own article in WP should probably pursue the removal of the article entirely rather than merger into this one. Djiann 19:35, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:University of Utah seal.png

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BetacommandBot 21:01, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] notable alumni alphabetization

I think the "Notable Alumni" and "Notable Faculty" sections should be alphabetized by LAST name, not by FIRST name. Not sure if there is an official Wikipedia policy regarding this, but that's the way I've seen almost every list of alphabetized names on Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlesreid1 (talk • contribs) 05:48, 2 February 2008 (UTC)