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Show www.dailyutahchronicle.com A3 AWARDS August 2010 Health care in Scholarship names four U finalists top 3 percent Danielle Hardy STAFF WRITER Danielle Hardy STAFF WRITER Patients of University Hospital can take comfort in knowing that U Health Care has been ranked among the best in the United States for the 17th time by U.S. News & World Report magazine. Nearly 5,000 hospitals were evaluated, which includes almost every hospital across the nation. Out of the 152 hospitals that were ranked as having at least one specialty 14 are featured in an Honor Roll for ranking closely to the top in six or more specialties. This year, U Health Care was recognized for two specialties—ear, nose and throat services, which ranked 49th, and pulmonary, which ranked 45th. This puts the U in the top 3 percent of the nation's hospitals. "Our combination of cutting-edge expertise and commitment to the patients are qualities that I particularly value about our division of the hospital," said Robert Paine, chief of the U pulmonary division. "Our excellent research and training create great outcomes for our patients." "We pride ourselves in speed and accuracy," said Phil Jensen, manager of the blood gas lab of the U pulmonary department. "Our goal is that 97 percent of our results from blood draw tests can be seen within 15 minutes. This has been a major goal of ours and has been a huge accomplishment over the past year." The unique quality found among the 152 top-ranked hospitals is their ability to take on the most difficult challenges. "When the stakes are high, you want the best care you can get for yourself or someone close to you," said Avery Comarow, health rankings editor of U.S. News & World Report, in a press release. The U Hospital receives more than 26,600 inpatient admissions each year and nearly 1 million outpatient visits each year. It provides care for Utahns, as well as residents from five surrounding states, said Ryann Rasmussen, who works in the office of public affairs. "Overall, we're really excited about this," Rasmussen said. "It's a huge honor every time we're listed among the best hospitals. It's a reflection of our staff and physicians." The U.S. News & World Report will release its survey of 'America's Best Hospitals" at the end of this month. d.hardy@chronicle.utah.edu Fourteen students across the state—four of whom attend the U, are finalists for a $5,000 Young Humanitarian Award scholarship The scholarship, organized by YouthLINC, received 85 applicants from high schools and colleges across Utah, and the judges have narrowed the possible winners down to 14 applicants who have exemplified a focus on service. "The YouthLINC Utah Young Humanitarian Award celebrates young people who excel at giving back to their communities, in hopes of inspiring more youth to volunteer," said YouthLINC executive director Judy Zone. The four U finalists are Ryan Price, a junior in math and physics; Colton Bramwell, a junior in biomedical engineering; Shadi Clark, a student in pharmacy; and freshman Ruth Arevalo. The 2010 Utah Young Humanitarian will receive a $5,000 scholarship, and four runnerups will receive $1,000 scholarships. The judges were selected by nomination through YouthLINC's staff, board and volunteers. YouthLINC tries to represent a broad range of professions throughout the judges. "We've asked judges to look for strong leadership skills, self-motivation, selfless service and collaboration with others to achieve identified goals," said YouthLINC award coordinator Ellie Nazzal. "This individual must have truly made a difference through his or her service." As part of the application process, students were asked to write an essay discussing a specific service experience they've had, what was challenging about it, and what they learned from it. They were also asked to describe the difference between a volunteer and a humanitarian. This is the sixth year that this scholarship will be awarded. Funding is currently being sought by Utah's YouthLINC program for the 2011 scholarships. Funding for this year's awards was provided by the George & Dolores Eccles Foundation, Chase Bank and Xmission Internet services, along with promotion provided by Deseret News and Yesco. "The Young Humanitarian Award is a very inspiring process," Zone said. "We are continually amazed at the number of young people who apply each year and all they have accomplished for others." For more information, visit the YouthLINC website at www. youthlinc.org. d.hardy@ chronicle.utah.edu Ph. D. student awarded Annual event will honor national poetry prize 11 veterans Matthew Colson STAFF WRITER Danielle Deulen, a doctorate student in English at the U, was recently announced as the winner of the Miller Williams Arkansas Poetry Prize. The prize—awarded by the University of Arkansas Press—includes $5,000 and the publication of Deulen's first book of poems, Lovely Asunder. Writing the collection has been a long process, Deulen said. "The poems have changed and evolved over the last seven years," she said. Winning the prize felt like getting done with a marathon, she said. Deulen's collection was selected after a pre-screening process of the 700 manuscripts submitted in fall 2009. Having been in the final groups of other competitions, Deulen said being a finalist can be as frustrating as it is encouraging. Deulen said she feels grateful and happy to receive the award. She hopes the publication of her collection will assist her pursuit of a successful collegiate teaching career. Deulen received her master's of fine arts in creative writing from George Mason University. She was a Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She credits the fellowship with giving her the opportunity to hone the Lovely Asunder manuscript. She has received three Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry prizes (2007, 2008, 2010) and a Virginia Center for Creative Arts fellowship. m.colson@chronicle.utah.edu Danielle Hardy STAFF WRITER The U is inviting the public to attend its 13th annual Veterans Day commemoration program, which will take place Nov Eleven veterans will be given a commemorative medallion at a 21-gun salute, full-dress military ceremony held in their honor. Since 1998, when the ceremony first started, more than 13o veterans have been recognized. Eleven is a significant number to many veterans so exactly II medals will be handed out. "Eleven is traditionally an important number to World War II vets. Armistice was signed at the nth hour on the nth day of the nth month of 1918," said Kate Ferebee, U public relations assistant. See NOMINATIONS Page A4 4 V BORED WITH YOUR WEEKEND ROUTINE? Utah Symphony I Utah Opera is offering $10 Student Tickets to most performances. To purchases Student Tickets, call 801-355-ARTS (2787) or visit usuo.org/students for more information. UTAH SYMPHONY I UTAH OPERA |