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Show Thursday, December 6, 2012 D1A1LY UTAH CHRONICLE www.dailyutahchronicle.com The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 Vol. 122 No. 76 ©2012 ALSO INSIDE: Utah gymnast Georgia Dabritz's unique talent and confidence help make her future at Utah bright » 6 Opinion columnist argues Rev. Jesse Jackson should not speak during MLK Week because of his scandal-filled past » 4 KIMBERLY ROACH/The Daily Utah Chronicle 1■1 A ROLL Prefacing the game with a tribute to late head coach Rick Majerus, Utah turned in long scoring runs and an impressive defense to defeat the Boise State Broncos 76-55, tying their win record from 2011 just eight games into the season » 6 Attendees use their personal devices as a part of "Appy Hour" put on by the Health Sciences library. Appy Hour' highlights useful apps for education Carolyn Webber STAFF WRITER Need something to help you with your research? There's an app for that. U librarians and researchers mingled at Appy Hour in the Health Sciences Education Building to brainstorm specific apps they use in their work, including those involving medicine and productivity. "We want to let people learn about services that are helpful and facilitate conversation," said Jessi Van Der Volgen, a librarian at the Eccles Health Sciences Library. Despite low attendance at the event, Van Der Volgen described it as a "pilot." Van Der Volgen said she gets most of her apps by just talking to other people, and she hopes in the future more people can attend to share what apps they are using. Peter Jones, research associate for the Center for Clinical and Translational Science, gave a presentation about Evernote, a notetaking app that syncs to all of your devices. Van Der Volgen and Abby Adamczyk, research librarian for the Eccles Health Sciences Library, both discussed other kinds of apps that work with Evernote. The note-taking apps are the reason people like Dan Crouse, the program director for the physician assistant program, came to the event. "I'm teaching a class next semester where iPads or a laptop will be required, so I wanted to see what apps are out there," he said. He also said he's noticed a recent push toward using this technology in the classroom. "One of the teachers I know uses an iPad while teaching," Crouse said. The speakers covered medical apps as well, like DrawMD and Septris, a game which combines Tetris with diagnosing sepsis patients. c.webber@ chronicle.utah.edu AVA Andromeda yields info about Milky Way, stars Marjorie Clark ASST. NEWS EDITOR Telescopes can be used to spy on lots of things, including our neighbors. But the only neighbor assistant professor of physics and astronomy Anil Seth is interested in spying on is the Andromeda Galaxy. Seth spoke at Keys on Main in Salt Lake City as part of Science Night Live. Andromeda is the next closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, the galaxy in which we reside. While it is the next closest galaxy to us, it is also the farthest thing in space that can be seen with the naked eye, residing 2.5 million light-years away. Without magnification and on a clear dark night, Andromeda appears to be a disk shape about as long as the width of a full moon. In reality, the galaxy is 2.5 times bigger than the Milky Way. Though Andromeda can be seen from earth unaided by technology, astronomers use pictures from the Hubble Space CHAD ZAVALA/The Daily Utah Chronicle Anil Seth, PhD and assistant professor of Physics and Astronomy at the U, spoke at Keys on Main on Wednesday night as part of the U's Science Night Live. Telescope to do their research because it is able to take pictures with better resolution. Telescopes that are on earth capture a blurring of the stars because of the atmosphere, and astronomers are not able to measure individual characteristics of stars that are blurred together. "When you look at the night sky you See SCIENCE Page 3 EPA grants fund student research DJ Summers STAFF WRITER The Environmental Protection Agency offers a competition to give grants to student-led organizations to promote sustainable economic and environmental practices worldwide. This competition is a part of the EPA's initiative People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3). This year, the U has received the first-time award of $15,000 for two student initiatives offering sustainability assistance to the West Bank of Israel and the mountains of Nepal. "The focus in Nepal is to look at cook stoves," said JoAnn Lighty, Department of Chemical Engineering chairwoman, who acted as liaison to the EPA for the COURTESY LUCY LI, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH A trickling filter is used to treat liquid waste from olive oil production. Nepal-bound group. "Right now, the people in that area cook over open fires in their homes." See EPA Page 3 |
