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About University of Utah

The University of Utah, also known as simply the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, which is the capital and the most populated city in the US state of Utah, having a population estimated at a number of more than 183 000 inhabitants. Salt Lake City is part of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has approximately 1 130 000 people, living within its limits, also stretching in a larger urban area known as the Wasatch Front, which has a population of more than 2 million inhabitants.

The University of Utah was established in 1850, first starting as the University of Deseret, by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, being the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The institution received its current name in 1892, 4 years prior to Utah's statehood, being moved to its present location in 1900.

Since it was founded, the U of U has continuously grown, having today a total enrollment approximated at a number of more than 21 500 students, to whom the university offers 72 undergraduate majors, more than 70 minors and certificates, over 40 teaching majors and minors, and 95 major fields of study at the graduate level, through various academic divisions, its School of Medicine being the only medical school in the state.

Athletics

The athletic teams from the University of Utah are known as the Utah Utes, who compete in 7 men and 11 women sports, in NCAA DIvision I, including in baseball, basketball, tennis, gymnastics and volleyball. The Utes are, perhaps, best known for their basketball and gymnastics teams, sports in which they've made most of their notable achievements, the men's basketball team winning the NCAA title in 1944 and the NIT crown in 1947, the gymnastics team having a ''win portfolio'' of ten national championships, including the 1981 AIAW championship, being placed 2nd, nationally, 8 times.

Notable Alumni

Among the most resonant names, on the list of notable alumni, there are: Ross `Rocky` Anderson - former Mayor, Salt Lake City, Larry Watson - Milkweed National Fiction Prize-winning author, Alan Kay - Computer scientist, recipient of the Turing Award, credited with the concept of the laptop computer, Alan Ashton - Computer scientist, co-founder of WordPerfect and Thanksgiving Point, Calvin Quate - One of the inventors of the atomic force microscope, William DeVries - Performed the first successful permanent artificial heart implant, Robert Jarvik- Inventor of artificial heart and Robert A. `Bob` McDonald - CEO of Procter & Gamble, among many others.