Editing University of Utah (section)

==Campus==
[[File:Uofu walkwaywithbuildings.jpg|thumb|right|A view of lower campus]]

The campus covers {{convert|1534|acre|km2|abbr=on}}, including the Health Sciences complex, [[University of Utah Research Park|Research Park]], and Fort Douglas.<ref name="inventory">{{cite web | title=Inventory | url=http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=32 | work=In Fact | publisher=University of Utah | access-date=May 16, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307093021/http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=32 | archive-date=March 7, 2009 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> It is located on the east bench of the Salt Lake Valley, close to the [[Wasatch Range]] and approximately 2 miles east of [[downtown Salt Lake City]].

Most courses take place on the west side of campus, known as lower campus due to its lower elevation. [[University of Utah Circle|Presidents Circle]] is a loop of buildings named after past university presidents with a courtyard in the center. Major libraries on lower campus include the [[J. Willard Marriott Library]] and the [[S.J. Quinney College of Law#Law library|S.J. Quinney Law Library]].<ref name="inventory" /> The primary [[student activity center]] is the A. Ray Olpin University Union, and campus fitness centers include the Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Complex (HPER) and the Eccles Student Life Center.<ref name="inventory" /><ref>{{cite web | title=Campus Life at the U | url=http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=34 | work=In Fact | publisher=University of Utah | access-date=May 16, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307093310/http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=34 | archive-date=March 7, 2009 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

[[File:Kingsbury Hall.jpg|thumb|left|[[Kingsbury Hall]] at the [[Presidents Circle]] is a center for the performing arts.]]

Lower campus is also home to most public venues, such as the Rice-Eccles Stadium, the [[Jon M. Huntsman Center]], and the [[Utah Museum of Fine Arts]], a museum with rotating exhibitions and a permanent collection of American, European, African, and Asian art. Venues for performing arts include [[Kingsbury Hall]], used for touring companies and concerts, Pioneer Memorial Theatre, used by the professional [[Pioneer Theatre Company]], David P. Gardner Hall, used by the School of Music and for musical performances, and the Marriott Center for Dance. [[Red Butte Garden and Arboretum|Red Butte Garden]], with formal gardens and natural areas, as well as the new site of the [[Utah Museum of Natural History]], is located on the far east side of campus.<ref name="cultural venues">{{cite web | title=Cultural Venues | url=http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=77 | work=In Fact | publisher=University of Utah | access-date=May 16, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307093032/http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=77 | archive-date=March 7, 2009 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

[[File:Uofu marriottlibraryfront.jpg|thumb|right|The [[J. Willard Marriott Library]]]]

The health sciences complex, at the northeast end of campus, includes the [[University of Utah Medical Center]], [[Primary Children's Medical Center]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Primary Children's Medical Center Hospital History | url=http://intermountainhealthcare.org/hospitals/primarychildrens/about/history/Pages/home.aspx | publisher=[[Intermountain Healthcare]] | access-date=May 16, 2009 | archive-date=August 5, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805053517/http://intermountainhealthcare.org/hospitals/primarychildrens/about/history/Pages/home.aspx | url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[Huntsman Cancer Institute]], the [[Moran Eye Center]], and the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library.<ref>{{cite web | title=Health Facilities | url=http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=67 | work=In Fact | publisher=University of Utah | access-date=May 16, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307084031/http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=67 | archive-date=March 7, 2009 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> South of the health sciences complex, several university residence halls and apartments are clustered together near Fort Douglas and the Heritage Center, which serves as a student center and cafeteria for this area.<ref>{{cite web | title=Printable Student Housing Map | url=http://www.housing.utah.edu/pubs/UUStudentHousingMap.pdf | publisher=University of Utah Housing & Residential Education | access-date=May 19, 2009 | archive-date=January 17, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117235152/http://www.housing.utah.edu/pubs/UUStudentHousingMap.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> In addition, there are 1,115 university apartments for students, staff, and faculty across three apartment complexes on campus.<ref>{{cite web | title=Campus Housing | url=http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=47 | work=In Fact | publisher=University of Utah | access-date=May 16, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307093319/http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=47 | archive-date=March 7, 2009 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> At the southeast end of campus is Research Park, which is home to research companies including [[ARUP Laboratories]], [[Evans & Sutherland]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Research | url=http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=69 | work=In Fact | publisher=University of Utah | access-date=May 16, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307093339/http://infact.utah.edu/?page_id=69 | archive-date=March 7, 2009 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Sarcos]], Biofire Diagnostics, and [[Myriad Genetics]].

Courses are also held at off-campus centers located in [[St. George, Utah|St. George]] and [[Sandy, Utah|Sandy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://continue.utah.edu/sites/index.php|title=Continuing Education Locations|publisher=University of Utah Continuing Education|access-date=May 27, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218122318/http://continue.utah.edu/sites/index.php|archive-date=February 18, 2009}}</ref>

In July 2017, the Academic Senate bestowed the designation of tobacco-free campus on the university, but rules were not enforced until 2018. The rule prohibits students and faculty from "smoking or using chewing tobacco, electronic cigarettes and all other recreational nicotine-delivery products on any property owned, leased or controlled by the University of Utah."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865687235/Newly-dubbed-tobacco-free-U-will-begin-enforcing-violations-next-summer.html|title=Newly dubbed 'tobacco-free' U. will begin enforcing violations next summer|last=Lockhart|first=Ben|date=August 21, 2017|work=DeseretNews.com|access-date=August 24, 2017|language=en|archive-date=August 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825002223/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865687235/Newly-dubbed-tobacco-free-U-will-begin-enforcing-violations-next-summer.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Student residences===
[[File:Mhc univ of utah.jpg|thumb|right|The Donna Garff Marriott Honors Residential Scholars Community]]

The University of Utah provides student housing in a 34-building housing complex on campus. The complex consists of nine housing areas: Chapel Glen, Gateway Heights, Sage Point, Officer's Circle, Benchmark Plaza, Shoreline Ridge, the Donna Garff Marriott Honors Residential Scholars Community (MHC for short), the Lassonde Studios, and Kahlert Village. The MHC is a dormitory strictly for honors students and was completed in fall 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://housing.utah.edu/options/undergraduate/honors-community/|title=Donna Garff Marriott Honors Residential Scholars Community|access-date=December 30, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126132907/http://housing.utah.edu/options/undergraduate/honors-community/|archive-date=January 26, 2013}}</ref> Built in 2016, the Lassonde Studios is part of the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute and houses 400 students; the studios also feature a "creative garage" with 3D printers and spaces for startups.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://lassonde.utah.edu/studios/|title=Lassonde Studios {{!}} Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute {{!}} University of Utah|date=October 28, 2013|newspaper=Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute {{!}} University of Utah|access-date=October 31, 2016}}</ref> Kahlert Village, completed in August 2020, houses 990 first-year students.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kahlert Village – Coming Fall 2020 {{!}} Housing & Residential Education|url=https://housing.utah.edu/housing-map-content/uofu-kahlert-village/|access-date=August 14, 2020|website=housing.utah.edu|language=en-US|archive-date=August 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809113511/https://housing.utah.edu/housing-map-content/uofu-kahlert-village/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kahlert Village {{!}} @theU|url=https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/the-new-kahlert-village-on-campus/|access-date=August 14, 2020|website=attheu.utah.edu|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Transportation===
[[File:UTA TRAX - From SLC to Sandy on South Temple street - February 2011.jpg|thumb|left|[[TRAX (light rail)|UTA TRAX]] services the university and other parts of Salt Lake City.]]

A number of campus shuttles, running on biodiesel and used vegetable oil,<ref name="sei2009" /> circle the campus on six different routes.<ref>{{cite web | title=Shuttle Routes and Schedules | url=http://www.parking.utah.edu/shuttles/index.html | publisher=University of Utah Commuter Services | access-date=May 16, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509174544/http://www.parking.utah.edu/shuttles/index.html | archive-date=May 9, 2008 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> The [[Utah Transit Authority]] (UTA) runs several buses through the university area as well as the [[TRAX (light rail)|TRAX]] [[Red Line (TRAX)|Red Line]] ([[light rail]]), which runs to [[Daybreak Parkway (UTA station)|South Jordan]]. Riders can travel downtown, to ''[[FrontRunner]]'' ([[Commuter rail in North America|commuter rail]]), to [[West Valley City, Utah|West Valley]], to the [[Salt Lake City International Airport]], or to [[Draper, Utah|Draper]] by transferring to the TRAX [[Green Line (TRAX)|Green]] or [[Blue Line (TRAX)|Blue]] lines. Students and staff can use their university IDs to ride UTA buses, TRAX, and ''FrontRunner''.<ref>{{cite web|title=UTA and U |url=http://www.parking.utah.edu/UTA/index.html |publisher=University of Utah Commuter Services |access-date=May 16, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703211046/http://www.parking.utah.edu/UTA/index.html |archive-date=July 3, 2007 }}</ref>

In 2012, the university unveiled a new plan for a more conducive campus for bicyclists called the "Bicycle Master Plan" which aims to transform the campus into a safer and more accessible place for cycling and to promote bicycle ridership. The plan emphasizes both campus pathways and on-street facilities that connect the core campus area with surrounding neighborhoods. The Bicycle Master Plan gives guidelines for facilities and programs that are within the University's jurisdiction. It also provides recommendations for the University to work with external entities such as UDOT, UTA, and Salt Lake City to improve bicycling conditions in locations that are important to the campus environment, but which are not under the University's direct control.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/new-campus-master-plan-being-developed/|title=University of Utah News Center&nbsp;– New Campus Master Plan Being Developed|access-date=April 30, 2012|archive-date=June 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629195825/http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/new-campus-master-plan-being-developed/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://facilities.utah.edu/campus-planning/master-plan/bicycle.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112154933/http://facilities.utah.edu/campus-planning/master-plan/bicycle.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 12, 2013|title=University of Utah Facilities Management- Bicycle Master Plan|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://facilities.utah.edu/static-content/facilitiesmanagement/files/pdf/UniversityOfUtah-BicycleMasterPlan.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629165439/http://facilities.utah.edu/static-content/facilitiesmanagement/files/pdf/UniversityOfUtah-BicycleMasterPlan.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 29, 2012|title=University of Utah Bicycle Master Plan (18.45 MB)|year=2011|publisher=University of Utah|pages=201|access-date=April 30, 2012}}</ref>

===Sustainability===
Sustainability efforts include a permanent sustainability office, a campus [[cogeneration]] plant, building upgrades and energy efficient building standards, behavior modification programs, purchasing local [[produce]] for campus dining, a farmers market, and student groups, as well as a branch of the [[Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective]].<ref name="sei2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2009/schools/university-of-utah|title=University of Utah&nbsp;– Green Report Card 2009|publisher=Sustainability Endowments Institute|access-date=June 27, 2009|archive-date=August 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802150008/http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2009/schools/university-of-utah|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sustainability and transportation are also a large part of the university's campus master plan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facilities.utah.edu/static-content/facilitiesmanagement/files/pdf/2008_UofU_CMP_B_Executive_Summary.pdf|title=Executive Summary (23 MB)|work=Campus Master Plan|year=2008|publisher=University of Utah|pages=X|access-date=June 27, 2009|archive-date=June 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609195343/http://www.facilities.utah.edu/static-content/facilitiesmanagement/files/pdf/2008_UofU_CMP_B_Executive_Summary.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Sustainable Endowments Institute gave the university a "B+" in its College Sustainability Report Card 2011, with A's for [[climate change and energy]], food and recycling, student involvement, and transportation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/university-of-utah|title=University of Utah&nbsp;– Green Report Card 2011|publisher=Sustainability Endowments Institute|access-date=July 16, 2011|archive-date=October 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016184519/http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/university-of-utah|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The expanded recycling program launched on July 1, 2007. Since its launch, the program has continued to grow and refine its procedures to better accommodate a growing campus' needs. There are programs in place for paper, cardboard, aluminum, batteries, glass, printer cartridges, wooden pallets and plastics #1 and #2.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://facilities.utah.edu/facilities-services/u-recycling/|title=Facilities Management&nbsp;– Recycling at the U|access-date=May 1, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629165125/http://facilities.utah.edu/facilities-services/u-recycling/|archive-date=June 29, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Glass">{{cite web|last1=Andrews|first1=Emerson|title=Recycle Glass on Campus|url=https://sustainability.utah.edu/recycle-glass-on-campus/|website=U Sustainability|date=January 11, 2017 |publisher=University of Utah Office of Sustainability|access-date=May 14, 2017}}</ref>

===Renewable energy===
The university is ranked 8th by the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|EPA]] for annual [[Green energy|green power]] usage among universities, with 49% of its power coming from [[Geothermal power|geothermal]] and [[Solar power|solar]] sources.<ref>{{Cite web|last=US EPA|first=OAR|date=January 24, 2020|title=Green Power Partnership Top 30 College & University|url=https://www.epa.gov/greenpower/green-power-partnership-top-30-college-university-1|access-date=August 14, 2020|website=US EPA|language=en}}</ref>

The university houses 10 solar array systems, including a 330-kilowatt system on the rooftop of the Natural History Museum of Utah and a 262-kilowatt system at the HPER East building. The combined arrays annually produce 1,096,340 kilowatt hours, and are supported by a student fee sustainability program established in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Campus Solar {{!}} Sustainability|url=https://sustainability.utah.edu/progress/focus-areas/energy-buildings/campus-solar/|access-date=August 14, 2020|website=sustainability.utah.edu|language=en-US|archive-date=June 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611135328/https://sustainability.utah.edu/progress/focus-areas/energy-buildings/campus-solar/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS {{!}} @theU|url=https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/sustainable-projects/|access-date=August 14, 2020|website=attheu.utah.edu|language=en-US}}</ref>

On November 1, 2019, the university entered into a renewable energy partnership with [[Rocky Mountain Power]] and [[Cyrq Energy]] which allows the purchase of 20 megawatts of geothermal energy for 25 years. The contract offsets half of the electricity produced by the university and reduces the university's carbon emissions by 23%.<ref>{{Cite web|title=EPA ranks U No. 8 for green power use among universities {{!}} Sustainability|url=https://sustainability.utah.edu/5291-2/|access-date=August 14, 2020|website=sustainability.utah.edu|date=February 12, 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref>