Past Events
White Ribbon Relay and End of the Year Utah Radon Lab Event
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Andrew Clothier named Recipient of the Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences for presenting work on the URL
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Free Radon Information Session in Cooperation with the Wellness Bus
Free Radon Information Session with the Wellness Bus
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Taking Action on Radon at the Hinckley Institute of Politics
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URL Members Tabling in the Student Union
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GCSC Seminar - Johnnye Lewis, PhD - October 17, 2023 4p - 5p
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Radon Program Annual Poster Contest - Vote October 23rd!
Utah students are invited to get creative and bring awareness of radon in Utah by
participating
in the 2021 National Radon Poster Contest. The Utah Department of Environmental Quality’s
(DEQ) Radon Program is coordinating this year’s contest in partnership with the Center for
Disease Control Epidemiology Tracking Program, local health departments and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). State contest winners will receive cash awards,
with
three first‐place winners receiving $100 and their teacher receiving $100. Second‐
and third‐
place winners also will receive $100 each.
This contest is open to children aged 9-18 in grades 4-12.
You can get involved by voting beginning October 23rd!
Learn more about helping someone you know enter, view past winners, and/or learn how to vote HERE.
Examples of previous winners:
Lung Cancer Awareness Week - November 2023
November is lung cancer awareness month. Join us for various events during the week
of dates-dates to learn about radon and teh effects it has on human health. Gain information on
how you can test for Radon in your home or apartment and what can be done about it.
Keep checking back for additional event details!
Radon Awareness Week - January 2024
Learn about radon and its effects on the human health, the environment, and policy
in Utah. Gain information on how you can test for radon in your home or apartment
and what can be done about it.
Keep checking back for additional event details!
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Members of the URL present at the 2023 National Radon Conference in Nashville, Tennesee
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Utah Department of Environmental Quality, San Juan County town of Bluff receive $2 million in grant funding
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Wind River STEM Fair
On Monday, October 9th, a group of our researchers from the University of Utah’s Radon
Lab had the opportunity to help host a STEM event at Fort Washakie School in Wind
River, Wyoming.
We are so thankful for this experience and appreciated this opportunity!
