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University of Utah asks Legislature for AI compute, database upgrades and expands scholar support for families under $100,000
Summary
At a legislative site visit, University of Utah President Randall told the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee that the university seeks legislative partnership on a $5 million match for statewide AI compute, a $12 million institutional contribution to modernize the Utah Population Database and will award full scholarships to eligible first-year Utahns from families earning under $100,000.
President Randall of the University of Utah told the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee during a site visit that the research university aims to be more outward-facing and solution-driven while expanding access for Utah students.
Randall opened the presentation by framing three forces reshaping research universities — information ubiquity, changing economic mobility and constrained public resources — and said the University of Utah is positioning itself as an "impact university" that pairs research with workforce outcomes. He said last year the university's research expenditures "crested 734,000,000" and the institution is targeting $1,000,000,000 in research expenditures by 2030.
The presentation included both student-affordability measures and specific funding requests. Randall said the…
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