For the past 75 years, the University of Utah College of Nursing (CON) has unified and inspired scientists, educators, clinicians, staff, and students to design, lead, and achieve improvements for the well-being of all.
Utah and the Artificial Heart: Impact and Reflections Forty Years Later
In December 1982, a specialized team of surgeons and researchers performed the first-ever artificial heart implant at the University of Utah Medical Center. The University of Utah was instrumental in the artificial heart’s invention, implementation, and evolution. Moreover, the surgery marked a critical moment of progress rather than ending an era of research and development.
Polio: Iron Lung & Vaccine Exhibitions
Vaccines "Shots" from the Past Digital Exhibition and Emerson Respirator now on display at the Eccles Health Sciences Library.
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library 50th Anniversary
The Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library was dedicated on October 4, 1971 after two years of construction beginning with a groundbreaking in November, 1969.
