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NEWS BRIEF: The University of Utah Landed Nearly $700 Million in Research Funding in Fiscal 2024

NEWS BRIEF: The University of Utah Landed Nearly $700 Million in Research Funding in Fiscal 2024

The University of Utah just announced that it garnered nearly $700 million in research funding in fiscal 2024 (ended 30 June 2024). According to the UofU news release announcing the FY 2024 research funding results, the Salt Lake City-based institution secured $691 million in research funding across such disciplines as

August 2024 Utah Real Estate Roundup: News about Commercial, Industrial, Multifamily, and/or Government Real Estate Transactions Valued at Over $430 Million

August 2024 Utah Real Estate Roundup: News about Commercial, Industrial, Multifamily, and/or Government Real Estate Transactions Valued at Over $430 Million

In an effort to keep Utah Money Watch readers abreast of recent significant news about multifamily, industrial, commercial, and/or government real estate activities within the state of Utah, we've prepared this mini-report summarizing the top events during August 2024. UTAH'S MAJOR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

Global Counterintelligence Firm, Utah-based Strider Technologies, Has Just Closed a $55 Million Round of Series C Funding

Global Counterintelligence Firm, Utah-based Strider Technologies, Has Just Closed a $55 Million Round of Series C Funding

The funding was led by Pelion Venture Partners, Utah's largest VC firm, and will help Strider "expand operations to new geographies in Europe and Asia, and more aggressively address the public sector market" as the firm helps provide organizations of all types with previously undiscovered data

BREAKING NEWS: Five Utah Universities Make the Wall Street Journal's "2025 Best Colleges in the U.S." Ranking

BREAKING NEWS: Five Utah Universities Make the Wall Street Journal's "2025 Best Colleges in the U.S." Ranking

The five Utah-based universities to make the WSJ's 2025 list are (in alphabetical order), Brigham Young University, the University of Utah, Utah State University, Utah Valley University, and Weber State University. However, among all 500 ranked universities, BYU was ranked No. 1 as "... the most highly recommended

Top 23 Utah-focused Monetary, Financial and/or Business News Nuggets from August 2024 that You Might have Missed

Top 23 Utah-focused Monetary, Financial and/or Business News Nuggets from August 2024 that You Might have Missed

{AUTHOR'S NOTE: Clearly, not every news announcement deserves to be the top story of the day. Nevertheless, many news items are significant and should be acknowledged as such. And in this writeup, you'll find info about 20 Utah-based firms and 18 separate executives that we feel

NEWS BRIEF: Utah Office of L3Harris Technologies has Landed a $587 Million U.S. Navy Contract

NEWS BRIEF: Utah Office of L3Harris Technologies has Landed a $587 Million U.S. Navy Contract

The Salt Lake City, Utah-based office of L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has just been awarded a $587 million contract by the U.S. Navy. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, the L3Harris contract is a five-year engagement (from August 2024 through August 2029) "... for the design, production

With a Quarter-Billion-Dollars in Federal Monies Now in Hand, Utah Will Lead a $500 Million Electrical Grid Reliability Project Touching 700,000 Customers in Six States and Five Tribal Nations

With a Quarter-Billion-Dollars in Federal Monies Now in Hand, Utah Will Lead a $500 Million Electrical Grid Reliability Project Touching 700,000 Customers in Six States and Five Tribal Nations

With notice from the U.S. Department of Energy of its successful proposal, the State of Utah's Office of Energy Development will now lead a $500 million multi-state effort to boost the reliability of the electrical grid serving 0ver 700,000 customers in six western states and five