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Part 2 of this pink and green themed movie premiered this year.
What is Wicked?
This celebrated primatologist and conservationist passed away in 2025.
Who is Jane Goodall.
This U of U Researcher was named to the Time100 list of 100 most influential people in the world.
Who is Wesley Sundquist?
The Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center became this big C center this year.
What is The Center for Metabolic Health
This Operations team staff member welcomed his first baby (a girl -- Georgia) in August.
Who is Nathan Watchman.
After years of close calls, this superstar finally won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 2025 for Cowboy Carter, capping a night that also included Best Country Album.
Who is Beyonce.
This new professional team in Utah began their inaugural NHL season in 2025.
Who are the Utah Mammoth.
This Professor and Neurosurgeon-In-Chief at Mass General Brigham, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital was named the new Executive Vice President of Health Sciences.
Who is Dr. Bob Carter?
This MarComm team publication received recognition as the "Best Medical Research Story" from Shorthand for 2025.
What is Pioneering the Future?
This BREO staff member will be retiring this year after a storied career at the University, where she has impacted the lives of hundreds of students and faculty members.
Who is Janet Bassett.
On November 26, 2025, Netflix dropped the first four episodes of this long awaited show's 5th season — launching the final chapter of Hawkins’ saga in this unconventional, three-part rollout
What is Stranger Things
This nonsensical term, favored by kids and teenagers, became Dictionary.com's word of the year.
What is 6-7.
After more than 50 years of use, these historic towers completed demolition in 2025, changing the visual landscape of the health sciences campus.
What are the medical towers?
Another day, another flood. Space master, Ribana, responded to a flood in this historic building over President's Day Weekend.
What is Wintrobe?
This RPD team member bought a house in Provo this year.
Who is Jason Lyons.
This NFC team defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 40–22 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, preventing the Chiefs from achieving a historic Super Bowl three-peat
Who are the Philadelphia Eagles.
The 11th government shutdown that resulted in federal employees being furloughed and became the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, lasted this historic number of days.
What is 43 days.
University of Utah Health this year achieved record research funding totals, reaching this amount of funding.
What is $531M.
Despite a crazy, unprecedented recruitment season, this graduate program hit their target of 60 students this year, with 59 matriculating.
What is the Biosciences PhD Program?
This Pre-Award team member collects nativity scenes and owns over 20 of them.
Who is Kami?
A routine moment of crowdwork at a concert for this band went viral in July when a couple tried to avoid the spotlight after they were caught hugging on the jumbotron.
What is Coldplay?
Devastating flash floods swept through parts of this US state in early July 2025, following intense rainfall over the Fourth of July weekend
What is Texas.
On March 29, 2025, the University of Utah received a revised Notice of Award (NoA) that restored full funding immediately, reversing a previously announced award termination for this prominent institutional award.
What is the CTSA?
This group, organized by the Health Research Office, awarded $225k in researchers during a "shark tank" style meeting in October.
Who is the Philanthropic Partners Group?
This BREO team member got engaged this year.
Who is Beth?