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College of Science Faculty & Staff Newsletter – August 2025 – Safety

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SAFETY

2025 STEM Safety Day | Friday, September 5, 2025 | Cleone Peterson Eccles Alumni House
This free, multi-campus partner event offers seminars, trainings, and sessions designed to help our community better understand and mitigate health and safety hazards associated with working in STEM fields at the U. Whether you spend most of your time in a lab, a patient-facing setting, or an office, you will find relevant sessions to improve safety in your area of work.  To find out more information or to register, click here.

Environmental Health and Safety Partner in Safety Awards
Nominations are now open for the 2025 EHS Partner in Safety Awards. The Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) team is asking for your help to identify individuals who go above and beyond to promote a strong safety culture at the University of Utah. The award honors faculty and staff who demonstrate an outstanding commitment to safety and actively partner with EHS to make their departments, labs, and workplaces safer. Winners will receive a framed certificate and $500 transferred to a Chartfield of their choosing. Up to 5 winners will be announced at the STEM Safety Day on September 5th.  The application/nomination form can be found here: EHS Partner in Safety Award Nomination – Environmental Health and Safety.  Please consider nominating someone who you think is deserving. The application deadline is August 31.

Monthly Safety Tip
As new colleagues and students join the College of Science this fall, we each have an opportunity to ensure that they feel welcomed and instantly know this is a community that values the safety and wellbeing of every individual.  Whether you’re a TA meeting with your lab students on the first day of class, a senior graduate student onboarding a 1st year into your research lab, or a PI holding your first group meeting of the new academic year, make safety a part of the discussion.

“Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.”   – Theodore Roosevelt

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