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The University is well known in the field of [[biology]] for its unique contributions to the study of [[genetics]]. This is due in part to long-term [[genealogy]] efforts of the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (also known as the LDS or [[Mormon]] church) which is headquartered about four miles from the University. LDS members are an asset to researchers who are able to use family records to trace genetic disorders through several generations. Additionally, the relative homogeneity of Utah's population (stemming largely from the church's 19th-century practice of [[polygamy]]) makes it an ideal laboratory for studies of population genetics.

The University suffered some embarrassment in [[1989]] as the result of two of its facultychemistry members'chair ([[Stanley Pons]]) and [[Martin Fleischmann]]) from the [[University of Southampton]] purported discovery of [[cold fusion]], which was swiftly discredited by the [[nuclear physics]] community.

The university suffers from some inherent problems associated with its urban ___location. Some consider the University a "commuter campus" as many students commute from all over the Salt Lake Valley and from [[Davis County, Utah|Davis County]] to the north and [[Utah County, Utah|Utah County]] to the south. However, parking at the University has gone from bad to worse as the administration continues to sell far more parking permits than there are parking spaces.

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