The university is part of the Utah System of Higher Education. As of 2009, the universitys endowment is US$668 million.The colleges at the university are:College of Architecture and Planning,College of Dentistry,College of Education,College of Engineering,College of Fine Arts,College of Health,College of Humanities,College of Mines & Earth Sciences,College of Nursing,College of Pharmacy,College of Science,College of Social & Behavioral Science,College of Social Work,Continuing Education,David Eccles School of Business,Graduate School Honors CollegeOffice of Undergraduate Studies,S.J. Quinney College of LawSchool of MedicineIn addition to the departments in these colleges, there are a number of interdisciplinary academic programs.Notable alumni include politicians Rocky Anderson, Bob Bennett, E. Jake Garn, Jon Huntsman, Jr., Karen Morgan, Frank E. Moss, and Karl Rove,recent LDS Church presidents Gordon B. Hinckleyand Thomas S. Monson;[ authors Orson Scott Card, Stephen Covey, and Wallace Stegner; R Adams Cowley, William DeVries, Russell M. Nelson, and Robert Jarvik in medicine; historian Richard Foltz; educators Gordon Gee ,and Ann Weaver Hart;reporter Martha Raddatz; historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich;and speed reading innovator Evelyn Nielsen Wood
The following is the list of scholars from The University of Utah who contributed and/or serves as editors for one or more OMICS International journals and conferences