# Source: University of Utah Pathology — Training Sites and Facilities (ARUP)

**Type:** source
**Status:** Useful
**Confidence:** Medium
**Source Type:** official-page
**URL:** https://medicine.utah.edu/pathology/about-us/facilities
**Archive:** https://web.archive.org/web/20260307114723/https://medicine.utah.edu/pathology/about-us/facilities
**Archived:** 2026-03-07
**Publisher:** University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Pathology
**Retrieved:** 2026-08-12
**Raw:** raw/arup-uofu-pathology-facilities/2026-08-11-8f3fa949c1b8.txt
**Updated:** 2026-08-11
**Relates:** cites [ARUP Laboratories](arup-laboratories.md) · https://greatutah.work/pages/arup-laboratories.md · https://medicine.utah.edu/pathology/about-us/facilities

## Summary

The pathology department's training-sites page, with a dedicated ARUP section covering the lab's 1984
origin, its dual academic-commercial mandate, and its stated purpose of financially supporting the
department through esoteric reference testing.

## Useful Claims

- ARUP's legal name is **Associated Regional and University Pathologists, Inc.**
- The department states ARUP was **created in 1984** by pathology faculty to support education,
  research, and service missions.
- ARUP's stated directive is to **financially support the Department of Pathology** while performing
  laboratory testing for University of Utah Health and pursuing research to become a **leading national
  reference laboratory specializing in esoteric testing**.
- The page notes ARUP's university affiliation was **"the first of its kind"** and required balancing
  academic and business functions — a historical claim from the department, not independently sourced.

## Verbatim

> "Associated Regional and University Pathologists, Inc."
> — "ARUP Laboratories", heading

> "ARUP Laboratories was created in 1984 by the University of Utah School of Medicine's Department of Pathology faculty to support the academic missions of education, research, and service."
> — "ARUP Laboratories"

> "ARUP's directive was to financially support the Department of Pathology by fulfilling the dual role of laboratory testing for University of Utah Health while at the same time aggressively pursuing research into the cutting-edge technology needed to establish ARUP as a leading national reference laboratory specializing in esoteric testing."
> — "ARUP Laboratories"

## Reliability Notes

Self-reported tier from the owning university department. This is the best captured source for **why
ARUP exists** and how the department describes the **financial return** to pathology — but it does not
quantify that return (no dollar figures, no margin, no annual transfer amount). The "first of its
kind" and "leading national reference laboratory" phrases are institutional narrative, not verified
market-position claims.

No Internet Archive snapshot exists for this URL — `resolve-archive-snapshots.mjs` searched the CDX
index on 2026-08-11 and found none. The `**Raw:**` capture is the durable copy.

## Related Pages

- [ARUP Laboratories](arup-laboratories.md)
- [Source: ARUP Laboratories Official Website — About](arup-laboratories-official-website.md)
- [Source: University of Utah Pathology — About Us](arup-uofu-pathology-about-us.md)