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Startups need their own space. The University of Utah is embracing the notion, bringing elements of Silicon Valley to campus with a $43 million entrepreneurship building set to open in the fall of 2016. It includes a cluster of lofted dorm rooms, living “pods” and a 20,000-foot open work space called the “garage.” The goal is a “free-form state of living, sleeping and creating in the same space,” said Troy D’Ambrosio, executive director of the flagship school’s entrepreneurship institute. An...