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U ranked in top 20 for outdoor colleges

June 8, 2016

There are few places in the world where you can finish a day of classes and still have time to hit the slopes to ski the greatest snow on Earth. Easily accessible outdoor activities are what draw many...

Academic Senate To Vote On Divesting Fossil Fuels

Academic Senate To Vote On Divesting Fossil Fuels

April 27, 2016

The U has invested countless resources in the past few years to reduce its carbon footprint and now the Academic Senate will decide if it should divest some of those funds. Next Monday, May 2, the senate...

Two U Humanities Professors Named Guggenheim Fellows

Two U Humanities Professors Named Guggenheim Fellows

April 22, 2016

Melanie Rae Thon and Nadja Durbach, professors of English and history, respectively, have both received Guggenheim Fellowships. Durbach applied for several grants last fall, including the Guggenheim....

U Grad Students Construct Community Center In Bluff, Utah

U Grad Students Construct Community Center In Bluff, Utah

By Carolyn Webber April 21, 2016

When Hank Louis started the DesignBuildBLUFF program 12 years ago, his drive was to provide housing for families in need living in the Navajo Nation of southeastern Utah. As a team of graduate students...

Student Services Building, where the University Counseling Center is located. The new Resiliency Center specifically works with University of Utah Health employees. Chronicle archives.

New Senior Class Gift to Provide Funding for Counseling Center

April 21, 2016

ASUU dropped its bill to fund a fountain for the senior class gift and replaced it with a bill to donate funds to the U Counseling Center’s Mindfulness Clinic. While the bill still has to pass the Senate...

U Grad Students Develop Website to Help Undocumented Students

U Grad Students Develop Website to Help Undocumented Students

April 15, 2016

Although they are now DACAmented, Alonso Reyna Rivarola and José Hernández Zamudio experienced the struggle firsthand of being undocumented students at the U. The two, currently graduate students in...

U recycling

Recycling Ambassadors Work To Educate Students On “Reducing And Reusing”

April 14, 2016

From the vending machine to your hands to the Union’s plastic recycling bin to the curb outside then to a truck that brings it to Rocky Mountain Recycling plant, where it is sorted, shredded, melted...

Video Games Course Has Students Playing For Credit

Video Games Course Has Students Playing For Credit

April 13, 2016

While some people play video games to distract themselves from school work, students in the Videogames and Storytelling course (English 2090) are playing to study. Alf Seegert, assistant professor of...

Increasing Diversity: School Of Architecture Partners With Girl Scouts Of Utah

Increasing Diversity: School Of Architecture Partners With Girl Scouts Of Utah

By Carolyn Webber April 12, 2016

As it's typically a profession of mostly men, one would not expect to see a group of girl scouts doing construction work. But that break in tradition is exactly what the U’s School of Architecture wanted...

Team Of U Students Creates Robotic Surgical Light

Team Of U Students Creates Robotic Surgical Light

By Carolyn Webber April 11, 2016

Brody King stood on a stool in an operating room, manually adjusting the light so the surgeon could see inside the patient’s body. After several surgeries, King decided a robot would do a better job...

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