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The Block U on the University of Utah Campus, Salt Lake City, UT on Wednesday, July 12, 2017.

U Goes Unranked on List of Great Colleges to Work For

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator August 23, 2017

The University of Utah is usually a high ranking institution by almost any metric. However, the school recently went unranked on a list of “Great Colleges to Work For” compiled by the Chronicle of...

David W. Pershing, Ph.D., President of the University of Utah, speaks at the Primary Childrens and Families Cancer Research Center Dedication Ceremony at the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah on Wednesday, June 21, 2017

(Photo by Kiffer Creveling | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Emails Further Highlight Changing Relationship between U and HCI

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator August 23, 2017

More emails obtained by the Salt Lake Tribune expand on the changes in the relationship between Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) CEO and Director Mary Beckerle and University of Utah administrators, alternately...

CEO and Director of Huntsman Cancer Institute, Mary C. Beckerle, PhD, speaks at the Primary Childrens and Families Cancer Research Center Dedication Ceremony at the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah on Wednesday, June 21, 2017

(Photo by Kiffer Creveling | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Emails Shed Light on Ongoing Huntsman Controversy

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator August 10, 2017

Emails recently obtained by the Salt Lake Tribune give more insight into the circumstances surrounding the removal of Mary Beckerle from her position as CEO and Director of the University of Utah’s Huntsman...

Geologist Determines How Ancient Roman Concrete Still Stands

Geologist Determines How Ancient Roman Concrete Still Stands

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator July 26, 2017

Concrete is a building material made of water, gravel, sand, limestone, shells, chalk, clay and iron ore. It’s used ubiquitously in construction from building foundations to sidewalks, roads and bridges....

Presidents circle at the University of Utah Monday September 14, 2015. (Chronicle Archives)

U Ranks Favorably Among Other Universities

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator July 22, 2017

On the University of Utah’s website, its education and institutions are touted as “expansive,” and the faculty is called “some of the world’s greatest thinkers and academic minds.” How does...

Michael Taylor cuts the ribbon at the Primary Childrens and Families Cancer Research Center Dedication Ceremony at the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah on Wednesday, June 21, 2017

(Photo by Kiffer Creveling | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Children’s Cancer Research Center at HCI Dedicated, Leaders Express Hope for Future

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator June 22, 2017

The University of Utah’s Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) dedicated a new arm of their facility Wednesday — the Primary Children's and Families’ Cancer Research Center. The first speaker at the...

Committee Created to Find New University President

Committee Created to Find New University President

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator June 20, 2017

The Utah State Board of Regents, the governing body for all public colleges and universities in Utah, has announced the creation of a Presidential Search Committee to find the replacement for David Pershing,...

The University of Utahs Dr. Mary Beckerle, researcher and CEO and Director at HCI, has been elected to the American Philosophical Society.

U Researcher and HCI Director Mary Beckerle Elected to American Philosophical Society

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator June 9, 2017

Last week, Mary Beckerle — CEO and director of the University of Utah’s Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) — was elected to the American Philosophical Society (APS). Among her class of 32 inductees...

Patrick Wiggins

U’s Patrick Wiggins Discovers Firework Galaxy Supernova

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator June 3, 2017

When a star dies, it goes out with a bang. Patrick Wiggins — public outreach educator for the University of Utah’s Department of Physics & Astronomy, and NASA solar system ambassador to Utah...

Mary Beckerle and Vivian Lee meet with former Vice President Biden at the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah to speak about the importance of cancer research, Feburary, 26, 2016 — Kiffer Creveling

Huntsman Memorandum May Have Played Role in HCI Rift

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator May 2, 2017

A little over a month before Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) CEO and Director Mary Beckerle was dismissed by University of Utah President David Pershing and Senior Vice President of Health Science, Vivian...

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