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Jessica Patterson, Matt Miller and Jack Bender pose in-front of U at the University of Utah.
Wednesday April 20, 2016. (Photo by August Miller)

ASUU’s First “University Gift” Going Toward University Child Care Fund

By Connor Richards May 6, 2017

"It’s the gift that keeps giving." This is how Jessica Patterson, the outgoing ASUU Vice President of Student Relations, describes a $25,000 donation to the ASUU Child Care Endowment Fund overseen by...

Sandra Cisneros at Glendale-Mountain View Community Learning  Center meeting with Mountain View duel-immersion fifth graders. 
Photo - Tanner Humanities Center

Cisneros Describes the “Power of Art” to Dual Immersion Fifth Graders

By Connor Richards May 6, 2017

Growing up the only daughter in a family of six boys on Chicago’s West Side, Sandra Cisneros describes her childhood as being defined by loneliness. Instead of responding to this loneliness with a downward...

Scott Schear, a custodian for the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library.

Custodian Finds Cure to Wanderlust at the U

By Connor Richards April 26, 2017

Throughout the course of his 54 years, Scott Schear has lived in four states, 15 cities and approximately 50 different apartments. He has lived around the country and never spends more than one year in...

Students Sign Steel Beam to Commemorate OSH

Students Sign Steel Beam to Commemorate OSH

By Connor Richards April 21, 2017

As Orson Spencer Hall goes down and construction begins for the new Carolyn and Kem Gardner Building, campus developers are asking students to leave their mark in time by signing a commemorative steel...

Conrad Anker geared up and climbing out near the teams highest portaledge camp at over 20,000ft.

Students, Sustainability and Activism: Conrad Anker’s Perspective

By Connor Richards April 20, 2017

Before he was a world-renowned mountain climber, Conrad Anker was an undergraduate at the University of Utah. A California native, Anker was attracted to Utah by the variety of outdoor activities that...

(Model Released), Jack Bender jbender@asuu.utah.edu, University of Utah students pose for various lifestyle photos and portraits for marketing collateral at various location on the campus of The University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah Wednesday April 20, 2016. (Photo by August Miller)

Outgoing ASUU President Reflects on Long, “Consistent” Year

By Connor Richards April 17, 2017

As the University of Utah’s class of 2017 wraps up the year and prepares for graduation, Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU) President Jack Bender is among them. With commencement around...

College Classes in Maximum Security: The only thing I needed

College Classes in Maximum Security: “The only thing I needed”

By Connor Richards April 6, 2017

By the time Sean Pica walked out of Sing Sing Correctional Facility a free man in 2002, he had spent more than half of his life in prison. When he was 16, Pica was convicted of murder, given a lengthy...

SlutWalk Planned Outside Marriott Library

SlutWalk Planned Outside Marriott Library

By Connor Richards April 3, 2017

Through a course being offered by the University of Utah, a number of students have spent the semester planning and organizing action against sexual assault. On Tuesday, April 4, they will host a “SlutWalk”...

Photo: Adam Fondren

U Tuition Expected to Increase 3.9 Percent Next Year

By Connor Richards March 22, 2017

Another year, another tuition hike. At a meeting on March 14, the Board of Trustees voted on a 3.9 percent raise in the cost of tuition and student fees for undergraduate students at the University...

Follow Your Dreams, Humans of New York Creator Tells U Students

‘Follow Your Dreams,’ Humans of New York Creator Tells U Students

By Connor Richards March 20, 2017

When Brandon Stanton moved to New York in 2010 he had no job, no money and little inspiration. But he did have a camera, so he decided he would take portraits of everyday New Yorkers and map them across...

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