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International Students Find Joy in Serving While Away From Home

February 8, 2016

After being in the United States for about four months, Tayyeb Mubarik attended a volunteer event to wrap gifts for Syrian refugee children. He enjoyed the feeling of giving back so much so that he started...

U Student Awarded Prestigious UK Scholarship

U Student Awarded Prestigious UK Scholarship

February 8, 2016

Very few people can say they attended the university where Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton and Prince Charles graduated. But even fewer, like Mackenzie Simper, can say they were paid to attend. A senior...

Utah student Sergio Payan, sophmore in psycology, listens in on a math 1050 lecture, Monday Februrary 1, 2016. (Mike Sheehan, Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Changes Policy to Only Allow Students to Re-take Classes Twice

February 4, 2016

Until this semester, there was no limit on how many times you could re-take a class. Now students can only do so twice. The policy emerged to counter what many thought was an insufficient roadblock the...

Water Pipe Repair Part of General Campus Improvements

February 4, 2016

Crews are working outside to the east of Kingsbury Hall to replace a water pipe that broke Jan. 29. The construction, which affects a small parking area, will likely be completed by Feb. 5, said Shireen...

U Provides Experience for Pre-med Native American Students

U Provides Experience for Pre-med Native American Students

February 1, 2016

When Sam Hawkins sees his fellow medical school students, it’s hard not to notice that he is the only Native American there. Hawkins, a first-year medical student, attributes some of his success to...

U Students Help Provide Math Tutoring Via New App MathElf

By Carolyn Webber January 29, 2016

An app can tell you your heart rate, remind you to eat breakfast and soon, it will be able to do your math homework. The MathElf app for iPads is an on-demand math tutoring application that covers pre-algebra...

President Pershing Speaks at LDS Institute Alongside Elder M. Russell Ballard

President Pershing Speaks at LDS Institute Alongside Elder M. Russell Ballard

January 26, 2016

Church and university leaders spoke to U students Sunday night at the Latter-day Saint Institute of Religion about graduation and personal goals. About 2,500 individuals attended the meeting to hear from...

Twin Astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly to Visit Kingsbury Hall

By Carolyn Webber January 23, 2016

In a couple of weeks, the Natural History Museum will host a discussion with Mark Kelly, a retired U.S. Navy Captain, NASA astronaut and engineer. Mark Kelly, as well as his brother, Scott Kelly, will...

Alternative Spring Breaks Gives Students the Chance to Serve Communities

Alternative Spring Breaks Gives Students the Chance to Serve Communities

January 22, 2016

Imagine spending spring break on a beach in California, where you can hear the waves crashing while the sun warms your skin and you're pulling weeds to rid the shore of invasive species. Service work...

U Chemistry Professor Peter Stang Honored in China and the U.S.

U Chemistry Professor Peter Stang Honored in China and the U.S.

By Carolyn Webber January 21, 2016

The walls of Peter Stang’s office speak for themselves. Awards in English and Chinese overlap, while about 100 nametags from conferences all over the world lay stacked in a corner. Among these many plaques...

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