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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Sexual Assault

Nowhere to Turn: One U Student’s Experience with Sexual Assault

It was 3:30 a.m. one early spring morning last year when she called her mother to ask for help. At first, her mother didn’t understand what had happened, only that her daughter had been hurt. After...

U Alumna Angela Romero Makes Progress in Utahs House of Representatives

U Alumna Angela Romero Makes Progress in Utah’s House of Representatives

November 28, 2016

Legislation in Utah goes through a complicated process before it is passed. U alumna Angela Romero has become an expert at navigating the procedure from experience. Romero represents district 26, located...

Doctor-Turned-Businesswoman Cuts Costs at the Us Hospital

Doctor-Turned-Businesswoman Cuts Costs at the U’s Hospital

November 22, 2016

Earlier this month, Vivian Lee spoke at a health conference put on by Fortune, which may be surprising for students who only know her in an academic setting. Lee is a trilingual radiologist and Senior...

U Researcher Identifies Possible Cause of Type 2 Diabetes

U Researcher Identifies Possible Cause of Type 2 Diabetes

November 22, 2016

A team of researchers from around the world, including chairman of the U’s Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, Scott Summers, recently published a study that found a family of chemicals...

U Researcher Awarded Prestigious Grants to Study Treatments for Opioid-Related Problems

U Researcher Awarded Prestigious Grants to Study Treatments for Opioid-Related Problems

November 15, 2016

Eric Garland, associate dean for research in the College of Social Work at the U, was recently awarded two multi-million dollar grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense. For...

Alexis Ault was verbally assaulted while parking her car at the U.

Visiting Professor Verbally Assaulted on Campus

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator November 14, 2016

Disclaimer: this article contains graphic, sexually charged language. A faculty guest — a professor and researcher — was verbally assaulted on campus Wednesday as she tried to find a parking spot. Dr....

Left to Right President Pershing and Chairmen Gordon Howell, and members of the Ute Indian Tribe Business Committee shake hands after the signing of the Memoradium of Understanding at the Ute Indian Tribe Headquaters in Fort Duchesne, Utah.

American Indian Students Still Underrepresented at the U

November 7, 2016

During a time when the U faced long-standing and mounting pressure from the NCAA to lose Native American imagery or risk sanctions, in 2014 the U signed a five-year memorandum of understanding with the...

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Students Make A Difference with Alternative Breaks

October 24, 2016

Fall break has ended, and while most students are returning to class from a week of work or relaxation, a group of students has returned to school from self-funded trips to work with non-profit organizations...

U Students Now More Qualified, More Diverse

U Students Now More Qualified, More Diverse

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator October 12, 2016

President David W. Pershing gave his inaugural address as the 15th president of the University of Utah in October of 2012, dressed in a business suit and cowboy boots. Pershing gave his address less in...

U Professor Begins Research on the Shrinking Salt Flats

U Professor Begins Research on the Shrinking Salt Flats

September 16, 2016

This week, Brenda Bowen, an associate professor in Geology and Geophysics, has started fieldwork for a study of the Bonneville Salt Flats. Her research aims to observe how the flats are changing and learn...