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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

Carolyn and Kem Gardner Building at the University of Utah in July 2018 when it was still being constructed. Chronicle archives.

What’s Building at the U?

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor May 28, 2019

  From Presidents Circle up to the University of Utah Medical Center, banners that read “Excitement is Building” can be found. With the completion of new buildings and more underway in the...

Photographing the upcoming Daily Utah Chronicle Editor-in-Chief, Haley Oliphant, at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. 
(Photo by Kiffer Creveling | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Rising to the Challenge, Together: The Chronicle Appoints New Editor-in-Chief

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor April 26, 2019

  For incoming Editor-in-Chief Haley Oliphant, the upcoming year will be all about teamwork. Oliphant never expected to find herself in The Daily Utah Chronicle offices. She came to the University...

University of Utah President Ruth Watkins, Truman Scholarship Recipient Samantha Thorne and Hinckely Institute of Politics Director Jason Perry (Courtesy of Samantha Thorne)

U Student Named Truman Scholar for Utah

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor April 24, 2019

  On April 15, the University of Utah named its first Truman Scholarship recipient since 2014. The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation began in 1975 in honor of President Harry S. Truman....

Students, faculty and administrators gather to discuss recent increases in tuition at the Gould Auditorium on March 13, 2018.

University of Utah Begins Offering Income Share Agreements for 18 Majors

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor April 16, 2019

  The University of Utah is offering students a new way to pay for school. Beginning this semester, the U is participating in a pilot program that provides income share agreements to students....

U Student Group Hosts Women’s March on Utah 2019

U Student Group Hosts Women’s March on Utah 2019

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor January 20, 2019

  On Jan. 19, people from across the state of Utah met at Washington Square Park to participate in the 2019 Salt Lake City Women’s March on Utah. Women and their allies marched nearly a mile...

A voting machine at the Marriott Library. (Chronicle archives)

Utah’s 2018 Midterm Elections Rundown

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor November 9, 2018

  Although Election Day has passed and polls across the nation have closed, election season may not be over so quickly. Many races have been called across the state, but some, like the high-profile...

Chronicle archives.

U Prepares to Host an International Education Week

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor November 2, 2018

  The University of Utah will host its first campus-wide, organized International Education Week from Nov. 12 through Nov. 16. International Education Week is a nationwide initiative, spearheaded...

People cast their votes during the Midterm Elections 2018 at the Salt Lake County Building in Salt Lake City, UT on Tuesday October 23, 2018.

(Photo by Curtis Lin | Daily Utah Chronicle)

U to Host First Vote Center on Campus for a Midterm Election

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor November 2, 2018

  On Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, polls will open across the United States for the national midterm election. Every seat in the U.S. House of Representatives is up for election, as well as 35 out of the...

(Photo by: D. Goodwin | The Daily Utah Chronicle).

Undiagnosed Diseases Network Expands to Include University of Utah

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor October 2, 2018

The University of Utah has been designated as a member of the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN), a research study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This year, the network expanded...

Gardening at Legacy of Lowell Saturday Service Project 2017. Courtesy of the Bennion Center

Help Those in Need with the Legacy of Lowell Day of Service

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor September 17, 2018

On Saturday, Sept. 22, the Bennion Center will host the 15th annual Legacy of Lowell Saturday Service Project (SSP). Each September, the Bennion Center organizes a day dedicated to service focused on inviting...