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Vet Resource Center at the Ray A. Olpin Student Union on the University of Utah campus, Salt Lake City, UT on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017

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Can Exit Oath Prevent Veteran Suicide?

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor September 8, 2017

Congress is currently debating a bill that attempts to curb high rates of veteran suicide by giving military members the choice to take an “Oath of Exit.” In this oath, veterans would state that they...

Rice Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, Utah. Adam Fondren, Daily Utah Chronicle

New Clear Bag Policy Beginning July 2018

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor August 31, 2017

Beginning in July 2018, the University of Utah will only permit guests to bring clear bags to athletic events. The U is implementing the policy to address safety concerns. Similar policies have been...

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U Charges Undergrads Surprise New Student Success Fee

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor August 30, 2017

Undergraduate students at the University of Utah were charged a new $30 Student Success Fee with their tuition this year. Unless they were part of the decision-making process or scoured the U's Financial...

Dr. Ken Kawamoto poses at the atrium in front of the U Biomedical Informatics Department in Salt Lake City, Utah on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Rishi Deka  | Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Professor Appointed to National Health Information Technology Committee

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor August 26, 2017

A professor of biomedical informatics and associate chief medical information officer at University of Utah Health was appointed to the United States Health Information Technology (HIT) Advisory Committee....

2015 Hinckley Journal, Friday, April 8th, 2016, Peter Creveling Daily Utah Chronicle

Hinckley Institute Gives Students a Voice in Politics

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor August 17, 2017

Utah has the youngest population in the United States, but its voting rates — among both youth and others — are low. Roughly 60 percent of voting-aged people in Utah didn’t cast their ballot this...

Radishes from the University of Utah Edible Campus Garden at the farmers market, put on by the Sustainability Office.

U Farmer’s Market Celebrates 10th Anniversary

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor August 17, 2017

The University of Utah’s farmer’s market, which links local growers to the campus community, will celebrate its 10th season this year. Orchestrated by the U’s Sustainability Office, the market will...

U Creates Sustainable Biking for Students

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor August 10, 2017

The University of Utah and Salt Lake City Green have partnered to make biking to campus safer and more convenient. A new bikeway, which opened this summer, connects two popular destinations in Salt...

The two researchers — Lisbeth Louderback, assistant prof of anthropology and curator of archaeology at NHMU, and Bruce Pavlik, director of conservation at Red Butte Garden — have discovered something that has been overlooked in the archaeological studies of ancient North Americans. They want to encourage Utahns to plant and cultivate the wild potato.

Researchers Discover Ancient Potato

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor July 25, 2017

Researchers from the Natural History Museum of Utah (NHMU) and Red Butte Gardens at the University of Utah discovered 10,900-year-old potato starch residue in Escalante, Utah. The findings mark the...

eSports Team Adding More Competition to Agenda

eSports Team Adding More Competition to Agenda

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor July 12, 2017

The University of Utah’s new eSports team, which was established in April 2017, is adding Rocket League tournaments to its schedule this fall. The U’s nationally-ranked video game design program,...

The Legacy Bridge that connects upper and lower campuses at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 5/14/17.

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U Set to Become Tobacco-Free Campus

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor June 26, 2017

Over the next year, the University of Utah will join nearly 1,800 other tobacco or smoke-free colleges and universities across the United States. The ASUU Academic Senate passed University Rule 3-300A...