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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

—Dane Goodwin

President Pershing speaks at the 2014 Founders Day Banquet on Thursday evening at the Little America Hotel.

Distinguished Alumni, Outstanding Student to be Honored at U Founders Day Banquet

By Nikila Venugopal February 29, 2016

As the U celebrates the 166th anniversary of its founding in 1850, it will honor some of the people who have added to its success. During the Founders Day Banquet, to be held at the Little America Hotel...

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (D) participates in a roundtable discussion at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. Vice president Biden visited the hospital to further discuss his initiative to eradicate cancer. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

Joe Biden Speaks With Researchers, Experts at Huntsman Cancer Institute

By Nikila Venugopal February 26, 2016

Speaking at a round table discussion at the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI), Vice President Joe Biden commended efforts toward improving cancer treatments and highlighted what he sees as the key issues...

U Program Works to Interest African-American High Schoolers in the Medical Field

U Program Works to Interest African-American High Schoolers in the Medical Field

By Nikila Venugopal February 18, 2016

Dissecting cow eyeballs, listening to baby heartbeats and envisioning their futures — that’s how a group of middle and high school students spent Friday at the U. The event, called Medicine U, aimed...

Presidents circle at the University of Utah Monday September 14, 2015. (Chronicle Archives)

U Lobbies State Legislature for Three Percent Raise for Faculty and Staff

February 18, 2016

To the professors who have experienced it, the lack of a nationally competitive wage can lead to jealousy, disappointment and the loss of valued colleagues. Karin Baumgartner, a professor of German, said...

Taft-Nicholson Center Accepts Applications for 2016 Artist-In-Residency Program

Taft-Nicholson Center Accepts Applications for 2016 Artist-In-Residency Program

February 9, 2016

Surrounded by rolling fields, rivers and glacially carved mountain peaks, Centennial Valley is a picturesque landscape and for a few lucky individuals, it will be the creative retreat to grow their artistic...

Orson Spencer Hall at the U in Salt Lake City, Utah, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015.

Faculty Concerns Over Small Offices in OSH Replacement Building

February 5, 2016

Good working conditions mean happy faculty, and happy faculty usually means happy students. At least that’s the argument professors like Claudio Holzner are putting forward in response to initial renovation...

Orson Spencer Hall at the U in Salt Lake City, Utah, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

Architects Discuss Preliminary Designs for OSH Reconstruction

By Nikila Venugopal February 1, 2016

The programming phase for the reconstruction of OSH, which began in August, is drawing to a close with only some preliminary designs and decisions finalized. Brian Hebdon, an architect with MHTN, the...

HRE Aims To Generate Housing Excitement With Discount Incentive

HRE Aims To Generate Housing Excitement With Discount Incentive

February 1, 2016

Housing and Residential Education (HRE) is offering a new discount incentive for the 2016-2017 year. Recently, students received an email from HRE stating that those who complete the housing application...

Facilities Management Employees Knit Hats For Charity

Facilities Management Employees Knit Hats For Charity

January 25, 2016

From plumbers to project managers, facilities management employees work to run the U campus. This winter they came together to knit hats for the Road Home and local hospitals. Shireen Ghorbani, spokesperson...

U Books Author and Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter as Commencement Speaker

U Books Author and Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter as Commencement Speaker

January 19, 2016

Anne-Marie Slaughter, author of the popular article "Why Women Still Can't Have It All," will speak at the commencement ceremony this May. Slaughter is a professor emerita of politics and international...