David Valken-Leduc, who killed U student John Whicker in 1996, was allowed to make an Alford plea to a lesser crime--the first-degree felony of manslaughter--and was released on probation.

U pitchers Brian Budrow and Jordan Whatcott have been selected in the 2009 Major League Baseball first-year player draft.

The only way police can hope to seriously address the issue of driving and texting is to make all hand-held cell phone usage illegal.

The football team is right in the thick of its summer training program, which consists of early-morning conditioning and afternoon weight-training sessions.

The truth of the matter is that despite all the talk, news coverage and respiratory masks that have been so prominent the past few months, the swine flu isn't the daunting biological threat it has been made out to be.

Jon and Karen Huntsman have announced they will contribute $375,000--$75,000 for each of five researchers at HCI--every year for the next five years.

The U was one of 23 schools that redacted athletes' names from every document requested by The Columbus Dispatch, which sought airplane flight manifests for football team travel to road games, lists of people designated to receive athletes' complimentary admission to football games, football players' summer-employment documents and reports of NCAA violations.

U students took to the steps of Utah's Capitol Wednesday morning with other demonstrators to support Iran's young protesters, who are leading a revolution against incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial re-election.

The Park Building's roof has been nailed down and the building's internal structure strengthened. Other renovations include fire protection and sprinkler systems, an improved limestone facade and refurbished windows.

U transplant physician Terry Box will be participating in one of the most rigorous bicycle races in the world: the 2009 Race Across America. He and seven fellow friends and physicians plan to bike the more than 3,000-mile route from Oceanside, Calif., to Annapolis, Md., in less than 12 days with the goal of promoting organ donation and transplantation.