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U Students and Faculty Voice Concerns Over $10 Million Koch Foundation Donation

U Students and Faculty Voice Concerns Over $10 Million Koch Foundation Donation

By Emily Anderson August 7, 2017

The University of Utah will debut the Marriner S. Eccles Institute for Economics and Quantitative Analysis this fall, but some students and faculty are concerned that one of the donations funding the endeavor...

Persistence Led Koskinen from Overseas to Utah

Persistence Led Koskinen from Overseas to Utah

By Scott Funk August 5, 2017

Experience, maturity and height is what the new University of Utah Women’s Basketball commit Elli Koskinen brings to the table. The 6' 5" Finland native will join the Utes for the 2017-18 season, after...

Utah Utes Menss Basketball team cheers in a huddle during a Pac-12 NCAA game vs. The Arizona Wildcats in the Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, Feb. 27,2016

Runnin’ Utes Set for European Tour

By Brittni Meservy August 5, 2017

With hopes to gain experience, bond together as a team and learn what the culture and environment is like overseas, the University of Utah men’s basketball team will embark on a 10-day tour through Europe....

Artist of the Week: U Grad, Ballet Dancer, Novelist

Artist of the Week: U Grad, Ballet Dancer, Novelist

By Madge Slack August 2, 2017

Kara Roseborough is an unusual dancer for the U’s program. Tall dancers face a lot of challenges in an art form designed hundreds of years ago when people were naturally shorter. It's often considered...

Utah wide receiver Darren Carrington II (9) catches the football in front of defensive back Shawn Hansen (35) during the first day of Preseason Football Camp at the U Eccles Football Center in Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday, Jul. 28, 2017. (Rishi Deka  |  Daily Utah Chronicle)

Fall Camp Underway for Utah Football

By Brittni Meservy July 29, 2017

With fall camp for the University of Utah football team getting underway with its first practice on Friday, July 28, it's official – football is back and it’s here to stay. With some offseason changes...

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...

Older Americans More Likely to Engage in Extramarital Sex, U Professor Finds

Older Americans More Likely to Engage in Extramarital Sex, U Professor Finds

By Mckenzie Alder July 19, 2017

According to data from the General Social Survey (GSS), older Americans aged 55 and up have reported higher rates of extramarital sex than younger Americans. Nicholas Wolfinger, a professor in the University...

Gamemaker Studio 2: A Perfect fit for the Us EAE Program

Gamemaker Studio 2: A Perfect fit for the U’s EAE Program

By Holly Vasic July 19, 2017

In May of this year, the Animation Career Review ranked the University of Utah’s Entertainment Arts and Engineering (EAE) graduate and undergraduate degrees as second on the list of “Top 50 Game Design...

From Individual to Team: Cheng Found New Perspective On Tennis

From Individual to Team: Cheng Found New Perspective On Tennis

By Scott Funk July 19, 2017

The land up north is known for maple leaves, cold weather, Canadian bacon and hockey. For University of Utah senior tennis player, Jena Cheng, Canada is known as home. It’s where she grew up, where she...

Freshman Drew Lisk (14) in action at the University of Utahs Red and White football game on Apr. 15, 2017 at Rice Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, UT

Photo by Adam Fondren/Daily Utah Chronicle

Troy Taylor Looks to Bring Some High-Flying Offense to Utah Football

By Carra McManamon July 13, 2017

For quite some time, the University of Utah football team has relied heavily on its defense and run game to win games. It’s something that head coach Kyle Whittingham is known for — it has been the...