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Social Media Manager Named New Executive Editor

Social Media Manager Named New Executive Editor

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator April 10, 2017

Megan Hulse said journalism is a love she stumbled into. Hulse has been named the next Executive Editor of University of Utah Student Media, making her editor-in-chief over both The Daily Utah Chronicle...

Senior Delilah Pacheco (4) throws the ball back infield in the top of the 3rd inning at Dumke Family Softball Stadium Apr. 7, 2017. Adam Fondren for the Daily Utah Chronicle.

Softball: Utah Takes Series over Cal, 2-0

By Emilee White April 9, 2017

While the Utes had to withstand a five-run inning comeback from the California Bears in game one, the Utes put on a clinic in game two of the series to secure a pair of weekend wins. The No. 15 University...

Baseball: Utes Ready to Play No. 1 Oregon State

Baseball: Utes Ready to Play No. 1 Oregon State

By Brittni Meservy April 7, 2017

It will be quite the feat to take down the number one team in the country, but the University of Utah baseball team (12-13, 3-6 Pac-12) is not shying away from the opportunity. The Utes will face the Oregon...

College Classes in Maximum Security: "The only thing I needed"

College Classes in Maximum Security: “The only thing I needed”

By Connor Richards April 6, 2017

By the time Sean Pica walked out of Sing Sing Correctional Facility a free man in 2002, he had spent more than half of his life in prison. When he was 16, Pica was convicted of murder, given a lengthy...

Students march in Presidents Circle for "Take Back the Night" on April 5, 2017.

Students “Take Back the Night” as Part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month

By Jordan Higgins April 6, 2017

With signs held high and voices raised, students from several college campuses in the Salt Lake area marched over two miles — from the University of Utah to Westminster College — to protest against...

U Student Honored With Esteemed STEM Research Fellowship

U Student Honored With Esteemed STEM Research Fellowship

By Mackenzie McDermott April 4, 2017

The highly prestigious Fannie and John Hertz Foundation awarded University of Utah’s Ethan Lake a fellowship grant of $250,000 for up to five years of physics research. The Hertz Foundation weeded...

Ute Hunter Simmons hits the ball during the Utes 1-11 loss against the Oregon Ducks at Smiths Ballpark in Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday, Mar. 31, 2017. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

Baseball: Utes Win First Pac-12 Home Series

By Brittni Meservy April 3, 2017

It was a big weekend at home for the University of Utah baseball team (12-13, 3-6 Pac-12) as it won its Pac-12 home opener series against Oregon (17-8, 5-4 Pac-12). The Utes went 2-1 over the weekend....

The Lassonde Studios at the U (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

LSD at Lassonde: Microdosing to Enhance Creativity

By Cara MacDonald April 3, 2017

Microdosing for Ben — a student here identified by a pseudonym — seemed like just one of those crazy adult life experiences, such as drinking or swearing, especially to a guy who grew up Mormon. That...

Red Rocks Finish First at Fayetteville

Red Rocks Finish First at Fayetteville

By Emilee White April 1, 2017

Going in as the top seed at the 2017 NCAA Fayetteville Regional, the No. 4 University of Utah gymnastics team headed to Arkansas to compete against No. 9 Denver, No. 16 California, No. 21 Auburn, Arkansas...

The University of Utah Men's Basketball Runnin' Utes freshman Devon Daniels (3) evades the defense and drives towards the basket in the game vs the Oregon Ducks at the Huntsman Center on Thursday, January 27, 2016

Daniels, Zamora Transfer from Utah

By Kim Brenneisen March 31, 2017

One day before games get underway in Phoenix for the Final Four, the University of Utah men’s basketball announced that freshman Devon Daniels and junior transfer JoJo Zamora are not returning to the...