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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

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Navigating Abortion in Utah: Online Modules, Wait Times and a 72-Hour Hold

By Caroline Krum and Abhilasha Khatri May 22, 2024

  A young woman from Utah found out she was pregnant over her winter break. Knowing that she would need to terminate the pregnancy, she immediately began the process to get an abortion. What she...

Caroline Krum, investigative writer of the Daily Utah Chronicle, poses for a picture in front of the A. Ray Olpin Student Union in Salt Lake City on March 22, 2024. (Photo by Johnny Morris | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Krum: To Women — Write Now, Write Always

By Caroline Krum, Investigative Writer May 15, 2024

  In the education world, we talk about the idea of not just learning to write, but also writing to learn. This is precisely what I urge you to do.  I have always been writing: I started my...

MJ Jewkes, investigative writer of the Daily Utah Chronicle, poses for a picture in front of the A. Ray Olpin Student Union in Salt Lake City on March 27, 2024. (Photo by Johnny Morris | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Jewkes: A Utah Man Am I

By MJ Jewkes, Investigative Writer May 14, 2024

  It’s the summer of 2023. I’m sitting in the dirt at sunrise under an I-15 overpass in the middle of one of Salt Lake City’s largest homeless encampments. The smell is the kind that pinches...

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Ceramics Students Voice Concerns Over Loss of Full-Time Faculty

By MJ Jewkes, Investigative Writer May 6, 2024

  Professor Brian Snapp, a tenure professor of 24 years for the College of Fine Arts has retired, leaving the ceramics area with only one tenured professor. Despite a year passing with a hole in...

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Oil, Gas and War: What Are U Funding?

By Rachel Kloepfer and Caroline Krum April 24, 2024

  In the 1980s, University of Utah students called for the U to divest from apartheid. To them, this meant halting the university's investments in companies that were funding apartheid in South...

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Uncovered: The Trials and Triumphs of Sustainability at the U

By Emma Ratkovic and MJ Jewkes April 17, 2024

Today, investigative writer MJ Jewkes joins Emma to discuss his recent print article on the trials and triumphs of sustainability at the U. Transcript: Emma Ratkovic: Hello and welcome back to...

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U Origins: The Trials and Triumphs of Sustainability at the U

By MJ Jewkes, Investigative Writer April 15, 2024

  For the last four years, the U has held a Gold rating from the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System. Since the U’s STARS rating is slated to be renewed in 2024, the Sustainability...

The University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, Utah on Oct. 5, 2021.

Preparing for the ‘Big One’: Earthquake Safety at the U

By Marisa Angulo, Investigative Writer April 6, 2024

  According to the University of Utah Seismograph Stations, the chance of a 6.75 magnitude or greater earthquake occurring along the Wasatch front in the next 50 years is 43%, while the probability...

Bailey McGartland points to her domestic violence awareness pin in the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority house by the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City on Feb. 9, 2024. (Photo by Rachel Kloepfer | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Remembering Zhifan Dong Two Years Later

By Rachel Kloepfer, Special Projects Managing Editor March 22, 2024

Feb. 11, 2024, marked the two-year anniversary of the murder of University of Utah student Zhifan Dong. Bailey McGartland, a junior at the U who was Dong’s roommate at the time, is working to keep...

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Uncovered: Sexual Violence in the Metaverse

By Emma Ratkovic and Caroline Krum March 18, 2024

Today, investigative writer Caroline Krum joins Emma to discuss her recent article on sexual assault within the metaverse. You can read her article here. Transcript: Emma Ratkovic: Hello and...