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Kasia Nowakowska leading Iowa State runners on the home straight at the 2024 Drake Relays. The famous race is held annually at Drake Stadium at Drake University, De Moines, Iowa. (Photo Courtesy of Kasia Nowakowska)

Collegiate Runners Along the Wasatch Front Battle Poor Air Quality and Environmental Challenges

By Gabe Haymore January 8, 2025

  Nearly every day during the fall semester, collegiate runners tighten their laces for morning runs in the shadow of the mountains that span the Wasatch Front. As the globe’s temperature shifts...

Utah lawmakers gather to announce bills for the 2025 legislative session (Photo by Grace Maya).

Lawmakers Announce New Safety and Immigration Legislation

By Grace Maya, News Writer January 7, 2025

  On Monday, Utah lawmakers convened to announce several bills addressing public safety in Utah and the southern border crisis. Legislators presented a total of 11 bills that will be introduced...

University of Utah students stand in line to vote at the J. Willard Marriott Library in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 5. (Photo by Madeline Van Wagenen | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

The U Offers Classes To Build Voter Confidence

By Kate Keith, News Writer January 7, 2025

  This article was originally published in the Academia print issue of The Daily Utah Chronicle, originally in stands in October of 2024. It has not been updated and some information may be out...

(Design by Parker Jenkins | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

This University Program Lets Students Design Their Degree

By Elle Crossley, News Writer January 6, 2025

  Not every student’s interests fit the mold of the degree programs traditionally offered at their university. That was the problem John F. Cruz ran into when he started his time at the University...

A memorial to James Hatsuki Wakasa stands at the Topaz Internment Camp Site in Delta, UT on March 31, 2022. (Photo by Grace Hall | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Research Project ‘Sheds Light’ on World War II Homefront

By Giovanni Radtke, Assistant News Editor January 6, 2025

  A research project on the history of the U.S. home front during World War II is wrapping up, and its findings are expected to be published in early 2025. The project focused on the home front...

A polar bear at Utah's Hogle Zoo. (Photo Courtesy of Liliana Anderson).

Utah’s Largest Zoo Adapts to Climate Change to Protect its Animals

By Liliana Anderson January 6, 2025

  As winter sets in, the annual inversions that blanket the Salt Lake Valley bring along toxic pollutants trapped in a haze of cold fog. And the humans of Utah aren’t the only locals enduring...

The Block U on the University of Utah Campus in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 12, 2017.

Training Future Diplomats: A New Major Coming to the U

By Elle Crossley, News Writer January 2, 2025

  This article was originally published in the Academia print issue of The Daily Utah Chronicle, originally in stands in October of 2024. It has not been updated and some information may be out...

All-gender restroom facility located in the J. Willard Marriott Library. Photo Courtesy of Rebecca Walsh

University Expands All-gender Restrooms Following H.B. 257

By Nevaeh Anderson January 2, 2025

  Construction workers recently laid tile and installed the first all-gender restroom in the University of Utah’s Language and Communication Building. There are now more than 100 such restrooms...

A demonstrator holds a sign that reads "Abortion is essential health care" at the protest against the potential overturn of Roe v. Wade at the Utah State Capitol on May 5, 2022. (Photo by Xiangyao "Axe" Tang | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

How Abortion Restrictions Impact Education, Economic Status

By Giovanni Radtke, Assistant News Editor December 31, 2024

  Women living in states with fewer abortion restrictions as teens and girls who received an abortion in adolescence were more likely to have higher incomes, graduate college and report less financial...

Water wise plants in a cluster of rocks on the walkway to the J. Willard Marriott Library. (Photo courtesy of Ali McKelvy)

University of Utah Slashes Water Use by 55 Million Gallons with Waterwise Landscaping

By Caitlyn Homolya December 27, 2024

  Over the past four years, the University of Utah has reduced its annual water consumption by 55 million gallons – enough to fill more than 83 Olympic-sized swimming pools.  Sustainability...