A proposal to raise student fees to finance student media will be presented to the U Board of Trustees early next month, but details of how the fee would be spent have not been disclosed.

Robert Newman, College of Humanities dean, removed his name from consideration to become the new president of Florida International University, he said in an email.

With a rapidly changing society, university presidents are predicting changes in the future of higher education, especially with regards to federal regulations, the use of technology and college affordability.

U students have caught the gardening fever. The Sustainable Environments and Ecological Design student group has joined up with biology professor Fred Montague to help prepare and promote his Ecological Principles of Organic Gardening course.

Students can expect to see construction starting April 22 when the U breaks ground on a new science and technology research building on the old golf course.

All junior and senior students in civil and environmental engineering will be required to own a personal laptop by fall, said Paul Tikalsky, a civil and environmental engineering professor at the U.

To mitigate added congestion from the closure of Federal Way, the Utah Department of Transportation might install a left-turn signal at the intersection of North Campus Drive and Central Campus Drive.

Despite recent safety concerns, the art department will continue to offer nude posing for its painting and drawing courses.

The concert, put on by the Associated Students of the University of Utah Presenter's Office, went on despite a day of snow and rain, which turned the Union Free Speech Area into a mudslide after the show.

Almost $100,000 in research grants for the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies will provide means for new research about autism, mental health needs of refugees and teaching education.