The U will begin criminal background checks in May for any potential faculty and staff members applying for work, but some existing faculty and staff are against it.

The red line campus shuttle blew its turbo and started shooting white smoke out of its rear engine as it drove up the street.

The U has picked a developer to oversee and hire construction and design teams for the Universe Project.

If today's election repeats history, Utah's five electoral votes will go to Sen. John McCain, but he won't be thanking either students or employees at the U for his victory here.

The new director for the Center for Disability Services has big plans to make campus more accessible.

Wardwell will return to Africa in December to interview Darfurian refugees in eastern Chad8212;a research expedition to document the impacts of the Sudanese genocide.

Students are promoting a conservative political voice on campus with the new monthly newspaper, The Truth.

Ten members of the U Bicycle Collective celebrated the installation of the new routes and raised awareness of the bike lanes with a Halloween ride.

Jowers, a McCain supporter, discussed his views on both the Republican and Democratic parties and their candidates from the primaries to the nominations at a forum in the Hinckley Caucus Room.

To handle the increasing number of cancer patients every year, the Huntsman Cancer Foundation and the U broke ground today on an extension to the hospital that will double the number of beds and open updated centers and technology for cancer care.