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Alumni Come Home

Alumni Come Home

By Muhammed Alabdullah October 17, 2018

University of Utah alumni from 1978 and before will make their way back to campus soon. The Emeritus Alumni Reunion and 2018 reception will be held during homecoming week on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 5:30 p.m....

Heather, Debbie and Logan at the presentation. Photo courtesy of Debbie Jorde.

U Medical Students Learn About the Human Side of Medicine

By Christina Giardinelli October 17, 2018

  “The first thing that I will tell you about today’s presentation is that it will not be on the exam,” said Dr. Lynn Jorde when addressing a classroom of first-year medical students on Oct....

L-R: Dr. Norman Waitzman,  Rylee Curtis, Dr. Philip Singer, Dr. Colleen Grogan. Photo courtesy of ABU Education Fund.

Consensus at Proposition 3 Panel

By Nelson Lotz October 14, 2018

  Proposition 3 is meant to expand Utahn access to Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (also known as the ACA or Obamacare) by allowing people who make up to 138 percent of the federal poverty...

Photo courtesy of Sarah Shebek/University of Utah

U Professor Awarded Journalism Research Fellowship at Oslo Met University

By Christina Giardinelli October 14, 2018

  University of Utah professor, Avery E. Holton, has been selected as one of the seven international scholars who will serve as a Journalism Research Fellow at Oslo Met University. As part of the fellowship...

A stack of formerly banned books available at the Marriott Library. 

(Photo by: Justin Prather | The Utah Chronicle).

Banned Books are Not History

By Mackenzie McDermott October 11, 2018

The days of banned and challenged books are not over. This is the message the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library is trying to share. In honor of Banned Books Week, the library hosted a...

Joseph Stiglitz keynote speaker at the University of Utah on Thursday, September 27. (Photo by Cassandra Palor | The Utah Chronicle)

World Renowned Economists and Nobel Prize Winner Speak at the U

By Christina Giardinelli October 10, 2018

  Joseph E. Stiglitz, a world-renowned economist and recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and the John Bates Clark Medal, spoke on Sep. 27 at The Great Polarization, a conference...

Students and community members protest the Kavanaugh nomination

U Students Join Nation Wide Protests Against Kavanaugh Confirmation

By Christina Giardinelli October 8, 2018

  As thousands rallied outside the capital in Washington, the University of Utah’s chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) rallied on Thursday evening outside the Wallace Bennett Federal...

(Photo by: Justin Prather | The Utah Chronicle).

Avoid the ER on Halloween

By Mackenzie McDermott October 5, 2018

While children were trick or treating and university students were out partying, Matt Difrancesca has spent his last four Halloweens in the emergency room. Difrancesca has been an ER doctor at the University...

(Photo by Cara MacDonald / The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Explore a Local Haunt

By Kaylara Benfield October 4, 2018

As the leaves start to change, the days grow colder and people get into the Halloween spirit. Corn mazes and haunted houses regain their popularity. The night of spooks and ghouls might be considered by...

(Photo by Cara MacDonald / The Daily Utah Chronicle)

The Purpose of the Plaques

By Claudia Robles October 2, 2018

As students wander the University of Utah campus, leaves crunch beneath their feet. Above hangs a canopy of leaves. Among the variety of trees scattered throughout the U, a few of them stand out. One of...