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U's Economics Department: Marxist or Diverse?

U’s Economics Department: Marxist or Diverse?

By Cara MacDonald April 16, 2018

The University of Utah’s economics department has been labeled a center of Marxist thought since it began its leftward trajectory following a move toward academic freedom in the early 20th century. State...

The Rights of Pregnant Women at the U

The Rights of Pregnant Women at the U

By Holly Vasic April 16, 2018

While completing her undergraduate degree in nursing at the University of Utah, Elora Nelson would trudge uphill half a mile from the University Medical Center TRAX stop to the nursing school to attend...

Logan Mitchell, Ph.D., Post Doctoral Scholar, looks up at the rooftop gathering station elements at the U-ATAQ (Utah Atmospheric Trace Gas and Air Quality) lab of the University of Utah's Atmospheric Sciences in the Browning Building on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake on March 12, 2018.

U Lab Tracks CO2 Through Salt Lake’s Growth

By Linda Derhak April 9, 2018

The University of Utah’s CO2 sensors have been tracking the rise of emissions over the past 17 years in the Salt Lake Valley — the location of a continually sprawling metropolitan area. It’s an extensive...

Transportation in and and around the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018

(Photo by Adam Fondren | Daily Utah Chronicle)

UTA Makes Changes to Schedules

By Claudia Robles April 8, 2018

April 4, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT—UTA has announced new changes taking place Sunday, April 8 that will affect many commuters including University of Utah students and staff. Due to federally mandated...

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Lower Figures, Fewer Opportunities for Female Faculty

By Emily Anderson April 5, 2018

  NOTE: All data referenced in this article is available for download at the bottom of the page. On average, male faculty members at the University of Utah made 48 percent more last year than...

U Student's Death Raises Mental Health Concerns

U Student’s Death Raises Mental Health Concerns

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator April 3, 2018

Faculty and friends of a graduate student in the University of Utah's Department of Physics and Astronomy who died last year have stepped forward to share more details about Mengying — referred to here...

Student Activist Groups at the U use Social Media to Grow

Student Activist Groups at the U use Social Media to Grow

By Grace Mason April 2, 2018

Through social media, student activist groups are able to engage and organize in ways that were impossible for previous generations. Many student activist groups have cultivated a presence on numerous...

Migos perform at VELD Music Festival in Toronto in August 2017.
Wikimedia Commons, The Come Up Show

Migos Set to Perform at 2018 Redfest

By Abrielle Fulwider April 2, 2018

ASUU announced that this year’s Redfest will feature Migos, with Aminé as the opening act. Redfest is an annual concert planned by Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU), which is held...

Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox speaks to the "Worlds Apart: Assessing Utah's Urban and Rural Divide" Honors PRAXIS Lab at the University of Utah.

Lieutenant Governor to Speak at Event Exploring Urban-Rural Divide in Higher Education

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor March 31, 2018

The University of Utah Honors College PRAXIS Lab "Worlds Apart: Assessing Utah's Urban and Rural Divide" is hosting a Rural Day at 5 p.m. on April 2 at the Hinckley Institute of Politics. The event...

Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon at Marriott Library Increases Woman Representation on the Site

Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon at Marriott Library Increases Woman Representation on the Site

By Emily Anderson March 29, 2018

Women in the arts have been chronically dismissed from conversations about history, both as participants and topics, according to Jessica Colbert, who is a librarian at the University of Utah’s Marriott...