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U Appoints First Mormon Studies Professor

U Appoints First Mormon Studies Professor

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor September 30, 2017

The University of Utah named Paul Reeve its first Simmons Mormon Studies professor. Through the Tanner Humanities Center, the U launched the Mormon Studies initiative in 2010, which, according to the...

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

Ethnic Studies Department Begins Expansion to Include Traveling Abroad

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor September 30, 2017

In April of 2017, the Ethnic Studies department at the University of Utah received a $10,000 grant from Global Learning Across the Disciplines and the Office for Global Engagement. The decision to award...

Controversial conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, editor-in-chief of the Daily Wire and former editor-at-large of Breitbart News, fields questions from students attending the Young Americans for Freedom during his speech at the University of Utah's Social and Behavioral Sciences Lecture Hall, Wednesday, September 27, 2017. Shapiro was invited by the student organization sponsored by Young America’s Foundation, the parent organization over campus Young Americans for Freedom chapters, not the university itself.

Ben Shapiro Attempts to Debunk ‘Hierarchy of Privilege’ in Speech at the U

By Steven Morgan September 28, 2017

A crowd of conservative students and community members chanted “U.S.A, U.S.A, U.S.A!” as Dillon Clark, the leader Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Utah took the stage to test the microphone....

The 2017 University of Utah Homecoming Court is Carly Shields, Ridge Durrant, Amanda Groneman, Eric Nhem, Liz Reiss and Keely Kringlen.

Meet This Year’s Homecoming Court

By Abrielle Fulwider September 28, 2017

One of the longest-standing traditions of the University of Utah’s Homecoming Celebration is the selection of a Homecoming Court, comprised of six students chosen to “represent the university and student...

Protesters gather outside of a Ben Shapiro speech at the University of Utah on September 27, 2017. Chronicle archives.

Protest Against Ben Shapiro Speech Results in Scuffles, One Taken into Custody

By Emily Anderson September 28, 2017

Multiple fights broke out during protests outside of a Ben Shapiro speaking event at the University of Utah on Wednesday, resulting in one person being booked into jail on suspicion of assault and disorderly...

Francisco Juarez, a Dream Ambassador at the Office of Engagement at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT on Wednesday, September 13, 2017.

(Photo by Curtis Lin/ Daily Utah Chronicle)

One U Student’s Fight for a Future in America

By Emily Anderson September 25, 2017

As a child, Francisco Juarez didnít know he was undocumented. All of his life, save the first six months, was spent in the United States. His outlook on life changed, however, when his college-educated...

Earthquakes Measured by U Seismologists in Idaho Have Utahns Worrying About the Prospects of "the Big One"

Earthquakes Measured by U Seismologists in Idaho Have Utahns Worrying About the Prospects of “the Big One”

By Steven Morgan September 24, 2017

Soda Springs, Idaho has been shaking this month due to a 5.3 magnitude earthquake that set off what appears to be a chain reaction of smaller quakes. Though there was only minimal damage in the area, subsequent...

Two Investigations into SLCPD Officer's Arrest of U Nurse Conclude

Two Investigations into SLCPD Officer’s Arrest of U Nurse Conclude

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator September 19, 2017

Two of the three investigations into the actions of Salt Lake City Police officers Detective Jeff Payne and Lt. James Tracy following Payne’s arrest of University of Utah Health nurse Alex Wubbels have...

Spice Kitchen Brings Refugee-Prepared Food to U's Farmers Market

Spice Kitchen Brings Refugee-Prepared Food to U’s Farmers Market

By Hailey Kirkwood September 19, 2017

Spice Kitchen Incubator utilizes the passion and power of food to provide refugees in Salt Lake City with the resources necessary to start their own businesses. Now, one of the project's businesses has...

Joe Hill Mural on Ken Sanders Book Store, Salt Lake City, UT on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017

(Photo by Adam Fondren | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Uncovering the Life of Joe Hill

By Mackenzie McDermott September 14, 2017

Joe Hill, labor rights activist, singer-songwriter and a Swedish immigrant, was executed in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1915 after he was accused of murdering a grocer and his son. More than one century later,...