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Salt Lake Tribune, Hinckley Institute Partnership One Year Later

Salt Lake Tribune, Hinckley Institute Partnership One Year Later

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator September 7, 2017

When The Salt Lake Tribune came under new ownership and Jennifer Napier-Pearce was named editor-in-chief in 2016, a new polling partnership was also formed between the University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute...

Proposed Bachelor Degree a Game Changer

Proposed Bachelor Degree a Game Changer

By Emily Anderson and Mackenzie McDermott September 5, 2017

The University of Utah is hoping to take advantage of the growing gaming industry by offering a Bachelor of Science in games. The program proposal says would attract more high quality students to the school....

Utah State Capitol | Chronicle archives.

Officer Placed on Leave, Officials Respond to Alleged Assault and Wrongful Arrest of U Nurse

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey and Emily Anderson September 1, 2017

Salt Lake City police officer Jeff Payne, who was involved in the alleged assault and wrongful arrest of University of Utah Health nurse Alex Wubbels, was placed on leave Friday afternoon along with a...

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U Nurse Alleges Assault and Wrongful Arrest

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator September 1, 2017

In a news conference Thursday at the offices of her lawyer, University of Utah Registered Nurse Alex Wubbels alleged that a Salt Lake City police officer, Detective Jeff Payne, assaulted and wrongfully...

This flyer advertises The Climate Campaign, Nicholas Huey's project to unite students at Brigham Young University and the University of Utah to raise awareness about climate change.

BYU Students Leave Flowers on U Students’ Cars as Part of Climate Change Campaign

By Claudia Robles August 31, 2017

The windshields of cars parked in the lot west of Rice Eccles Stadium at the University of Utah were adorned with purple flowers on the third day of school, Aug. 23. A note attached to the flowers included...

Computer labs in the Marriott Library. Chronicle archives.

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U Named Top 20 Institute in Nature Index

By Hailey Kirkwood August 31, 2017

The scientific journal Nature ranked the University of Utah No. 19 in the world on its Nature Index, which is a list of top institutions that produce expert research behind commercial goods and services. The...

An emotional President Pershing speaks at a sexual assault protest in the MEB parking lot on Friday, Nov 4, 2016.

Presidential Search Committee Announces Public Hearings

By Abrielle Fulwider August 30, 2017

Four months after University of Utah President David Pershing’s initial announcement that he would step down, the Presidential Search Committee has released an update on their search for his replacement. On...

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U Charges Undergrads Surprise New Student Success Fee

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor August 30, 2017

Undergraduate students at the University of Utah were charged a new $30 Student Success Fee with their tuition this year. Unless they were part of the decision-making process or scoured the U's Financial...

ASUU Vice President-elect for University Relations Zoe Kozlowski speaks at the second ASUU debate on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 alongside President-elect Zach Berger and Vice President-elect for Student Relations Saeed Shihab.

U Student Body President Signs Joint Letter After Charlottesville

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator August 27, 2017

More than 120 student body presidents from universities and colleges across the country, including Associated Students at the University of Utah President Zach Berger, signed a joint statement in response...

Dr. Ken Kawamoto poses at the atrium in front of the U Biomedical Informatics Department in Salt Lake City, Utah on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Rishi Deka  | Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Professor Appointed to National Health Information Technology Committee

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor August 26, 2017

A professor of biomedical informatics and associate chief medical information officer at University of Utah Health was appointed to the United States Health Information Technology (HIT) Advisory Committee....