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U Students and Faculty Voice Concerns Over $10 Million Koch Foundation Donation

U Students and Faculty Voice Concerns Over $10 Million Koch Foundation Donation

By Emily Anderson August 7, 2017

The University of Utah will debut the Marriner S. Eccles Institute for Economics and Quantitative Analysis this fall, but some students and faculty are concerned that one of the donations funding the endeavor...

Photo Courtesy of Chronicle archives.

Five New Members Join the U’s Board of Trustees

By Mackenzie McDermott August 6, 2017

The University of Utah's board of trustees gained five new members, bidding farewell to Lisa Eccles, Taft Price, and Cristina Ortega. Appointed by Gov. Gary Herbert and confirmed by the state Senate in...

This new 2-D hologram developed by a team at the University of Utah can be displayed using only a flashlight.

Holographic Technology Designed by U Students Could Bring Star Wars Chess Game to Life

By Hailey Kirkwood July 26, 2017

University of Utah associate professor Rajesh Menon and his team of electrical and computer engineers have discovered a way to create a brighter, more vivid and realistic hologram. Because of the new and...

The U Welcomes Largest Freshmen Class

The U Welcomes Largest Freshmen Class

By Mackenzie McDermott July 22, 2017

The University of Utah has nearly 32,000 students, and that number keeps growing. Although the U isn’t quite sure how large it is, it is preparing to welcome the largest incoming freshmen class in the...

Presidents circle at the University of Utah Monday September 14, 2015. (Chronicle Archives)

U Ranks Favorably Among Other Universities

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator July 22, 2017

On the University of Utah’s website, its education and institutions are touted as “expansive,” and the faculty is called “some of the world’s greatest thinkers and academic minds.” How does...

eSports Team Adding More Competition to Agenda

eSports Team Adding More Competition to Agenda

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor July 12, 2017

The University of Utah’s new eSports team, which was established in April 2017, is adding Rocket League tournaments to its schedule this fall. The U’s nationally-ranked video game design program,...

U Moving Forward with Recommendations to Address Sexual Assault

U Moving Forward with Recommendations to Address Sexual Assault

By Emily Anderson July 11, 2017

The majority of University of Utah students don’t know where to report a sexual assault, what happens once they make that complaint or where victims can get support and help on campus, according to the...

Michael Taylor cuts the ribbon at the Primary Children's and Families' Cancer Research Center Dedication Ceremony at the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah on Wednesday, June 21, 2017

(Photo by Kiffer Creveling | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Children’s Cancer Research Center at HCI Dedicated, Leaders Express Hope for Future

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator June 22, 2017

The University of Utah’s Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) dedicated a new arm of their facility Wednesday — the Primary Children's and Families’ Cancer Research Center. The first speaker at the...

Committee Created to Find New University President

Committee Created to Find New University President

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator June 20, 2017

The Utah State Board of Regents, the governing body for all public colleges and universities in Utah, has announced the creation of a Presidential Search Committee to find the replacement for David Pershing,...

The University of Utah College of Social Work Assistant Dean Dr. Eric Garland in his lab with Sarah Priddy, a graduate student in his lab.  (Courtesy of the University of Utah College of Social Work)

U Opens New Center For Mindfulness Research

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor June 15, 2017

Eric Garland is making new strides in medical research at the University of Utah. The associate dean for research at the college of social work and director of integrative medicine in supportive oncology...