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Recycling Ambassadors Work To Educate Students On “Reducing And Reusing”

April 14, 2016

From the vending machine to your hands to the Union’s plastic recycling bin to the curb outside then to a truck that brings it to Rocky Mountain Recycling plant, where it is sorted, shredded, melted...

U Entrepreneurs Win $40,000 In Competition For Medical Device Design

U Entrepreneurs Win $40,000 In Competition For Medical Device Design

April 13, 2016

A team of U students won the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge and $40,000 for designing a medical device that helps doctors open airways for patients who are unable to breathe. The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute...

Video Games Course Has Students Playing For Credit

Video Games Course Has Students Playing For Credit

April 13, 2016

While some people play video games to distract themselves from school work, students in the Videogames and Storytelling course (English 2090) are playing to study. Alf Seegert, assistant professor of...

Freshman in Biomedical engineering Zach Barber hangs his meesage among theothers. Mondday, April 11, 2016.

ASUU Honors, Validates Those Struggling With Mental Illness With Mental Health Awareness Week

April 12, 2016

For project creator and University Counseling Center staff member Juliet Meggs, the handwritten affirmations — "it's okay to ask for help," "you're allowed to be angry" and "everybody has bad days" —...

U To Increase Tuition... Again

U To Increase Tuition… Again

April 12, 2016

Starting summer semester, U tuition will increase by 3.9%, as approved by the Utah State Board of Regents. Melanie Heath, Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) director of communications, said the increase...

Designs Solicited For UCard Facelift

Designs Solicited For UCard Facelift

April 11, 2016

College is a place of change. Students switch majors, ASUU elects new officials, campus is constantly under construction and now there will be a new student UCard. After attending several conferences...

A customer at the U Campus Store donates some of his purchase to cancer on Friday, April 8, 2016. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

Campus Store Donates Change To Cancer Research

April 11, 2016

This month, helping to cure cancer can be as simple as saying “keep the change.” The U campus store is asking customers to round purchases up to the nearest dollar and is donating the surplus to cancer...

Orson Spencer Hall at the U in Salt Lake City, Utah, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015.

Posters In OSH Defaced with Anti-Islam Messages, U Police to Investigate

April 10, 2016

An unknown vandal defaced several posters in OSH, which promoted an event about peace between America and Islamic nations, with the message “F--- Islam.” The Hinckley Institute of Politics, which...

The ASUU offices in the Student Involvement wing of the Student Union.

ASUU Senate Strikes Down Bill For $75,000 Fountain

April 7, 2016

After a year of planning, the senior class gift bill did not pass Thursday at the ASUU Senate meeting. Senior Class President Brittni Strickland, who is in charge of organizing the gift, wanted a fountain...

Land Art-Inspired Library Exhibit Showcases Books As Art

Land Art-Inspired Library Exhibit Showcases Books As Art

April 7, 2016

If studying for anatomy or a differential equations final has burned you out, take a break and wander through the library’s exhibition of rare pop-up and moveable books. The exhibit, titled “Tunnel...