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Grand Kerfuffle Welcomes Icona Pop

Grand Kerfuffle Welcomes Icona Pop

March 20, 2016

Icona Pop, an electro duo, will headline the first of two days of concerts at this year’s Grand Kerfuffle. The Swedish band, formed by Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt and best known for its 2012 hit “I...

Lassonde Doubles Scholarships, Opens Applications for Student Leadership Positions

March 20, 2016

Next year, the Lassonde Institute will offer over $400,000 in scholarships to students accepted in leadership roles to run the facility's programs. About 200 positions will be open to applicants, which...

Construction of the Lassonde Studios at the U in Salt Lake City, Utah, Thursday, October 1, 2015.

Lassonde Institute Hopes To Give Students The Chance To “Live Creatively” In New Building

March 17, 2016

The Lassonde Studios will offer U students a chance to live creatively — inside a personal pod. Students can move into the "garage," a 20,000-square-foot building, on Aug. 18. Focused on those interested...

Center For Student Wellness To Offer Free STD Testing, Encourage Safe Sex

Center For Student Wellness To Offer Free STD Testing, Encourage Safe Sex

March 14, 2016

The Center for Student Wellness will provide free HIV and STD testing at mobile clinics later this month. Kassy Keen, health educator for the center, said, “We often think of STDs like we do drunk driving."...

National Geographic Author Speaks About Yellowstone, Conserving National Parks

National Geographic Author Speaks About Yellowstone, Conserving National Parks

March 11, 2016

As the National Park Service approaches its 100-year anniversary this summer, the costs and benefits of these parks are being questioned. To discuss the topic, the environmental humanities graduate program...

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

U Admins Discuss Possible 3.9 Percent Tuition Increase With Students

March 9, 2016

Sarah Moffit refers to tuition increases as a “fact of life.” But though the strategic communication junior accepts the annually raised rates, she isn’t without questions about the growing price...

U Dispenses with Full-Scale ShakeOut Earthquake Drill for Spring 2016

U Dispenses with Full-Scale ShakeOut Earthquake Drill for Spring 2016

March 9, 2016

The U is shaking up their earthquake preparedness program. The Great Utah ShakeOut, a statewide drill to prepare residents for an earthquake, is held annually on April 21 at 10:15 a.m. This year, the...

ASUU Preps for Two-Day Grand Kerfuffle, Announces Headliners

ASUU Preps for Two-Day Grand Kerfuffle, Announces Headliners

March 7, 2016

ASUU is in the beginning stages of booking shows for its upcoming spring concert series, having locked down and announced its first two performers of an anticipated four to six. Rap and hip-hop artists...

Students Leading Change (SLC) Win ASUU Elections

Students Leading Change (SLC) Win ASUU Elections

March 4, 2016

Sighs and cheers were heard throughout the Union Ballroom as the winner of the ASUU elections, Students Leading Change (SLC), was announced. Jack Bender, president elect, Jessica Patterson, vice president...

Graduation ceremony at the University of Utah in 2011. Chronicle archives.

CSBS Students Invited to Apply to Share Their Stories at Convocation Ceremony

March 3, 2016

Students in the College of Social and Behavioral Science (CSBS) can apply to speak at their convocation ceremony this spring. In the past, students were invited to speak by professors in the department,...