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Team Researches Experiences of Transfer Students in Writing Classes

February 3, 2016

To help gain insight and knowledge surrounding the writing experience of transfer students, Christie Toth is leading research on the topic. “We focus a lot on first-year writing, but we haven’t learned...

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Career Services Hosts Job Fair, Aims to Help Students Find Work

February 2, 2016

It may be cold and snowy outside, but according to the U's Career Services, that doesn't mean it's too early to start looking for a summer job. The group is hosting the 2016 Summer Student Job Fair on...

U Encourages Students to Complete FAFSA Applications

February 2, 2016

As the calendar flipped to February, the University Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid kicked off its FAFSA Campaign Week with a tabling event Monday morning. “Our main goal is to advise students...

HRE Aims To Generate Housing Excitement With Discount Incentive

HRE Aims To Generate Housing Excitement With Discount Incentive

February 1, 2016

Housing and Residential Education (HRE) is offering a new discount incentive for the 2016-2017 year. Recently, students received an email from HRE stating that those who complete the housing application...

U Provides Experience for Pre-med Native American Students

U Provides Experience for Pre-med Native American Students

February 1, 2016

When Sam Hawkins sees his fellow medical school students, it’s hard not to notice that he is the only Native American there. Hawkins, a first-year medical student, attributes some of his success to...

Anthony Fratto speaks about the Indigenous Peoples' Day Resolution during the ASUU Senate Meeting  at the U on Thursday, Jan. 28th, 2016. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

ASUU Senate Passes Bill to Replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day

January 30, 2016

Halfway through the meeting, Sen. Andy Moyle pulled out his copy of A People’s History of the United States and thumbed to an underlined section on page five. “By the year 1515, there were perhaps...

UPC Hopes “Winter Wonderland” Crimson Nights Will Appeal to Many Students

January 30, 2016

Snow-themed dance music, free food and more will be present at the upcoming "Winter Wonderland" Crimson Nights. Ashlee Christofferson, assistant director of Union programming, said they wanted to hold...

Photo credit: Dane Goodwin

U to Petition Capitol Hill for New Medical Building

January 28, 2016

The U's School of Medicine may soon be demolished to make room for a new facility. The U hopes to build a new medical building, and Vivian Lee, dean of U Health Care, will lobby the Utah Legislature in...

Lassonde Studios Sends Out Four Hundred Acceptance Letters to Prospective Students

Lassonde Studios Sends Out Four Hundred Acceptance Letters to Prospective Students

January 28, 2016

The Lassonde Institute sent out acceptance letters to 400 students this month to live in its in-the-works Lassonde Studios dorm building this coming Fall Semester. The accepted students come from more...

?? (Courtney has his name) during the ASUU Assembly to change "Columbs Day" to "Indigidous People's Day on Tuesday, Jan 26, 2015. (Chris Ayers, Daily Utah Chronicle) Photo credit: Christopher Ayers

ASUU Debates Replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day

January 27, 2016

It’s a conversation more common in classrooms than student governments: whether to admire or admonish the 15th century explorer Christopher Columbus. But in an unexpected move, the ASUU Assembly took...