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Headache School at the U Aims to Help Those Suffering From Migraines

Headache School at the U Aims to Help Those Suffering From Migraines

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor January 18, 2018

The University of Utah Department of Neurology partnered with the Danielle Byron Henry Migraine Foundation to establish a headache outreach program at the U. The Headache School offers individuals suffering...

Students Against Sexual Assault raised money for the Rape Recovery Center at Mestizo Coffeehouse.

Students Raise Money for the Rape Recovery Center While Sharing Their Stories

By Mackenzie McDermott December 10, 2017

Students Against Sexual Assault (SASA) at the University of Utah held a poetry reading last week to raise money to translate the Rape Recovery Center’s website into Spanish, opening up its services to...

The University of Utah Alumni Association is hosting a food drive throughout the month of November.

Alumni Association Works to Give Local Families Holiday Meals

By Steven Morgan November 26, 2017

Every year the University of Utah’s Alumni Association puts on a food drive throughout the month of November, during which members and its community partners go door-to-door, stand outside allied supermarkets...

Graduate students from universities throughout Utah gathered at the state Capitol on November 21, 2017, to protest Congresss new tax reform bill.

U Graduate Students Rally Against Tax Reform Bill

By Mackenzie McDermott November 26, 2017

University of Utah students were among those gathered in the rotunda of the Utah State Capitol on Tuesday for the Graduate Rally Against Taxing Tuition. In response to the tax reform bill recently passed...

Students, staff, and friends of ChenWei Guo came to show their support after the recent shooting tragedy in Red Butte Canyon by lighting candles and walking from the Marriott Library to Presidents circle for a candle light vigil to share their condolences on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017 | Chronicle archive

Students Honor ChenWei Guo With Candlelight Vigil

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor November 2, 2017

Two days after ChenWei Guo, a student at the University of Utah, was shot and killed near Red Butte Canyon on the evening of Oct. 30, the Asian American Student Association at the U held a candlelight...

New SLC Homeless Shelters Designed By U Adjunct Professor

New SLC Homeless Shelters Designed By U Adjunct Professor

By Abrielle Fulwider November 2, 2017

As a part of Salt Lake City’s recent efforts to address homelessness, three new homeless resource centers will be built in the area. These shelters are being designed and built under the leadership of...

Salt Lake City Council 2017 Elections Guide

Salt Lake City Council 2017 Elections Guide

By Abrielle Fulwider November 1, 2017

As Election Day approaches, the Salt Lake City Council candidates are rounding out their campaigns. Citizens can vote for their district’s candidate in the municipal election on Nov. 7. City Council...

U Student Lorene Kamalu Runs for Kaysville Mayor

U Student Lorene Kamalu Runs for Kaysville Mayor

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor November 1, 2017

As the weather gets colder, leaves change and snow begins to fall on the Wasatch Mountains, Lorene Kamalu is feeling the heat. An entrepreneur, mother of five and master’s student at the University of...

U Student Killed in Red Butte Canyon Shooting

U Student Killed in Red Butte Canyon Shooting

By Emily Anderson and Steven Morgan October 30, 2017

One University of Utah student is dead following a shooting Monday night in Red Butte Canyon near the University of Utah. The suspect turned himself in to security at the Salt Lake City Library on Tuesday...

Body camera footage shows Salt Lake City Police Department Detective Jeff Payne arresting University of Utah Health nurse Alex Wubbles after she refused to draw blood from an unconscious patient.

Detective Involved in Arrest of U Nurse Alex Wubbels Fired, Superior Demoted

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator October 10, 2017

According to documents obtained by the Deseret News and The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City Police Department (SLCPD) Detective Jeff Payne has been fired by Chief Mike Brown after internal investigations...