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U Nurse Alleges Assault and Wrongful Arrest

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator September 1, 2017

In a news conference Thursday at the offices of her lawyer, University of Utah Registered Nurse Alex Wubbels alleged that a Salt Lake City police officer, Detective Jeff Payne, assaulted and wrongfully...

David W. Pershing, Ph.D., President of the University of Utah, speaks 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)

Emails Further Highlight Changing Relationship between U and HCI

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator August 23, 2017

More emails obtained by the Salt Lake Tribune expand on the changes in the relationship between Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) CEO and Director Mary Beckerle and University of Utah administrators, alternately...

The John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah distributed protective glasses in preparation for the solar eclipse on Monday.

Moran Eye Center Offers Certified Eclipse Glasses

By Mackenzie McDermott August 21, 2017

EDIT: According to Elizabeth Neff, Associate PR director for the Moran Eye Center, 1,600 of the glasses ordered were caught up in the Amazon recall. The remaining 2,600 pairs of glasses were claimed remarkably...

The crowd shouts during the Solidarity Rally against racism at Washington Square Park in Salt Lake City, Utah on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Rishi Deka | Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Students Attend, Speak at Rally in Response to Racist Posters, Charlottesville Violence

By Emily Anderson August 15, 2017

Upwards of 1,000 people gathered at the Salt Lake City and County Building on Monday to oppose a white nationalist rally that resulted in violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, and racist flyers posted...

CEO and Director of Huntsman Cancer Institute, Mary C. Beckerle, PhD, speaks 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)

Emails Shed Light on Ongoing Huntsman Controversy

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator August 10, 2017

Emails recently obtained by the Salt Lake Tribune give more insight into the circumstances surrounding the removal of Mary Beckerle from her position as CEO and Director of the University of Utah’s Huntsman...

Mushroom cloud from Operation Plumbbob: Owens

Library Preserves Stories of Downwinders

By Mackenzie McDermott June 13, 2017

Since October 2016, the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Downwinders of Utah Archive has shed light on the stories of people affected by fallout from the nuclear tests performed in Nevada. From June 12...

Chaffetz Leaves District Desperate for a Voice

Chaffetz Leaves District Desperate for a Voice

By Kamryn Broschinsky June 1, 2017

There is no catchy Schoolhouse Rock tune to guide Utah through the uncharted political territory the third congressional district is about to enter. While the governor and the legislature allegorically...

Judge and U Professor Dies at 67

By Mackenzie McDermott May 14, 2017

Robert Hilder served for 16 years as a judge in Utah’s Third District Court, graduated from the University of Utah and was an adjunct professor of law at the U. Hilder died April 26 of complications...

Jessica Patterson, Matt Miller and Jack Bender pose in-front of 'U' at the University of Utah.
Wednesday April 20, 2016. (Photo by August Miller)

ASUU’s First “University Gift” Going Toward University Child Care Fund

By Connor Richards May 6, 2017

"It’s the gift that keeps giving." This is how Jessica Patterson, the outgoing ASUU Vice President of Student Relations, describes a $25,000 donation to the ASUU Child Care Endowment Fund overseen by...

A Governor Herbert mannequin in front of the Governor's Mansion in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, Apr. 29, 2017. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Student Groups Participate in Utah People’s Climate March

By Rishi Deka May 4, 2017

Several student groups from the University of Utah took part in the Utah People's Climate March in Salt Lake City on Saturday. Organizations such as Fossil Fuel Divestment at the U, University Water Warriors...