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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 Governors 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...

Mary Beckerle and Vivian Lee meet with former Vice President Biden at the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah to speak about the importance of cancer research, Feburary, 26, 2016 — Kiffer Creveling

Huntsman Memorandum May Have Played Role in HCI Rift

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator May 2, 2017

A little over a month before Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) CEO and Director Mary Beckerle was dismissed by University of Utah President David Pershing and Senior Vice President of Health Science, Vivian...

Scott Schear, a custodian for the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library.

Custodian Finds Cure to Wanderlust at the U

By Connor Richards April 26, 2017

Throughout the course of his 54 years, Scott Schear has lived in four states, 15 cities and approximately 50 different apartments. He has lived around the country and never spends more than one year in...

Salt Lake Joins World-Wide March for Science

Salt Lake Joins World-Wide March for Science

By Mckenzie Alder April 24, 2017

Salt Lake City was one of over 500 participating cities to join in the first-ever world-wide March for Science on Saturday, April 22. Other cities who marched to support efforts in science sprawled...

Conrad Anker geared up and climbing out near the teams highest portaledge camp at over 20,000ft.

Students, Sustainability and Activism: Conrad Anker’s Perspective

By Connor Richards April 20, 2017

Before he was a world-renowned mountain climber, Conrad Anker was an undergraduate at the University of Utah. A California native, Anker was attracted to Utah by the variety of outdoor activities that...

Protesters demanding the U reinstate Mary Beckerle as CEO of Huntsman Cancer Institute ascend the stairs of the Park Building, where President David Pershings office is located, on Wednesday April 19, 2017.

Huntsman Family, HCI Employees Feud with U Over CEO Dismissal

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey and Emily Anderson April 20, 2017

Monday afternoon, according to Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) employees, University of Utah President David Pershing emailed Mary Beckerle to notify her that she had been dismissed from her position as...

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune senior managing editor Matt Canham breaks out the sparkling wine and cider as Tribune photography director Jeremy Harmon and three members of The Tribunes Pulitzer Prize-winning team — managing editor Sheila McCann, reporter Alex Stuckey and digital editor Rachel Piper — look on.

Former Chronicle Editor Wins Pulitzer Prize for Sexual Assault Coverage

By Mackenzie McDermott April 17, 2017

On April 10, The Salt Lake Tribune made headlines as it won a Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting for its investigative coverage of sexual assault on college campuses. Rachel Piper, a former editor-in-chief...