Skip to Main Content
The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Local News

U Alum Ciera Dunbar Finds Calling, Career With Pac-12 Network Broadcasting

U Alum Ciera Dunbar Finds Calling, Career With Pac-12 Network Broadcasting

By Matt Bateman March 24, 2016

“When you get knocked down, you have to get back up,” said Ciera Dunbar, a U alumnus and former guard for the U women’s basketball team. Her life has reflected that attitude, culminating in a broadcasting...

U Professor Drafts Hate Crimes Bill for State Legislature

U Professor Drafts Hate Crimes Bill for State Legislature

By Emily Anderson March 23, 2016

Cliff Rosky, a professor at the U’s S.J. Quinney College of Law, is fighting to implement stiffer punishments for hate crimes. Rosky drafted SB107, Hate Crimes Amendments, to improve Utah’s laws,...

U Chooses Four Outstanding Community Members To Receive Honorary Degrees

U Chooses Four Outstanding Community Members To Receive Honorary Degrees

By Allison Oligschlaeger March 11, 2016

The U will present four accomplished Utahns with honorary degrees in May. The awards, as described by Board of Trustees spokesperson Laura Marks, are “the highest honor the university can bestow." They...

Live Donor Transplant Debuts At The U With Son-Father Liver Donation

Live Donor Transplant Debuts At The U With Son-Father Liver Donation

By Carolyn Webber March 10, 2016

Jason Clark walked into the hospital on Feb. 16 excited, donning a shirt with a liver on it and printed words saying, “Of course I’m an organ donor. Who wouldn’t want a piece of this?” About 12...

U to Host and Compete in FIRST Robotics Competition

U to Host and Compete in FIRST Robotics Competition

By Sidney Marchant March 8, 2016

This year the U will sponsor the annual FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition from March 18 to 19. The contest will consist of more than 40 high school...

???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Wienerschnitzel Offers Discount In An Effort To Attract Student Customers

By Matt Bateman March 7, 2016

In a move that will send tremors through the less-fashionable spectrum of fast food markets, Wienerschnitzel restaurant is now offering a 20 percent discount to U students. Wienerschnitzel, known for...

U Student Markets Masks to Filter Air, Make Breathing Safer, Healthier

U Student Markets Masks to Filter Air, Make Breathing Safer, Healthier

By Carolyn Webber March 3, 2016

Warren Beecroft is a healthy student. He loves to bike outside, even in cold weather. But then he was diagnosed with bladder cancer. While he thought he was being healthy, exercising in polluted air actually...

Offside Apparel, Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016, Peter Creveling Utah Chronicle

U Ends Contract with Offside Apparel Due to “A Pattern of Contractual Breaches”

By Matt Bateman March 3, 2016

Offside Apparel, a local clothing company, claims the U declined to renew their contract because they shared an image on social media of a shirt that said, “The Only Cougar I Like Is Your Mom.” Brett...

Red Butte Garden Hosts Open House, Reaches Out to Prospective Volunteers

Red Butte Garden Hosts Open House, Reaches Out to Prospective Volunteers

By Allison Oligschlaeger March 1, 2016

Red Butte Garden, the arboretum and botanical garden on the east side of campus, is seeking volunteer gardeners and community educators for the upcoming season. “The garden is kind of an oasis in the...

—Dane Goodwin

President Pershing speaks at the 2014 Founders' Day Banquet on Thursday evening at the Little America Hotel.

Distinguished Alumni, Outstanding Student to be Honored at U Founders Day Banquet

By Nikila Venugopal February 29, 2016

As the U celebrates the 166th anniversary of its founding in 1850, it will honor some of the people who have added to its success. During the Founders Day Banquet, to be held at the Little America Hotel...