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Governor Herbert Visits U, Talks Politics, Tuition

Governor Herbert Visits U, Talks Politics, Tuition

November 25, 2015

Gov. Gary Herbert spoke to U students on Monday about his goals for Utah at the Hinckley Institute of Politics. Herbert, currently serving as the chairman of the National Governor’s Association and...

As the Wind Blows: Utah Wind Ensemble Releases Two CDs, Available on iTunes

As the Wind Blows: Utah Wind Ensemble Releases Two CDs, Available on iTunes

November 19, 2015

The U’s Wind Ensemble released its first two CDs under the direction of professor and conductor Scott Hagen. Although the CDs, “The Music of David Maslanka: Volume 2” and “Gemini,” are not directly...

Teacher, Student, Veteran: Rich Stowell Receives Award from U

Teacher, Student, Veteran: Rich Stowell Receives Award from U

November 19, 2015

Rich Stowell is a soldier, author and graduate student, as well as the U’s newly named “Student Veteran of the Year.” Stowell’s life has been consumed by the military since his enlistment in the...

U Program INSPIRE Strives to Introduce Science, Conservation to Prison Inmates

U Program INSPIRE Strives to Introduce Science, Conservation to Prison Inmates

November 18, 2015

While "maternal" is not generally a word used to describe several jail inmates crowding around a bucket of baby fish, gazing tenderly at the little creatures, it was the only word Celeste Henrickson could...

Team of U Chemical Engineering Students Create Hydrogen-Powered Chem-E-Car

Team of U Chemical Engineering Students Create Hydrogen-Powered Chem-E-Car

November 17, 2015

If you give a group of chemical engineers hydrogen, they could probably make you a car. At least, that is what some chemical engineering students did at the Chem-E-Car competition last week. Thirty-four...

Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute Receives Top 25 Business School Ranking

Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute Receives Top 25 Business School Ranking

November 17, 2015

The U’s Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute ranked in the top 25 business schools across the nation by the Princeton Review. The Lassonde Institute and the David Eccles School of Business rose on the ranking...

True Gentleman CEO Trapper Rodderick at the True Gentleman Gala in Salt Lake City, Utah on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015.

U Student’s Haberdashery Business Partners With YWCA To Promote Women’s Empowerment

November 16, 2015

At first glance, a men's clothing dealer and the YWCA of Utah may not seem to go together. U student Trapper Roderick, a haberdasher, insists that they do. Roderick's new business, True Gentleman, makes...

Two U Students in France Safe and Accounted for Following Attacks

Two U Students in France Safe and Accounted for Following Attacks

By Courtney Tanner November 15, 2015

Two U students studying abroad in France this semester were not harmed by the terrorist attacks in the country’s capital Friday night. Drew Rouse, interning through the Hinckley Institute of Politics,...

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

U Food Drive Unites the Community Against Hunger

November 12, 2015

The U is partnering with the Utah Food Bank for the 22nd annual "United Against Hunger" food drive. Throughout November, the Alumni Association, Student Alumni Board and the MUSS Board will gather canned...

Huntsman Cancer Institute Plans to Install Labyrinth on Patio, Calls for Design Submissions

Huntsman Cancer Institute Plans to Install Labyrinth on Patio, Calls for Design Submissions

By Beau Hart November 11, 2015

The Huntsman Cancer Institute Wellness and Integrative Health Center is planning to construct a labyrinth on the patient patio terrace, and it is taking ideas from anyone in the U community. Shelley White,...