The normal quiet of lower campus on a weekend was broken as hundreds of American Indians from Utah, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming came to the Union for two days of traditional foods, songs and dances.
The...
As seats in Rice-Eccles Stadium filled with football fans, research posters and doctors flooded the stadium’s fifth floor for the 2015 Global Health Conference on Extreme Affordability.
The conference...
Next week the U’s Department of Physics & Astronomy will go dark.
They’re not shutting down or going anywhere — rather, the department is celebrating “International Dark Skies Week” for...
Domestic violence and feminism are often labeled as taboo topics, but Mimi Kim brought these issues and more to light for students and community members.
Kim, an assistant professor of social work at...
As a part of Secrecy Week, lawyer and journalist Glenn Greenwald, spoke to a full auditorium about the NSA and United States transparency in light of the Edward Snowden leaks.
“Secrecy is an epidemic...
April may be known for spring showers, but it’s also for more serious things as well, including Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
The awareness month started with a group of women in England in the...
They’re no crystal ball, but Mitchell Power, curator of the Herbarium Collection at the Natural History Museum of Utah, uses plants to study the past.
When doing so, he always starts his research...
While some people spent this past Saturday catching up on homework and sleeping in, others embraced a new culture at India Night.
The event was held in Gardner Hall and showcased different aspects of...
Tom Beckman, a retired lieutenant colonel taking courses at the U, was privy to lots of secret information.
“I had the absolute highest clearance you could get,” he said. “[But] it doesn’t make...
Easter is one of the holiest days on the Christian calendar and is celebrated by millions, but specific rituals and commemorations vary from one religious subgroup to the other.
Some religions, such...
