After the resignation of Octavio Villalpando last Spring Semester, the U’s Office for Equity and Diversity is landing back on its feet under the leadership of Kathryn Stockton. Last spring there...

  The momentum of protests in Salt Lake City is increasing but slowing down at the U. Three protests surrounding the police homicides of four unarmed men — Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., Dillon...

  Mark Strand, a former professor at the U and a poet laureate, died recently at the age of 80. Strand taught creative writing and literature at the U from 1981 to 1993. During his time teaching,...

  In a debate over Ferguson hosted on campus, community members and students became riled up over whether police officers should be required to wear body cameras in Utah. A large audience filled...

  The new Student Life Center, located near the Marriott Honors Community, will open Jan. 12, 2015, with a broad array of services available to students. Case Turner, co-manager of Outdoor Adventures,...

  As of Monday, students may have noticed a few changes to the main pathway on campus. The Honors Urban Ecology and Sustainability Scholars installed street signs on the most used sidewalk at the...

  While most college students who drop out are freshmen and sophomores, a number of juniors and seniors also leave before completing their degrees. Fifty-nine percent of college students in the...

  The weather outside may be dreary, but there’s no direct correlation between an increase in student dropouts and the winter weather. The change in seasons can cause some students to feel depressed,...

  While some students drop out of college, others are dropping back in. Some students who have left the U are finding the desire and motivation to return and complete their degree after spending...

  For Nathalia Padua, a freshman in nursing, dropping out of college after her first year was never an option. “If I wasn’t in college right now,” she said, “I don’t know, I’d probably...