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(Brent Uberty)

Salt Lake Politics are “at the Forefront” this Year

August 27, 2014

If you’ve been in Salt Lake for a while, you’ve witnessed the transformation of a once-small, quiet capital city into a bustling, growing metropolis taking on issues that play a role on the national...

(Photo Courtesy of Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, Steve Petteway)

All Rise for Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor

August 25, 2014

A current justice on the United States Supreme Court is coming to the U in January. Sonia Sotomayor was asked to come to the U by Patrick McShane, the program manager for the My U Signature Experience,...

Photo Courtesy of Phi Delta Theta

Chill Out: Campus takes the challenge

August 25, 2014

Since the end of July, the ice bucket challenge has taken social media by storm. And, as a result of the icy water being dumped on people’s heads, awareness of ALS has heated up. According to The Boston...

B.o.B. Brings the Beat

August 24, 2014

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] Expanding the general itinerary beyond an outdoor concert on the Union...

(Photo Courtesy of ASUU) Former ASUU President Sam Ortiz.

A Utah Sam am I

August 1, 2014

He had one month left until graduation when the threats began. And it didn’t start slow either. No, this was an onslaught. Around three in the afternoon on Tuesday, April 8, against a backdrop of missed...

(Brent Uberty)

Bridge lives up to its legacy

August 1, 2014

Located on upper campus as a pedestrian and bicyclist bridge over Mario Capecchi Drive, the significance of the George S. Eccles Legacy Bridge is often overlooked. Hundreds of students cross the bridge...

(Photo Courtesy of Mark Loewen)

Move over Triceratops

August 1, 2014

U professor Mark Loewen helped discover a new dinosaur species this summer. Loewen says the species, called Mercuriceratops gemini, is named after the Roman god Mercury because of its characteristic wing-like...

(Brent Uberty) The Block U is located in the foothills above campus.

Most expensive rock on campus

August 1, 2014

In some spots, there are more beer cans than trailways. The lawn has been outgrown by feathered reed grass, most of which is dead, and sunflowers. This is the legendary Block U on the hill above the...

(Photo Courtesy of the Bennion Center)

Books bind tutors and students

August 1, 2014

It may not be “Reading Rainbow,” but the U’s America Reads program tutors elementary students in math and reading just the same. America Reads is a federally funded program hosted by the Bennion...

(Courtesy NASA)

A galaxy not so far away . . .

July 2, 2014

The U’s new Astronomy Outreach Center is reaching for the public and for the stars. The center, located in the South Physics Building, had its grand opening in June with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and...