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Biologist Nalini Nadkarni presents a lecture on trees to prison inmates in Washington. PHOTO COURTESY OF BENJ DRUMMOND.

U professors reach out to SLC jail

March 26, 2014

U scientists are teaching at the Salt Lake County Jail. The Center for Science and Mathematics Education started the program, called INSPIRE, on March 24. It is modeled after a similar program launched...

UDOT will be closing the pictured stretch of 1300 S. from 500 W. to 700 W. Photo by Dane Goodwin.

Construction begins on 1300 South

March 18, 2014

U commuters may be facing some roadblocks in the coming year. The Utah Department of Transportation is closing 1300 South from 500 West to 700 West to repair a bridge. “I’d recommend commuters avoid...

Graphic by Nick Ketterer.

New Facebook options go beyond gender binary

February 27, 2014

On Feb. 13, Facebook announced more than 50 new options that users can set as their gender on Facebook. In addition, there are options of neutral pronouns — they, theirs and them — that the site can...

A bill has been passed that could change Utah’s
state tree to the quaking aspen. Photo by Conor Barry.

Out with the Colorado blue spruce, in with quaking aspen

February 25, 2014

A class of fourth graders at Monroe Elementary School thought it was fishy that Utah’s state tree was the Colorado blue spruce. The group approached Gov. Gary Herbert with their idea to change the state...

Nick Ketterer

Provo ready for faster Internet

February 24, 2014

Residents of Provo will soon be able to boast having the fastest Internet in the nation as Google Fiber makes its way to town. The new high-speed Internet service reaches speeds up to 100 times faster...

Erik and Cori Larsen pose with cupcakes as they plan to open a new cupcake store in Mumbai , India. Courtesy Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute,.

U alum hopes to spread cupcake love to Mumbai

February 19, 2014

Utah’s cupcake craze is going global. At least that’s the hope of U alumnus Erik Larsen, who is starting a cupcake company that will be based in Mumbai, India. Although the business will be unique...

An apartment building under construction at 550 East. 500 South burst into flames around 6:15 pm yesterday evening, causing a four alarm fire with more than 60 responding firefighters. Photo by Brent Uberty.

A city on fire

February 9, 2014

PHOTO COURTESY YOURGENETICGENEALOGIST.COM

U to conduct a medical ethics panel on alleged sperm switch

February 3, 2014

The U is conducting a review panel to investigate the alleged misconduct of Thomas Lippert at a Utah fertility clinic. Lippert, who died in 1999 of cirrhosis of the liver, purportedly switched his own...

Supporters of the Stand for Marriage Movement gather at the state Capitol Tuesday night to demonstrate their
support for Amendment 3, which defines marriage in Utah as between one man and one woman. Photo by Chris Ayers.

U students ‘glitter bomb’ rally

January 28, 2014

Tanner Crawford, a U student in theater performance, was escorted out of the Capitol building by police after disturbing a gathering in support of traditional marriage Tuesday. Supporters of the Stand...

Paul Cassell, a law professor at the U, poses
for a photo. Photo courtesy of S.J. Quinney College of Law.

Prof. argues for victims in child porn case

January 28, 2014

U law professor Paul Cassell presented a brief last Wednesday before the U.S. Supreme Court arguing in support of victims’ rights in child pornography cases. He addressed the case of Doyle Randall Paroline...