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Finance Students Gain Access to Second Largest Wealth Management Platform

Finance Students Gain Access to Second Largest Wealth Management Platform

By Mackenzie McDermott September 13, 2018

The University of Utah has joined nearly 30 schools across the nation in giving students access to the second-largest wealth management platform in the United States, eMoney, as part of its university...

(Photo by: Justin Prather | The Utah Chronicle).

Spreading Awareness of Microaggressions at the U

By Mackenzie McDermott September 11, 2018

Since late August, posters have lined the courtyard of the Marriot Library. Each shows a face and a phrase. “Where are you really from?” asks one. “You’re pretty for a dark-skin girl,” reads...

Ruth V. Watkins, President of the U.

U Prepares to Inaugurate Ruth V. Watkins as 16th President

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor September 8, 2018

On Friday, Sept. 21, Ruth V. Watkins will be inaugurated as the 16th president of the University of Utah. The event begins at 3 p.m. in Kingsbury Hall at 1395 President's Circle, and is free and open to...

Introducing to the U the Soda Shop Thirst

Introducing to the U the Soda Shop Thirst

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor September 5, 2018

Now a senior at the University of Utah, Ethan Cisneros is opening the third location of his soda mixer and treats shop, Thirst. The newest store is in the Peterson Heritage Center’s Crimson Corner next...

University Ranks Second in LGBTQ Friendly Universities

University Ranks Second in LGBTQ Friendly Universities

By Mackenzie McDermott September 4, 2018

Affordable Colleges Online (AC) has ranked the University of Utah as the second-friendliest college for LGBTQ students in the United States, coming in just behind the University of California-Riverside. One...

Cars parked in the union on Tuesday, September 1, 2015.

Hands-Free Car Crash

By Mackenzie McDermott September 4, 2018

Infotainment systems are designed to help drivers reach their destinations with ease but University of Utah researchers paired with AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety to find that they actually do the opposite. With...

S.J. Quinney Law School on the University of Utahs campus. (Chronicle archives)

U Law Professor Files Amicus Brief in Capital Punishment Case

By Christina Giardinelli September 1, 2018

On Aug. 23, University of Utah law professor, Paul Cassell, and Allyson Ho of the Washington, D.C. law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court. The...

All-Inclusive Administration

All-Inclusive Administration

By Rachelle Fernandez August 27, 2018

Associated Students of the University of Utah’s (ASUU) freshly elected student body president, Connor Morgan, aims to break the barriers between traditional and non-traditional students and kick the...

A screenshot of the Weapons Policy included in the graduate assistants syllabus sent by a student in the course.

Graduate Student Reassigned After Syllabus Required Students with Concealed Weapons to Sit in a ‘Second Amendment Zone’

By Rachelle Fernandez August 26, 2018

During the first week of classes, a University of Utah graduate assistant was reassigned, given additional training and is no longer teaching this semester over a firearm policy the graduate assistant...

Big Eds Becomes Publik Eds

Big Ed’s Becomes Publik Ed’s

By Haley Oliphant, Editor-in-Chief August 25, 2018

When Big Ed’s closed its doors last September, students, staff and alumni alike were shocked. There was no notice given, only a piece of paper tacked to the door stating, “Sorry, restaurant closed.”...