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Friends combine their efforts to build a giant snowman during a snow storm Friday on Stilwell Field near student housing at the University of Utah.

The Price of Winter Stay Over

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor December 13, 2017

For many college students, leaving campus for winter break is not an option. Some international students cannot afford the expensive airfare to their home countries, and others may not have a home or welcoming...

LUKE Robotic Arm Pays Tribute to Star Wars

LUKE Robotic Arm Pays Tribute to Star Wars

By Mackenzie McDermott December 12, 2017

University of Utah bioengineering professor Gregory Clark led a research team to create a robotic arm that attempts to bridge the gap between living humans and humans who lived a long time ago in a galaxy...

Students Against Sexual Assault raised money for the Rape Recovery Center at Mestizo Coffeehouse.

Students Raise Money for the Rape Recovery Center While Sharing Their Stories

By Mackenzie McDermott December 10, 2017

Students Against Sexual Assault (SASA) at the University of Utah held a poetry reading last week to raise money to translate the Rape Recovery Center’s website into Spanish, opening up its services to...

Exterior Lassonde Studios in Salt Lake City, UT on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017.

(Photo by Curtis Lin/ Daily Utah Chronicle)

Holiday Innovations

By Claudia Robles December 10, 2017

The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute is home to hundreds of student innovators. Many of them sell products they have created for the holiday season. With finals in full swing just before the holidays,...

Hazing Gone Wrong: A Look Back at the U in 1925

Hazing Gone Wrong: A Look Back at the U in 1925

By Emily Anderson December 9, 2017

Matthew Ellis, a 20-year-old Phi Kappa Psi pledge at Texas State University (TSU), on Nov. 13 became the fourth college student found dead this year after drinking a copious amount of alcohol at a fraternity-related...

The Performing Arts Building (PAB), home to many departments and classes within the arts at the U. Chronicle archives.

Not So State of the Art, The Bitter Reality of PAB

By Jaycen Eggleston December 5, 2017

CORRECTION FROM PRINT ARTICLE: The list from the 1997 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings was included to provide context, and not necessarily to assert that the Performing Arts Building...

Photo credit: Robin Dienel/Carnegie Institution for Science/SDSS

U Scientists to Help Map the Entire Night Sky

By Cara MacDonald December 3, 2017

Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is moving into its fifth generation of sky mapping, and the University of Utah will play a pivotal role in its upcoming survey. Following a $16 million grant from the...

Kai Medina-Martinez is the director of the LGBT Resource Center at the University of Utah.

U Ranked Top LGBTQ-Friendly School in Utah

By Abrielle Fulwider November 30, 2017

The University of Utah was recently ranked as the top college in the state for LGBTQ students by BestColleges.com. The ranking took into consideration the steps universities in each state took toward...

U Student Starts Non-Profit to Improve Global Health, Reduce Waste

U Student Starts Non-Profit to Improve Global Health, Reduce Waste

By Cara MacDonald November 29, 2017

Mohan Sudabattula, a University of Utah student triple majoring in biology, philosophy and health and society, is the founder of a non-profit which repurposes used medical devices for low and middle income...

U Researchers Examine Presidential Discussion of LGBT Community

U Researchers Examine Presidential Discussion of LGBT Community

By Mackenzie McDermott November 28, 2017

Only two United States presidents have really engaged with the LGBT community, according to a study conducted by Kevin Coe, a professor of communication at the University of Utah, and graduate students...

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