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The block U on campus on Feb. 2, 2021. (Photo by Jack Gambassi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Middle East Center Offers New Course on History of Israel and Palestine

By Alina Walker, News Writer August 20, 2024

  Beginning in the Fall of 2024, the University of Utah's College of Humanities will offer a four-credit course on the long history between Israel and Palestine. This course is one of several developments...

Associate Professor Peter Von Sivers (Dept. of History) lectures at a workshop entitled "The Arab Spring: Roots and Repurcussions in the Middle East. The workshop was co-hosted by the Middle East Center and the Tanner Humanities Center. (Photo via The Daily Utah Chronicle Archive)

The Revival of the U’s Middle East Center

By Emerson Hagy, News Writer August 17, 2024

  The Middle East Center at the University of Utah is undergoing a significant revitalization. The center has faced several challenges in the past decade, including faculty retirements and a reduction...

Two models pose for a portrait at the second annual fashion show produced by the Union Programming Council and the Fashion in Business club at the University of Utah in the A. Ray Olpin Student Union in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (Photo by Luke Larsen | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Students Find Community and Professional Growth through Fashion

By Elle Crossley, News Writer August 13, 2024

  “For the love of fashion” is the motto that unites the students of Fashion in Business at the University of Utah. The student-run organization works to boost its members' academic and professional...

Dr. Dave Buhler (Photo curtesy of The Hinckley Institute).

Remembering U Professor and Public Official Dr. David Buhler

By Alina Walker, News Writer August 11, 2024

  The University of Utah community is mourning the loss of professor, mentor, colleague and friend Dr. David Buhler. Dr. Buhler passed away in his Salt Lake City home on July 16 of this year from...

A UDOT snowplow, operated by Dyllan Rich, plows the snow and spreads salt on the road at Alta, Utah on Feb. 2, 2024. (Photo by Marco Lozzi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

UDOT Works to Advance Avalanche Mitigation on Mt. Superior

By Alina Walker, News Writer August 11, 2024

  On July 8, 2024, the Utah Department of Transportation began the Mt. Superior Avalanche Mitigation Project. Sixteen new Wyssen Avalanche Towers will be installed on the Mount Superior ridgeline...

Max Lepore, Hinckley Institute Intern, poses for a photo. (Photo from Chronicle archive)

Hinckley Intern Shares His Experiences With The Institute

By Caelan Roberts, Online Managing Editor August 4, 2024

  In the summer of 2023, junior Max Lepore had the opportunity to work as an intern in Sen. Mike Lee’s office in Washington D.C. This role included answering phones, writing emails and even having...

A row of solar panels at the Elektron Solar Project near Rowley, Utah on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (Photo by Marco Lozzi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Solar Farm in Tooele Reaches Commercial Operation

By Alina Walker, News Writer August 3, 2024

  On April 25, the Elektron Solar Project reached commercial operation. The project provides renewable power to six Utah-based customers. Salt Lake City is the largest consumer of the farm's power....

(Graphic by Sydney Stam | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Students React to Biden Dropping Out

By Emerson Hagy, News Writer August 1, 2024

  In an official letter released on July 21, President Joe Biden officially ended his re-election bid for the White House. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President....

Salt Lake City seen from Fort Union Boulevard in Cottonwood Heights, Utah on Thursday, July 4, 2024. (Photo by Xiangyao "Axe" Tang | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Migrants Sent to SLC from Denver Have Nowhere to Go

By Emerson Hagy, News Writer July 25, 2024

  On June 14, 2024, Governor Cox released a statement on X condemning news that the city of Denver was sending migrants to Utah — without prior approval from Utah state officials. “We recently...

The block U on campus with the colors of the intersectional LGBTQ+ pride flag on March 24, 2021.

Student Organization Leaders Are Creating New LGBTQ+ Resource Centers

By Josi Hinds, News Editor July 24, 2024

  The University of Utah closed three resource centers dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion after the state legislature passed H.B. 261, an anti-DEI bill, earlier this year. One of the resource...