With the exception of liquor law violations, most crimes committed on campus and in the dorms are thefts, according to Scott Folsom, chief of the U Police Department since 2004.

During the break from Oct. 10 to Oct. 18, there were 29 reported offenses on campus8212;about the same number of crimes that usually occur on campus, with or without its studious occupants.

U police officer Garth Smith said he decided he wanted to be a police officer when he cracked his skull riding his bike at the age of 5 and witnessed the sensitivity of the police officers who quickly came to his aide.

The Utah Humanities Council awarded the Tanner Humanities Center for its work in interdisciplinary study and raising public awareness.

In the spring, the U received a grant for $750,000 to promote certain languages and cultures to ROTC students. These languages have been identified by the United States as important for business or military purposes.

Students in the LEAP program are taking a stand against child poverty in their own communities by reaching out to youngsters in need of school supplies.

After U campus police suspended a rape awareness and self-defense class because of budget shortfalls, rape prevention advocates are saying the cancellation adds to the ignorance of Utah's most underreported crime.

The U is opening a Nano Institute that will help researchers across campus work together to develop new insights into small-scale technologies.

The Marriott Library aims to capture the unique sounds of animals from Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona, Nevada and other nearby states.

The east entrance to the Marriott Library reopened Monday on the one-year anniversary of its closure.