In light of the bicycle congestion on public transportation this semester, UTA will start to remove seats near the doorway in some TRAX trains and install benches to allow for more bikes. FrontRunner cars are also under redesign.

After Sichuan University, the U's sister school in China, felt the effects of the earthquake in May, the U Confucius Institute rallied people together to raise $3,000 to help victims recover from losses.

With the help of the School of Music, the Confucius Institute raised an additional $1,000 through a benefit concert Aug. 30.

As the U's commitment to sustainability grows, so does its wind power program, which was established in 2005.

Michelle Obama flopped. Hillary Clinton excelled. Denver had great parties. St. Paul, Minn., had riots. The opinions of four U students who viewed firsthand the Democratic and Republican conventions couldn't be more different, but the thing that surprised them most was how the Republicans came out on top.

The Utah State Board of Regents put the David Eccles School of Business renovation and construction plans on top of its $283 million development priority list Friday.

The list, which includes seven other projects statewide, requests $28.5 million in state funding to go toward the school's $71 million goal.

Families and patients suffering from neurological disorders can now get help at the U's new Brain Health Learning Center, which provides information and one-on-one counseling for patients with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

A glitch in the Union's fire alarm system sent students streaming outside for the third time in two days Friday afternoon.

Students and faculty can now sign up on their Campus Information System page to receive emergency notifications of situations such as snow closures, power outages, traffic jams or a campus shooting.

Working as a local intern for the Hinckley Institute of Politics, Pasker, a senior majoring in economics, addressed concerns Utah residents had in the senator's local office rather than in Washington, D.C., ranging from veteran and military affairs to Department of Corrections and local business issues.

The U Office of Diversity announced Thursday that it has changed its name to the Office of Equity and Diversity. Octavio Villalpando, associate vice president of the office, said the new name will more accurately reflect the U's growing student and faculty diversity and ensure greater equality in all aspects of campus life.