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Youth climate activist Aniya Butler (Courtesy Aniya Butler)

Youth Activist Aniya Butler Receives 2022 Award in the Environmental Humanities

By Abhilasha Khatri, Investigative Editor April 15, 2022

  Aniya Butler, youth climate activist and poet from Oakland, CA, is the 2022 recipient of the Utah Award in the Environmental Humanities. The award is given out annually by the Environmental...

The chief safety officer's office in the John R. Park building on campus on Feb. 2, 2021. (Photo by Jack Gambassi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

SAFE Hosts Town Hall with U Campus Resources, Discusses Sexual Assault and Reporting

By Carlene Coombs, News Editor April 10, 2022

  Representatives from the University of Utah Police Department, the Office of Equal Opportunity, campus safety and the Center for Student Wellness participated in a town hall meeting to answer...

U student creator Jada Kali P. Stelmach. (Photo courtesy Jada Kali P. Stelmach)

Student Content Creators at the U: Finding a Niche and Developing an Audience

By Stephanie Hong, News Writer April 7, 2022

  Among the University of Utah students who run their own YouTube and TikTok channels, there are some who have thousands of subscribers and video views over 1,000. U student Jada Kali P. Stelmach...

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

U Celebrates Women’s Week 2022 with Discussions of Empowerment and Acceptance

By Abhilasha Khatri, Investigative Editor April 7, 2022

  This story contains discussions of eating disorders.    The month of March marks Women’s History Month in the United States — a time period designated to celebrating the often...

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Science ‘Influencers’ Find a New Way to Share their Passion and Knowledge

By Nathan Levinzon, News Writer April 3, 2022

  On March 7, Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist and science communicator, performed his new show "Astronomy Bizarre" to a full house at Eccles Theater. The astrophysicist served as a tour...

S.J. Quinney Law School on the University of Utah's campus. (Chronicle archives)

Professional Schools See Competitive 2021-22 Admissions Cycle

By Nathan Levinzon, News Writer April 2, 2022

  The 2021 admissions cycle was competitive for many professional programs across the country. At the beginning of the pandemic, many students who had recently completed an undergraduate degree...

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Graduate Student Researchers as ‘Foundations of Scientific Knowledge’

By Abhilasha Khatri, Investigative Editor March 29, 2022

  There are 8,033 students enrolled in graduate programs at the University of Utah. While undergraduate students may interact with them as teaching assistants or instructors, outside the classroom,...

Cameron Haskins and Ermiya Fanaeian, PSL student leaders, at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. (Photo by David Chenoweth | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

PSL Forms Study Group, Seeks to Fight Against Oppression

By Vanessa Hudson, Editor in Chief March 29, 2022

  The Party for Socialism and Liberation is forming a new student study group at the University of Utah in March 2022. Ermiya Fanaeian and Cameron Haskins, students at the U, are the founders of...

President Randall being formally inaugurated at Kingsbury Hall in Salt Lake City on March 23, 2022. (Photo by Kevin Cody | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Taylor Randall Inaugurated as the University of Utah’s 17th President

By Stephanie Hong, News Writer March 25, 2022

  On March 23, at 4:30 p.m. MDT, the inauguration ceremony of the 17th President of the University of Utah, Taylor R. Randall, was held at Kingsbury Hall in President's Circle. About 800 people...

Protestors hold hearts towards transgender youth sitting on the steps of the Utah State Capitol on March 24, 2022.

‘Is it Worth it?’ Utah Community Protests Potential Trans Youth Sports Ban

By Kayleigh Silverstein and Carlene Coombs March 25, 2022

  Two days after hearing the news that the Utah Legislature plans to override Gov. Spencer Cox’s veto of House Bill 11, the Utah Pride Center organized a rally supporting transgender youth. On...