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Students present undergraduate research at the Utah State Capitol in 2017 | Daily Utah Chronicle

Undergrads, Refugees Display Research on Capitol Hill

January 27, 2017

U students gathered in the rotunda of the Utah State Capitol Tuesday morning to exhibit their research projects for the 17th annual Research Day on the Hill. After spending months on research, students...

Displaced persons wait in line outside the St. Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen on Jan. 8, 2017.

Sugar House Residents Clash With City Leadership Over Shelter Relocation

By Connor Richards January 26, 2017

Over 150 Sugar House and Salt Lake City residents voiced concern and outrage in a meeting held earlier this month over a recent decision by the mayor and City Council to build four new homeless shelters...

People cheer inside the Utah State Capitol during Womens March on the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah on Monday Jan. 23, 2017. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

‘Welcome to Your First Day’: Students Join Thousands in March to State Capitol

By Connor Richards January 25, 2017

“Welcome to your first day.” That was the message that thousands of protestors sent to Utah’s elected officials on Monday, the first day of legislation, while they marched for human rights. It...

A series of speeches post-march by Chelsea Handler, Mary McCormack, and Dolores Huerta. (Photo by Chelsea Waddell)

Students Join Celebrities, Film-makers in Park City to Decry President Trump

January 22, 2017

A sea of pink hats and posters flooded the streets of Park City Saturday morning in protest of recently inaugurated President Donald Trump. Four U students from the College of Social Work waited at a...

The U’s SDS Rallies Utahns to Resist Trump

By Emily Anderson January 21, 2017

Around 1,000 people marched behind a banner reading, “Salt Lake to Stop Trump, End White Supremacy” Friday night, hours after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Headed by the University...

Julianne Skrivan, a U senior studying media art, communication and film, introduces Vice President Joe Biden at the White Houses Its On Us Summit on January 5, 2017.

U Student Introduces Vice President Joe Biden At White House Summit on Campus Sexual Assault

January 15, 2017

While many students were home or on vacation over winter break, Julianne Skrivan was at the White House. On Jan. 5, the media art, film and communication student, introduced outgoing Vice President Joe...

Ta-Nehisi Coates is national correspondent for The Atlantic. He is also the author of The Beautiful Struggle.</

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to be Celebrated Through Week of Art, Service.

January 13, 2017

This Monday Jan. 14,  the U will host MLK Week, a celebration of the struggles and achievements of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights movement. The remembrance week, which was organized by...

Professor Robert A. Goldberg is the new director ot the Tanner Humanities Center and will be bringing a conference on Hell to the community this fall is photographed outside of Carlson Hall on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, Utah on Thursday, July 6th, 2006. 
Kim Raff / Deseret Morning News July 6, 2006.

U Professor to Teach Students How the 2016 Presidential Election Affected Conspiracy Theories

January 13, 2017

From the claim that Hillary Clinton is a lizard-person to the suspicion that Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer, conspiracy theories made headlines throughout the 2016 presidential race.  These theories have...

U Students Join Politicians, Business Leaders to Discuss Global Engagement

U Students Join Politicians, Business Leaders to Discuss Global Engagement

November 29, 2016

The University of Utah’s Office for Global Engagement partnered with the US Global Leadership Coalition to host a forum on Nov. 18 to discuss how U.S. engagement and humanitarian efforts abroad promote...

Photo courtesy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Flickr

In Defense of James Comey

November 28, 2016

Entering the political fray is hard. Especially in 2016, by many accounts one of the most polarizing and contentious election years in the US in a long time, it can be hard to say anything without drawing...