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Librarian Dale Larsen working showing how to do research online at the J. Willard Marriott Library in Salt Lake City, UT on Wednesday May 23, 2018.

(Photo by Curtis Lin | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

A New Opportunity Every Week with URES

By Mackenzie McDermott June 4, 2018

The Office of Undergraduate Research is keeping busy this summer with a series of events created specifically for undergraduate students. The Undergraduate Research Education Series (URES) is hosted in...

Students, staff, and friends of ChenWei Guo came to show their support after the recent shooting tragedy in Red Butte Canyon by lighting candles and walking from the Marriott Library to Presidents circle for a candle light vigil to share their condolences on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017

(Photo by Kiffer Creveling | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Students Come to Terms With Guns’ Place on Campus Half a Year After Shooting Death

By Emily Anderson June 1, 2018

Each year since the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School, the United States has been inflicted with a rash of school shootings — resulting in the loss hundreds of students’ lives. A recent school...

(Photo by: Justin Prather / The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Save Hundreds with the UCard

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor May 23, 2018

When a student begins school at the University of Utah, they receive a university student ID or UCard. This ID stores students’ meal plans, allows them access to many of the key-card dorms and is used...

Johnny Le is the 2018 recipient of the Ivory Prize at the University of Utah. Photo courtesy of Johnny Le.

Ideas Are Only Worth What You Make of Them: U Student Starts Utah’s Largest Hackathon

By Mackenzie McDermott May 21, 2018

When Johnny Le founded the largest hackathon in Utah, he never expected any recognition. Today, he is the proud recipient of the 2018 Ivory Prize in Student Leadership. The prize consists of a $2,000 award...

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Ben Nemtin Brings Life to Commencement

By Christina Giardinelli May 1, 2018

With this year’s commencement ceremony quickly approaching, posters bearing the question “What’s on your bucket list?” have been placed across the University of Utah’s campus. The idea behind...

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Announcing the U’s Honorary Degree Recipients

By Cara MacDonald April 30, 2018

The University of Utah Board of Trustees announced in March that Barbara Tanner and Raymond Uno will receive honorary doctorate degrees, the highest honor given by the university. They will receive the...

Womens Resource Center Distributes Free Clothes

Women’s Resource Center Distributes Free Clothes

By Grace Mason April 28, 2018

Outside the Women’s Resource Center (WRC) at the University of Utah on April 18, over 1,400 items of clothing were placed on racks, tables and hangers ready to be claimed — for free. The clothes were...

Women talk at the annual University of Utah Pow Wow on April 6 and 7, 2018. (Photo by Christina Giardinelli / The Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Pow Wow Honors Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

By Christina Giardinelli April 26, 2018

Among representatives of multiple tribal nations attending the University of Utah’s 46th annual Pow Wow on April 6 and 7 were silent guests who drew the attention of everyone around them. Surrounding...

University of Utah graduate Scott Neville received the prestigious Churchill Scholarship for 2018. Photo courtesy of the University of Utah.

U Graduate Receives Prestigious Churchill Scholarship

By Claudia Robles April 25, 2018

University of Utah graduate Scott Neville was recently awarded the Churchill Scholarship at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. The Churchill Scholarship is a prestigious scholarship given...

The Senior Sendoff banquet at the University of Utah Guest house in Salt Lake City, Utah on Tuesday, April 18, 2018. (Photo by Cassandra Palor | Daily Utah Chronicle)

One Final Get Together

By Mackenzie McDermott and Jacqueline Mumford April 24, 2018

The University of Utah honored its outgoing seniors on Tuesday, April 17, with the sixth annual Senior Send-Off at the University Guest House and Conference Center. Hosted by the U Student Alumni Board...