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How Our Schools Now Would Affect U Students

How Our Schools Now Would Affect U Students

By Emily Anderson August 19, 2017

A proposed ballot initiative could bring $23,625,723 to the University of Utah at the cost of an increase in state taxes. The Our Schools Now campaign would give a total of $700 million to Utah schools,...

2015 Hinckley Journal, Friday, April 8th, 2016, Peter Creveling Daily Utah Chronicle

Hinckley Institute Gives Students a Voice in Politics

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor August 17, 2017

Utah has the youngest population in the United States, but its voting rates — among both youth and others — are low. Roughly 60 percent of voting-aged people in Utah didn’t cast their ballot this...

Drinks and sweets are our commodity, says Ethan Cisneros, Thirst owner and founder, but what were really selling is customer experience.

The U’s Ethan Cisneros Quenching Salt Lake City’s “Thirst”

By Mackenzie McDermott August 11, 2017

Throughout Utah, mixology soda shops have been popping up, making family-friendly drinks with shots of berry and vanilla. Mixology soda shops are a part of a new wave of “fast-drink” establishments...

Laura Seymour and Mina Brown at the welcome desk at the ASUU offices in the Ray A. Olpin Student Union on the University of Utah Campus, Salt Lake City, UT on Thursday, July 13, 2017

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ASUU Brings Changes to Policies

By Mackenzie McDermott August 9, 2017

The Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU) is moving towards replacing Student Advisory Committees with College Student Councils in an effort to engage students across all departments, reduce...

This new 2-D hologram developed by a team at the University of Utah can be displayed using only a flashlight.

Holographic Technology Designed by U Students Could Bring Star Wars Chess Game to Life

By Hailey Kirkwood July 26, 2017

University of Utah associate professor Rajesh Menon and his team of electrical and computer engineers have discovered a way to create a brighter, more vivid and realistic hologram. Because of the new and...

Presidents circle at the University of Utah Monday September 14, 2015. (Chronicle Archives)

U Ranks Favorably Among Other Universities

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator July 22, 2017

On the University of Utah’s website, its education and institutions are touted as “expansive,” and the faculty is called “some of the world’s greatest thinkers and academic minds.” How does...

eSports Team Adding More Competition to Agenda

eSports Team Adding More Competition to Agenda

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor July 12, 2017

The University of Utah’s new eSports team, which was established in April 2017, is adding Rocket League tournaments to its schedule this fall. The U’s nationally-ranked video game design program,...

U Moving Forward with Recommendations to Address Sexual Assault

U Moving Forward with Recommendations to Address Sexual Assault

By Emily Anderson July 11, 2017

The majority of University of Utah students don’t know where to report a sexual assault, what happens once they make that complaint or where victims can get support and help on campus, according to the...

Josiah Purss, Ryan Bliss, and Daniel Ruales in Washington D.C.

U students break world record Ubering across America

By Mackenzie McDermott June 27, 2017

What started out as a 2 a.m. brainstorming session of ways to promote their app, Hashtaggy, turned into the trip of a lifetime for University of Utah students Ryan Bliss, Josiah Purss and Daniel Ruales....

U School of Dentistry Graduates First Class

U School of Dentistry Graduates First Class

By Claudia Robles May 12, 2017

The University of Utah's School of Dentistry graduated their inaugural class this year. “Graduating in the first class feels like we are leaving a legacy — a legacy of collaboration, relationship...

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