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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...

Jessica Patterson, Matt Miller and Jack Bender pose in-front of U at the University of Utah.
Wednesday April 20, 2016. (Photo by August Miller)

ASUU’s First “University Gift” Going Toward University Child Care Fund

By Connor Richards May 6, 2017

"It’s the gift that keeps giving." This is how Jessica Patterson, the outgoing ASUU Vice President of Student Relations, describes a $25,000 donation to the ASUU Child Care Endowment Fund overseen by...

Sandra Cisneros at Glendale-Mountain View Community Learning  Center meeting with Mountain View duel-immersion fifth graders. 
Photo - Tanner Humanities Center

Cisneros Describes the “Power of Art” to Dual Immersion Fifth Graders

By Connor Richards May 6, 2017

Growing up the only daughter in a family of six boys on Chicago’s West Side, Sandra Cisneros describes her childhood as being defined by loneliness. Instead of responding to this loneliness with a downward...

Scott Schear, a custodian for the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library.

Custodian Finds Cure to Wanderlust at the U

By Connor Richards April 26, 2017

Throughout the course of his 54 years, Scott Schear has lived in four states, 15 cities and approximately 50 different apartments. He has lived around the country and never spends more than one year in...

Students Sign Steel Beam to Commemorate OSH

Students Sign Steel Beam to Commemorate OSH

By Connor Richards April 21, 2017

As Orson Spencer Hall goes down and construction begins for the new Carolyn and Kem Gardner Building, campus developers are asking students to leave their mark in time by signing a commemorative steel...

Sidewalk chalk messages at the SCAPE paraking event in the Marriott Library parking lot Apr. 11, 2017. Adam Fondren For the Daily Utah Chronicle.

Urban Ecology Students Transform Parking Spots for Earth Week

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator April 18, 2017

As part of Earth Week at the University of Utah, the Student Collective of Allied Planners and Ecologists (SCAPE) recognized PARKing Day in the parking lot west of the Marriott Library. The day is a national...

(Model Released), Jack Bender jbender@asuu.utah.edu, University of Utah students pose for various lifestyle photos and portraits for marketing collateral at various location on the campus of The University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah Wednesday April 20, 2016. (Photo by August Miller)

Outgoing ASUU President Reflects on Long, “Consistent” Year

By Connor Richards April 17, 2017

As the University of Utah’s class of 2017 wraps up the year and prepares for graduation, Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU) President Jack Bender is among them. With commencement around...

Grad student in health promotion and education, Esther Okang, shows her message on mental health awareness. Monday, April 11, 2016.

ASUU to Highlight Sexual Assault Month in Place of Mental Health Week

By Ashley Baker April 11, 2017

Derek Eyre, Associated Students of the University of Utah’s (ASUU) Student Advocacy Director, is heading up a new campaign geared toward raising awareness for sexual assault survivors. In 2010, Former...

Students march in Presidents Circle for Take Back the Night on April 5, 2017.

Students “Take Back the Night” as Part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month

By Jordan Higgins April 6, 2017

With signs held high and voices raised, students from several college campuses in the Salt Lake area marched over two miles — from the University of Utah to Westminster College — to protest against...

Start by Believing University of Utah hosts the 2017 SlutWalk to raise awareness for sexual assault and how to stop it at the Marriott Library Plaza on Tuesday, April 4, 2017.  (Tara Lincoln | Daily Utah Chronicle)

SlutWalk in Photos

By Tara Lincoln April 4, 2017

On Tuesday, April 4, more than 200 students at the University of Utah gathered at the Marriott Library Plaza to participate in the third annual "SlutWalk." The event included a keynote speech from...