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U Students and Faculty Voice Concerns Over $10 Million Koch Foundation Donation

U Students and Faculty Voice Concerns Over $10 Million Koch Foundation Donation

By Emily Anderson August 7, 2017

The University of Utah will debut the Marriner S. Eccles Institute for Economics and Quantitative Analysis this fall, but some students and faculty are concerned that one of the donations funding the endeavor...

White Mesa, Utah, a reservation in southeast Utah that is home to the White Mesa Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.

Ute Tribe in Southern Utah Struggles Against America’s Last Uranium Mill

By Connor Richards July 27, 2017

In the Southeastern corner of Utah, just off Highway 191, tucked tightly in the middle of San Juan County, there is a small community of between 250 and 300 Ute Indians known as the White Mesa Ute Mountain...

Geologist Determines How Ancient Roman Concrete Still Stands

Geologist Determines How Ancient Roman Concrete Still Stands

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator July 26, 2017

Concrete is a building material made of water, gravel, sand, limestone, shells, chalk, clay and iron ore. It’s used ubiquitously in construction from building foundations to sidewalks, roads and bridges....

Chris Linck of metalcore band Attila performs during Warped Tour at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, June 24, 2017. (Rishi Deka | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Fans Show up in Support (and Heat) of Warped Tour

By Holly Vasic July 6, 2017

The smell of cigarettes, sweat and sunscreen filled the air as people lined up to see their favorite musicians and dance, or in some cases mosh, to their heart’s desire. Warped Tour is a unique community...

Mind over matter, prescribed drugs cause more harm than good

Mind over matter, prescribed drugs cause more harm than good

By Brook Williams July 5, 2017

Pharmaceutical drugs are a phenomenon that never ceases to amaze America with their increasingly fast development. The medical industry is constantly coming up with new drugs to prevent things such as...

The Districts: Restraint born in Philly

By Madge Slack June 28, 2017

Rob Grote of The Districts said, “Music has a universal reaction to it, that isn’t culture or dependent on location.” And he would know; as the Philadelphia-based band has been playing for over seven...

The Legacy Bridge that connects upper and lower campuses at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 5/14/17.

Photo by Adam Fondren/Daily Utah Chronicle

U Set to Become Tobacco-Free Campus

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor June 26, 2017

Over the next year, the University of Utah will join nearly 1,800 other tobacco or smoke-free colleges and universities across the United States. The ASUU Academic Senate passed University Rule 3-300A...

The full cast of Saturday's Voyeur pose at the Salt Lake Acting Company in Salt Lake City, Utah on Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Rishi Deka | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Saturday’s Voyeur: Laugh at the President, it’s good for your health

By Madge Slack June 22, 2017

Salt Lake Acting Company's "Saturday's Voyeur" is a time honored tradition. It is rewritten every year to reflect on current political and religious issues in a satyrical, fun filled performance you can...

Wasatch Film Festival

By Holly Vasic June 17, 2017

The 3rd Annual Wasatch Mountain Film Festival has begun featuring documentary films "telling inspiring stories about adventure as well as cultural, environmental, and political issues" the festival's website...

Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas are calling

Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas are calling

By Madge Slack May 27, 2017

Jessica Hernandez and The Deltas are, in a word, epic. They stole the stage on Wednesday night. The openers at the State Room, The Utah County Swillers, were a little less than fabulous. However, the minute...