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Rape in the Metaverse: The U’s Response to Virtual Sexual Assaults

By Caroline Krum, Investigative Writer March 4, 2024

  Virtual realities and simulation games have existed for years. One of the first virtual spaces, "Maze War," was created in 1973. Popular games and platforms like "Second Life," "Virtuality" and...

A police officer asks a demonstrator to leave at the Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Utah’s watch party in J. Willard Marriott Library in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Nov. 01, 2023. (Photo by Xiangyao “Axe” Tang | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

The Charges Mecha Students Are Facing, Explained

By Caroline Krum, Investigative Writer December 18, 2023

  On Nov. 1, The Young Americans for Freedom student organization held a watch party for “Damaged," a film critical of the medical transitioning of minors who identify as transgender. Members...

The University of Utah built a new Department of Public Safety building which opened to the public on Nov. 9, 2022 at 1658 E 500 S as part of an effort for increased campus safety coordination after the death of U student Lauren McCluskey in October 2018.

U Holds Press Conference in Wake of UNLV Shooting

By Caroline Krum, Investigative Writer December 7, 2023

  On Dec. 6, shots were fired on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus. Three faculty members were fatally shot and another was wounded in a 10-minute rampage. It was the 80th school shooting...

The University pf Utahs police department office in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 29, 2022.

New Deputy Chief Safety Officer Leads UUPD with Past Tragedies in Mind

By Caelan Roberts, News Editor April 22, 2023

  When Scott Carver, Deputy Chief Safety Officer for police services, was asked what drew him to work at the University of Utah, he answered almost immediately: “Lauren McCluskey.” The legacy...

A campus police officer poses beside his car by the Public Safety Office on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City on Monday Feb. 27, 2023.

How Campus Safety at the U Has Changed Since 2018

By Caelan Roberts, News Editor April 18, 2023

  In October 2018, Lauren McCluskey was murdered on the University of Utah’s campus. She had reached out multiple times to the U Police for help, but was largely ignored. At the time, Keith...

Headshot of Chief of Police Rodney Chatman. (Courtesy University of Utah)

Get to Know the New University of Utah Police Chief

By Marshall Foster, News Writer February 17, 2020

  Today, Rodney Chatman starts at the University of Utah's new chief of police. On Jan. 9, 2020, the U announced that Chatman had been named the new Chief of Police of the U's Department of...

University of Utah Police cars | Chronicle archives.

Sexual Assault Reported On U Campus

By Amy Loret March 26, 2019

  Content Warning: This article deals with sexual assault and campus safety. A list of campus resources is provided at the bottom. University of Utah police are investigating a sexual assault...