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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Petersen: Prop 3 Saves Lives

Petersen: Prop 3 Saves Lives

By Josh Petersen November 2, 2018

  This November, Utahns will have the chance to vote for a new United States senator, four new members of the House of Representatives and many other important statewide and local races. In one...

Heather, Debbie and Logan at the presentation. Photo courtesy of Debbie Jorde.

U Medical Students Learn About the Human Side of Medicine

By Christina Giardinelli October 17, 2018

  “The first thing that I will tell you about today’s presentation is that it will not be on the exam,” said Dr. Lynn Jorde when addressing a classroom of first-year medical students on Oct....

(Photo by Kiffer Creveling)

Undergraduates Rise to the Call of Research

April 12, 2015

Kajsa Vlasic’s first experience with research was what most people would expect — boring. A senior in English, Vlasic originally tried research at the Moran Eye Center but quickly realized sitting...

(Photo by Chris Ayers)

Global Health Conference Promotes Sense of Community in Medical Field

By Taylor Almond April 12, 2015

As seats in Rice-Eccles Stadium filled with football fans, research posters and doctors flooded the stadium’s fifth floor for the 2015 Global Health Conference on Extreme Affordability. The conference...

(Photo Courtesy of Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute)

U Students Design Phone App to Diagnose Illnesses

By Carolyn Webber March 5, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Got a cold? There’s an app for that. YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED: BEATING THE "POOR COLLEGE STUDENT" STEREOTYPE Two U students have created a medical device that works...

((Courtesy of Lisa Cannon-Albright)
Pictured is Lisa Cannon-Albright, professor and the chief of the Division of Genetic Epidemiology in the Department of Medicine at the U.)

Fighting Prostate Cancer with Genetics

By Christine Kannapel January 30, 2015

  Most of the men at the U are young and carefree, but it’s never too early to look at their family history for prostate cancer because it may benefit them in the future. Since the 1970s, Lisa...

(Photo by Kiffer Creveling)

U Students Volunteer with Kids Crew at Primary Children’s Hospital

November 25, 2014

  When Kayla Mohar walks into the playroom at Primary Children’s Medical Center (PCMC), it’s not just her bright green shirt that lights up the room. Mohar, a senior in therapeutic recreation,...

(Photo by Preston Zubal)

Treating Mood Disorders at a High Altitude

November 13, 2014

  The correlation between high altitudes and mood disorders was discussed Wednesday night at the U’s Neurophyschiatric Institute’s “Evening with Experts.” Perry Renshaw, a psychiatry professor...

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Going the Pre-Med Route

September 4, 2014

  Sometimes it seems like every student at the U is going the pre-med route. Every biology class is brimming full of bright-eyed future doctors. And many students can’t stop talking about their...