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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Nadia Yahyapour, a student from Iran, graduated in May with a bachelor of science in biology, posing for a photo on May 16, 2023

Student Refugees and Immigrants Face Barriers in Higher Education

  Despite a national increase in the overall graduation rate, the dropout rate for foreign-born refugee and immigrant students remains above 30% — three times that of U.S.-born white students,...

Og-Woi Peoples Orchard & Garden in Salt Lake City on April 23, 2023.

Jarvis: The Og-woi People’s Orchard and Garden is for Healing

By Caroline Jarvis, Opinion Writer May 22, 2023

  By resisting commodification, gardening becomes an effective form of protest. And if gardening is a form of protest, guerilla gardening is even more so. Salt Lake City’s Og-woi People’s Orchard...

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New to the U? Here’s the Places and Events to Know About

By Jake Duffy, News Writer May 22, 2023

  "Ain't nothing to do in this boring-ass city," said Charles Barkley. "Can't smoke, can't drink. These people going to heaven." The former NBA player and commentator was in Salt Lake City for...

Evening on University of Utah campus, Thursday in Salt Lake City.

U Student Shares Experience Fighting for Accommodations After Injury

By Kayleigh Silverstein, Special Projects Managing Editor, News Writer May 1, 2023

  When Ashley Olsen, third-year student in biology and psychology at the University of Utah, slipped and dislocated her knee walking on the ramp down to the stadium parking lot, she was expecting...

The Many Wests: Artists Shape America. exhibition at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023.

A West that Never Was: UMFA Curator on their Newest Exhibition

By Heather Hopkins April 19, 2023

  Currently on view at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts is an exhibition titled “Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea.” This collaborative exhibition takes a critical look at Western narratives...

Participants at Rally To Save Our Great Salt Lake at Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2022.

Shrinking Great Salt Lake is a ‘Solvable problem’

By Kayleigh Silverstein, Special Projects Managing Editor, News Writer April 18, 2023

  The Great Salt Lake is projected to disappear in five years, a new BYU study shows. In November 2022, the lake dropped to a new record low elevation of 4,188.5 feet, according to KSL News Radio. The...

The Center for Disability & Access at the University of Utah on the first floor of the A. Ray Olpin Union building on campus in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 10, 2022.

Accessibility on Campus: The CDA and Student Perspectives

By Theadora Soter, Multimedia Managing Editor April 15, 2023

  Before the University of Utah had a Center for Disability & Access, it had a Center for Handicapped Students that was lacking in resources. In 1977, some changes were made. An article...

The Rio Tinto Kennecott Smelter west of Salt Lake City on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023.

Solving Poor Air Quality on the West Side

By Vanessa Hudson, Assistant News Editor April 12, 2023

  It's hard to miss the inversion hovering over the Salt Lake Valley during the winter months, and while the East Side of Salt Lake faces poor air quality, the West Side suffers the worst of it...

Courtney Neilson at the University of Utah Student Services Building in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 6, 2023.

U Students Facing Increasing Cost of Living Try To Balance Work And School

By Jake Duffy, News Writer April 10, 2023

  As the cost of living in Salt Lake City increases, students working on and off campus are having a harder time balancing work and school schedules.  A 2019 Utah Data Research Center study...

Gia Bianca Stephens speaking at the The Drag Queen Story Time event at the Gould Auditorium on the first floor of the J. Willard Marriott Library on Thursday, March 30, 2023.

Pride Week at the U: Drag Queen Storytime with Gia Bianca Stephens

By Vanessa Hudson and Jake Duffy March 31, 2023

  During the University of Utah's Pride Week, the Marriott Library held a drag queen storytime with Gia Bianca Stephens, where she read "GuRu," "Rainbow Revolutionaries" and "The Queer Bible."...