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Chong Oh poses for a photo in the Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Sep. 21, 2023. (Photo by Marco Lozzi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Kahlert Initiative on Technology Teaches Students Digital Literacy

By Jamie Faux, News Writer September 28, 2023

  In the spring of 2020, the University of Utah launched the Kahlert Initiative on Technology — a scholarship program focused on preparing any “undergraduate student to be digitally literate...

Portrait of Sabah Sial as The University of Utahs first Rhodes Scholar in 20 years. (Photo courtesy Sabah Sial)

‘Leader and Humanitarian’ Sabah Sial Named U’s First Rhodes Scholar in 20 Years

By Kailey Gilbert, News Writer March 22, 2022

  In 2021, University of Utah student Sabah Sial became the first person to receive the Rhodes Scholarship from the U in 20 years — she is one of 32 recipients. The Rhodes Scholarship, created...

Elise Scott, 2020 Truman scholarship recipient. Photo courtesy of Elise Scott.

Communications and Political Science Student Wins Prestigious Truman Scholarship

By Megan McKellar, News Writer May 17, 2020

  One of 62 recipients, Elise Scott, a senior studying communications and political science at the University of Utah, was recently selected to be a Harry S. Truman Scholar. The Harry S. Truman...

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Memorial Fund for Lauren McCluskey Raises $94,000

By Mandi Johansen March 30, 2019

  Content Warning: This article mentions the events of Lauren McCluskey's death. In the wake of the death of University of Utah track athlete Lauren McCluskey, a memorial fund was set up in...

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Utah House Passes Bill for Scholarships for Underprivileged Students

By Mandi Johansen February 27, 2019

  On Feb. 21, 2019, the Utah House of Representatives passed HB 260. The bill passed with a vote of 69-3. It creates the Access Utah Promise Scholarship program and was sponsored by Rep. Derrin...

Churchill Scholarship recipient, Cameron Owen (Courtesy of Cameron Owen. Photo Credit: Dave Titensor/University of Utah)

U Student Awarded Prestigious Churchill Scholarship

By Mandi Johansen February 18, 2019

  Cameron Owen, from Boise, Idaho, is a senior studying chemistry and physics with a minor in mathematics and is the fourth consecutive University of Utah student to be awarded the Churchill Scholarship...

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Strange Scholarship from the Past No Longer Available Today

April 7, 2015

At the age of four, back in 1951, Sandra Bissignano received a scholarship to study at the U. Bissignano was a participant in a summer program through the Speech and Hearing Center, which focused on...

(Photo by Cole Tan)

Awareness Week Encourages Students to Seek Financial Aid

February 2, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]   From Feb. 2 to Feb. 6, the U’s Financial Aid and Scholarship Office will be sponsoring a Financial Aid Awareness Week for students on campus. YOU MIGHT...

(Photo by Brent Uberty)

Pac-12 Academics as Competitive as Athletics

November 4, 2014

  The Pac-12 schools can be just as competitive in academics as in athletics. Each college offers a variety of scholarships and programs, but it’s in GPA where the real fight begins, although UCLA...

Founders Day Scholarship Awards New Beginnings

November 4, 2014

Mohamed was blinded by bandits in his hometown. Shirlee escaped a strict FLDS community. Mohamed Dirshe and Shirlee Draper are the most recent recipients of the Founders Day Scholarship, $8,000 awarded...