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Sundance 2023: ‘Deep Rising’: The Oceans Belong to No One

By Edie Raines, Copy Editor January 27, 2023

  Matthieu Rytz has returned to Sundance with another documentary showcasing the effects of climate change with his newest film “Deep Rising,” produced and narrated by Jason Momoa. What Lurks...

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U Studies Meteorite that Caused Sonic Boom in August

By Caelan Roberts, News Editor October 9, 2022

  On the morning of Aug. 13, a loud boom was heard across the Salt Lake Valley. As it turned out, it was the sound of a falling meteorite that eventually landed in the salt flats west of Salt Lake...

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Science ‘Influencers’ Find a New Way to Share their Passion and Knowledge

By Nathan Levinzon, News Writer April 3, 2022

  On March 7, Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist and science communicator, performed his new show "Astronomy Bizarre" to a full house at Eccles Theater. The astrophysicist served as a tour...

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Kincart: Stop Using “Women in STEM” Rhetoric

By Sydney Kincart, Print Chief, Opinion Writer January 3, 2021

  As an academically ambitious high school student, I was pushed to join the robotics team. I relished in a community of peers similarly driven to use problem-solving and critical thinking skills....

“Art lives around us, it’s everywhere all at once — in the literature we read, cinema we watch, architecture we admire and more.” (Photo by Igor Miske | Courtesy Unplash)

The importance of art

By Oakley Burt, Arts Editor April 24, 2020

  Imagine a world without the arts — a world without any music, film, dance, literature or any of the countless other mediums art exists through. That world is difficult to imagine, as a world...

Students at the U and across the nation are struggling. It is important to take care of ourselves, remain calm, have compassion for others and do our part in slowing the spread of the virus. | Chronicle archives.

The Reasoning and Effectiveness of Moving to Online Classes to Prevent Spread of COVID-19

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator March 12, 2020

  As the Daily Utah Chronicle previously reported, state leaders held a press conference Thursday morning to announce measures to slow the spread of COVID-19, or novel coronavirus, inside Utah....

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Amazon Fires Burn While Brazilian Government Stalls: U Professors Weigh In

By Jacob Rueda September 3, 2019

  As fires in the Amazon rainforest continue to steadily grow, political upheaval in Brazil's government is preventing any immediate action to take place to help control these fires. Brazil’s...

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Chavez: Media Literacy is Crucial for America’s Future

By Paij Chavez, Opinion Writer August 13, 2019

  Media literacy has always been a concern for educators and activists, but with the explosion of social media and online journalism in recent decades, the ability to evaluate what you are reading...

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Alvarado: The Anti-Vaxx Movement Puts Us in the Middle Ages

By Andrea Alvarado March 9, 2019

  In 1998, Andrew Wakefield published an article, unaware of the serious repercussions his work would have in public health around the world. His study claimed to have found a correlation between...

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Starting From the Bottom: Improving Women’s Equality in Utah

By Amy Loret February 18, 2019

  Utah made history in 1896 as the first state in the country to elect a woman to a state Senate. It was also one of the first states to give women the right to vote nearly 150 years ago — decades...