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Point of View — Episode 3: Battling Transphobia at the U

By Stevie Shaughnessey and Morgan Champine January 26, 2024

Transcript: Stevie Shaughnessey: Hi and welcome back to Point of View, The Daily Utah Chronicle’s Opinion Podcast. My name is Stevie, and I’ll be your host. Today, we have Opinion Desk Assistant...

The Womens Resource Center in the A. Ray Olpin Student Union Building in Salt Lake City on November 1, 2023. (Photo by Sophie Felici | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

ASCENT Center Offers Free Emergency Contraception to U Students

By Allison Stuart, News Writer December 17, 2023

  A large majority of college students in the United States are sexually active. According to a study by the Health Resources and Services Administration, “94% of college students are sexually...

Leah Bluette Schutz poses for a photo before the Stitch and Bitch event at the Women’s Resource Center in the A. Ray Olpin Student Union on the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Nov. 02, 2023. (Photo by Xiangyao “Axe” Tang | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Stitch and Bitch: Creating Safe Spaces to Talk About Misogyny

By Allison Stuart, News Writer November 3, 2023

  When thinking about a senior capstone project, some students are unsure of what they want to focus their final year on. For Leah Bluette Schutz, the choice was simple. She wanted to combine two...

The Block U on the University of Utah Campus in Salt Lake City on Oct.9, 2014. (Photo via The Daily Utah Chronicle Archive)

Women’s Week Events Address Issues Surrounding Women and Policy

By Stevie Shaughnessey, Home Stretch Producer, Host March 18, 2023

  Every year since 2013, the University of Utah has held a Women’s Week, and this year’s theme was "Making Public Policy Personal.” Throughout the week, the events held by the U focused...

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

Women’s Resource Center Holds Conversation on Reproductive Justice for Undocumented People

By Crystal Rose Fraughton, Investigative Writer September 29, 2022

  In the second session of the new series Coffee and Conversations, held by the Women’s Resource Center, panelists and attendees discussed the unique challenges undocumented people face in the...

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U Health Awarded $28 Million Grant to Research HIV

By Stevie Shaughnessey, Home Stretch Producer, Host September 24, 2022

  A research center led by University of Utah Health that studies the inner workings and vulnerabilities of HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS, was recently awarded $28 million...

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Lezaic: Getting the Most Out of College as a Commuter

By Angela Lezaic, Opinion Writer July 17, 2022

  College certainly has its challenges, and commuters face many of them on an exceptionally inconvenient level. Living off-campus can pose barriers to getting the full college experience many students...

The block U on campus on Feb. 2, 2021. (Photo by Jack Gambassi | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Celebrates Women’s Week 2022 with Discussions of Empowerment and Acceptance

By Abhilasha Khatri, Investigative Editor April 7, 2022

  This story contains discussions of eating disorders.    The month of March marks Women’s History Month in the United States — a time period designated to celebrating the often...

On Nov. 4, 2019, president Ruth Watkins announced a $150 million commitment from the Jon M. and Karen Huntsman family to establish the Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah.  (Courtesy of the University of Utah)

Reaching Out: Mental Health Resources on Campus

By Ivana Martinez and Natalie Colby May 9, 2020

  Across the University of Utah there are numerous resources for students to access — including programs that focus on mental and physical health and well-being. In Utah, there has been a...

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Welcome to V-Season: ‘The Vagina Monologues’ Fundraisers for Local Organizations

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor February 15, 2020

  “Welcome to V-Season” flashes in red on the homepage of the V-Day organization’s website. The “V” referred to here is not necessarily what we usually associate with the middle of February...