Police workers compensation claims denied because of inconclusive results
Some former methamphetamine-lab busting police who filed for workers compensation for ailments related to their exposure to the dangerous drug while on the job are blaming their denied claims on a failed U study.
If students are bored with their own lives, the Marriott Library is hoping they’ll go online and get a new one.
On Tuesday, the Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative and The Leonardo will host “Cashing in on Green (Energy)!” at the Olive Bistro at 50 W. 200 South, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Hoping to convince more U students to become organ donors, Mark Taylor, a first-year graduate student in economics, showed a film about organ donation in the OSH auditorium Thursday—however, few people attended the event.
Marci Butterfield, a U professor of accounting, was named Educator of the Year by the American Woman’s Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Staying true to Tom Petty’s song, “I Won’t Back Down,” Tim DeChristopher is pursuing a new argument to have his charges dismissed.
I love anomalies in sports. Whether it’s Jamaicans on a bobsled, Andrei Kirilenko stumbling up and down EnergySolutions Arena or Americans playing soccer, nothing gets my juices flowing more than athletes playing a game that should be left to the real professionals.
After BYU beat the U at the football rivalry game Saturday, quarterback Max Hall said he hated everything about the U and referred to the school and everyone related to it as “classless.” Even though he issued an apology Sunday night, the Frankenstein monster that is fan backlash was already alive and unstoppable.
Preparing for Saturday’s Holy War between the U and BYU, Ute fans gathered at the Marriott Library Plaza on Monday for the annual Rivalry Week pep rally.
The Office of Sustainability chose Whitney Williams, with the Office of Human Resources’ approval, to be the coordinator for the student sustainability fee Monday.
Wanting to address the U’s reputation as a commuter campus, the senior class wants to give part of campus a face-lift.
Budget cuts mean faculty spots are left empty
With a 9 percent budget cut in place this year and the possibility of an additional 17 percent cut next year, some at the U are worried whether the school can cope with the loss in funding.
About 20 people with signs declaring the U to be “Animal Hell” gathered outside of the Park Building to protest alleged animal rights violations by U researchers.
Finding an answer for how to clean oil out of water turned out to be as easy as thinking in terms of soft drinks.
Universities are homes to secret societies—Yale’s Skull and Bones, Dickinson’s Raven’s Claw, Cornell’s Quill and Dagger—but between the sneakers, sweat and slam dunks, the U’s hasn’t become so infamous.
Tiffany Benton, a senior in international studies, is one of the five finalists for Hershey’s “I’m a Big Fan” contest to find America’s biggest college football fanatic.
Deciding against “doing it live,” Bill O’Reilly will not be stepping out of the recording studio to appear at the U this weekend.
At a time when most recent college graduates are worrying about finding employment, Benjamin Bartholomew is concerned about the bottom line for his company next year.
Already up and running, the U Graduate Center in St. George now just needs approval for what it’s already doing.
After a long day of sitting through lectures, Alec Clayton, an undeclared sophomore, needs a break.
Officer’s Circle, the section of campus located near Fort Douglas that serves as student housing, morphed into “Officer’s Hollow” on Saturday and became filled with frightening residents such as mad scientists, pirates—and fiddle players.
The battle between the U and the University of Alabama was rekindled again—this time on Capitol Hill.
Rep. Phil Riesen is sponsoring a proposed bill that would completely ban the use of cell phones while driving, including the use of hands-free devices.
Anticipating a large increase of flu patients this year because of the H1N1 virus, U Hospital officials voted to add a new clinic specifically for people with the flu.
With a record number of women serving in Congress, including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, coupled with the prominent roles former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton played in the 2008 presidential election, women have never been bigger players in American politics.
Sometimes, people just need someone to talk to—and one U student group wants to let everyone know that it’s all ears.
Refugees fleeing from their home countries are able to find a safe harbor and a new start with the U’s help.
Jason Starks, along with his brother George Starks, spoke Friday night during the Greek Leadership Summit about the death of his younger brother, Michael Starks, a fraternity pledge at Utah State University who died last fall from alcohol poisoning while being hazed.
To thank students for enduring four years of renovations, the library and student government hosted “Marriott After Dark” on Friday from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Berkeley, eat your heart out—when it comes to the battle for legalizing marijuana, the U ranks “higher” than most.
With a historically conservative stronghold and a sizable homosexual population, people in Salt Lake City and at the U foster strong opinions on both sides of the debate on gay marriage.
The Good Samaritan Policy, often called the Medical Amnesty Policy, would give students amnesty from drug or alcohol charges if they called for a medical emergency during a party on campus. The policy is already in place in more than 90 college campuses in the United States, according to Students for a Sensible Drug Policy.
Out-of-state tuition stacks up for nonresidents
Even with financial aid available, out-of-state students are hurting more than their resident counterparts—some beyond a point they can endure.
A year after the economic collapse, a U study is looking into the possibility of people changing the ways they save for retirement.
The U is one of the only universities in the United States that has two separate, unaffiliated departments for ballet and modern dance—and that’s about to end. The U’s ballet and modern dance departments will become one school. The combining, which will occur July 2010 and be called the U School of Dance, is a product of much planning and discussion within the dance departments and the College of Fine Arts.
Registration mix-up causes confusion about increase
Some engineering students are taking part in a protest today, but heads of colleges are confused as to why. Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Advisory Committee chairman Philip Dyer is leading a campaign that is encouraging students to write a letter to the College of Engineering dean Richard Brown’s office and deliver it between noon and 1 p.
Previously, members of the Jewish faith have been able to fax or e-mail prayers to the Western Wall in Jerusalem, a site believed to be so holy that prayers made by it are considered to be particularly beneficial. But now prayers can be Tweeted to the wall through the growingly popular social networking website.
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