SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says gatherings should be limited to 100 people for at least the next two weeks in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Herbert announced the measure at at a news conference Thursday where officials from the University of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (The Salt Lake Tribune) — A University of Utah football player accused of raping a 17-year-old girl is facing additional charges after prosecutors say he also raped two women. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that 20-year-old wide receiver Terrell Perriman is now charged with eight felonies, including […]
The University of Utah has agreed to an energy deal to allow the school to get more than half of its electricity through renewable sources. That makes it the first public college in the state to do so. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the college finalized the purchase of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials at the University of Utah say multiple people are responsible for the N-word being written on a frosty car windshield shortly before Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations there. In a letter to students and faculty Tuesday, officials said the people have been identified […]
CANTON, Ohio-As confirmed Wednesday on the NFL Network, former University of Utah multi-sport athlete Mac Speedie was named as a member of the 2020 class at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Speedie, who starred on the Utes’ football program from 1939-1941, also competed in basketball and track and field […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah has hired a new police chief to run the university’s Department of Public Safety. KSL-TV reports Rodney Chatman was named chief of police Thursday and is expected to begin his position in Salt Lake City Feb. 17. University officials say Chatman […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After her daughter asked for a Barbie, University of Utah forest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni decided to re-fashion the iconic dolls as a scientist-explorer in rubber boots rather than high heels. Nadkarni said Barbie-maker Mattel wasn’t interested in the idea then, so she decided to redo dolls herself. Last year, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new University of Utah report says the state experienced a significant increase in its population over the past decade. The university’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute released analysis that found the growth was especially strong in Utah County. The institute found Utah County’s population […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The parents of a University of Utah student and track athlete who was fatally shot on campus are fighting a claim by the college that their lawsuit should be dismissed because their daughter’s killer wasn’t a student. Campus police could have contacted the killer’s parole […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah has received a $300,000 federal grant to improve how it responds to cases of stalking and dating and domestic violence on campus. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the school faced criticism over the last year for failing to take concerns from […]
