SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah says a new mental health institute funded by a $150 million donation from the influential Huntsman family will focus on researching the genetic causes of the illnesses and provide more treatment to college students and rural residents. The university said in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — University of Utah students have walked out of class the day before the one-year anniversary of a student’s death, marking the latest sign of continuing fallout over the slaying of Lauren McCluskey by her ex-boyfriend. More than 100 students gathered Monday to share their own […]
DENVER (AP) — A man who was previously convicted of fatally shooting a University of Utah student has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing a Colorado man. Austin Boutain was sentenced Thursday for the death of 63-year-old Mitchell Ingle, of Golden, in October 2017. Boutain pleaded […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Statewide enrollment in Utah’s higher education system has increased by 3% or more than 5,400 students. The Utah System of Higher Education released enrollment numbers Wednesday saying there are more than 189,000 students enrolled in public colleges for the fall of 2019. State education officials […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Student leaders criticized University of Utah administrators for how they handled concerns by a student-athlete before she was fatally shot by a man she previously dated. The Associated Students of the University of Utah released a public statement condemning the school about a year after […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the parents of a slain student. The family of Lauren McCluskey filed the $56 million suit against the university in June, saying the school hasn’t taken responsibility for the death of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A police officer who investigators say failed to relay a report about a University of Utah student’s ex-boyfriend before she was killed has resigned and joined another department. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Miguel Deras quit last week and has been hired to work as an officer […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah has announced a hard enforcement of their campus wide tobacco-free policy, including public events and football games. The Deseret News reports the rule, which banned smoking for anyone on campus in May 2018, will be fully enforced at university-owned properties like hospitals and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A University of Utah student has died after collapsing during Army ROTC physical training. University spokesman Chris Nelson says senior film and media studies major Elva Torres was hospitalized after collapsing Tuesday morning on campus and was pronounced dead Wednesday. Cause of death was not […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah plans to spend about $925,000 to improve safety following the killing of a student track athlete on the Salt Lake City campus. University President Ruth Watkins had called for a task force to evaluate safety after 21-year-old Lauren McCluskey was gun […]
