SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two people accused of lying about buying the firearm used to kill college athlete Lauren McCluskey have pleaded guilty. Court documents show 21-year-old Nathan Daniel Vogel and 24-year-old Sarah Emily Lady pleaded guilty Monday to making false statements. Authorities have said Vogel lent the gun […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The parents of a University of Utah student killed by her ex-boyfriend have said their formerly shy daughter was brimming with confidence and excited to graduate before she was fatally shot on campus last year. Jill and Matt McCluskey told the Deseret News newspaper in Salt Lake […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The wife of a man convicted of gunning down a University of Utah student from China has pleaded guilty to two counts of theft. The Deseret News reports prosecutors dropped other counts in exchange for the Monday plea from 25-year-old Kathleen Boutain, including criminal solicitation. She and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A University of Utah student who was fatally shot by a man she briefly dated was honored during the school’s commencement ceremony. KUTV reports nearly 8,500 graduates on Thursday night participated in the university’s 150th general commencement. Some of them wore pins to remember Lauren McCluskey. McCluskey, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A University of Utah autism researcher who accused college administrators of retaliating against her for raising concerns about data privacy has been awarded an additional $217,000 by a federal judge. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday that the judge decided April 25 that Judith Zimmerman […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — One day in the not-too-distant future, drones ferrying medical supplies, packages and even pizza could be crisscrossing the skies. But how to prevent those unmanned fliers from creating atmospheric traffic jams? Student developers at the University of Utah have been working with the Utah Department […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A University of Utah student leader wants the school to improve its communication with its student body, particularly regarding investigations into two recent sexual assaults. KUTV reports Student Senate Chair Kaitlin McLean says she doesn’t think every student feels safe right now following a sexual assault on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Board of Regents has approved changes to tuition amounts across the state’s public higher education system for the coming year. The Deseret News reports the changes are specific to individual institutions within the system. For example, there will be no tuition change at Southern Utah […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Protesters called on Utah state leaders Monday to denounce homophobia and transphobia after the collapse of a measure banning LGBTQ conversion therapy. University of Utah students who organized the demonstration sent letters to the governor, lieutenant governor and speaker of the house, calling on them […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — On what would have been slain University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey’s 22nd birthday, college officials provided a progress report Tuesday about changes being made to correct deficiencies exposed in the lead-up to last year’s fatal shooting of McCluskey on campus by her ex-boyfriend. Campus […]
