(Salt Lake City, UT) — A University of Utah tennis player has been charged with six first-degree felonies, including two counts of rape. Twenty-one-year-old Berk Bugarik faces charges related to a sexual assault reported to have occurred last November. Bugarik joined the team in 2022 and was ranked as high […]
(Undated) — Dozens of international students at Utah universities had their visas revoked or records deleted in the past week under the Trump administration. The University of Utah reported 20 affected students, citing reasons such as failure to maintain nonimmigrant status or criminal record checks. Some students’ status changes are […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers have introduced HB 168, a bill to establish a task force aimed at overseeing the ethical use of AI in Utah schools. The task force would focus on preventing misuse, such as cheating, while promoting the benefits of AI in education. Although the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah System of Higher Education will now allow every high school student admission to at least one of the 16 public colleges in the state, regardless of their GPA. “Admit Utah” is the state’s first simplified and guaranteed admissions initiative. It is expected to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — There is a warning about a stalker at the University of Utah. The school yesterday sent out a warning about 34-year-old Oluwatobi Oludaisi Shokunbi, also known as King Rocky. University police say he is homeless, and has a history of following women on campus. Officers […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A judge is siding with five universities in Utah that challenged a State Records Committee decision calling for contracts with college athletes for name, image and likeness rights to be made public. Third District Judge Amber Mettler agreed with the University of Utah, Utah State, […]
(St. George, UT) — Southern Utah universities are not making the cut of the top schools in the country. Forbes released a new ranking of the top 500 colleges across the nation, with Southern Utah and Utah Tech missing the list. The ranking was based on the “best educational, financial, […]
(Provo, UT) — Brigham Young University is going to have its own medical school. The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced today that the new school will focus on international health issues, particularly those affecting the church’s members and its humanitarian efforts. The announcement […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah has more than 30 athletes representing the state at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Team USA has 23 Olympians with ties to the Beehive State. Adding to that number are eleven athletes who once lived or competed in the state. These athletes are on seven […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — President Joe Biden and his Republican opponent appear to be bypassing the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates. That is not good news for the University of Utah which is set to host the third official CPD presidential debate on October 9th. Both Biden and former […]
