(Salt Lake City, UT) — The family of a University of Utah student who was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend hired an attorney. Nineteen-year-old Zhifan Dong was found dead at a hotel in Downtown Salt Lake City back in February. Dong’s family hired attorney Brian Stewart, who handled the murder […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The University of Utah failed to take action before one of their students was allegedly killed by her boyfriend earlier this year. Documents released by the university show 19-year-old Zhifan Dong and her roommate told U. housing staff several times that Dong had been assaulted […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new report from state auditors shows the University of Utah still has not addressed policing failures that were exposed following the murder of Lauren McCluskey. The report concludes that departments on campus are still not communicating with U. Police about threats. The university’s hospital […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — University of Utah police are investigating after a campus symbol was vandalized last week. The LGBT Resource Center announced yesterday that duct tape containing hateful messages was placed on the “Block U” on March 31st, which was also Transgender Day of Visibility. The Block U […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The University of Utah will increase enrollment in nursing programs with summer enrollment this year. The College of Nursing says they will spend 400-thousand-dollars a year on the change, including hiring more faculty and staff. The university estimates there are 25-hundred unfilled nursing jobs right […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Tuition will increase at Utah colleges and universities this fall. The Utah Board of Higher Education announced a range of tuition hikes for eight state colleges. The University of Utah will see the biggest increase, with tuition and fees rising nearly five-percent. Southern Utah University […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Idaho National Laboratory and the University of Utah have announced a five-year agreement on research collaborations between students, faculty and laboratory researchers. Officials say the agreement announced Wednesday in Salt Lake City formalizes what had been individual agreements. Those will be replaced with a […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Police are investigating a bomb threat made against the Black Cultural Center at the University of Utah. U. Police were called out to the building yesterday morning just after 4 a.m. and brought bomb-sniffing dogs for the search. Officers determined there was no threat and […]
(Undated) — Utah colleges say a majority of their students are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Eight Utah colleges are reporting a vaccination rate of 60-percent or higher, according to KSTU-TV. Westminster College is reporting the highest vaccination rate in the state at 93-percent, while Dixie State is at the bottom […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah says its racist-incident team is investigating separate reports of men dressed like the KKK in dorms and excrement smeared on a door of a Black student’s room. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the incidents were reported in the fall but drew […]
