SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KDXU) - The University of Utah is implementing stricter COVID-10 protocols as positive COVID-19 cases surge around the state.
Leaders of the institution say the new Omicron variant is potentially less deadly, but is more highly transmissible
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Over eight-thousand University of Utah graduates are celebrating remotely after the university held its first-ever virtual commencement ceremony.
President of the university, Ruth V. Watkins, says it's not the celebration they wanted to give the students, but what matters most is that they made it to the end
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The Utah Debate Commission plans to hold a series of debates for candidates running in upcoming Republican and Democratic primaries.
The commission announced yesterday that there would be debates held on June 1st and 2nd for candidates running for governor, attorney general and three of Utah's four congressional districts.
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The University of Utah will hold its first-ever virtual graduation ceremony this week.
The commencement for more than 86-hundred graduates will be shown online at utah.edu/live and on KUTV.com at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
John Warnock will be the featured keynote speaker.
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Researchers at the University of Utah say the state could begin seeing the peak of the current COVID-19 outbreak beginning this Friday.
Members of the university biostatistics department say they have used the way the pandemic affected Italy as a model for their prediction.
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Scientists at the University of Utah will get the chance to study how environmental conditions affect the spread of the coronavirus.
The Department of Physics and Astronomy has received a grant that will allow researchers to perform deeper research on genes within the virus.
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A University of Utah football player accused of raping a 17-year-old girl now faces new allegations.
Prosecutors say two other women have come forward, saying they were sexually assaulted by 20-year-old Terrell Perriman.
One of the latest accusers told investigators that Perriman assaulted her three days before he allegedly raped the teen girl...
The University of Utah's new police chief has had a rough week but is finally in Salt Lake City and taking charge of the campus police force.
Chief Rodney Chatman says his first priority as chief is a listening tour to get the input of students, faculty and staff...
Prosecutors have filed formal criminal charges against a University of Utah football player accused of kidnapping and raping a high school student.
20-year-old Terrell Maurice Perriman of Miami was charged with rape and aggravated kidnapping after allegedly preventing a 17-year-old girl from leaving his apartment until she slept with him...