Utah education and schools

A law passed by Utah lawmakers requires that people use the bathroom corresponding to the sex on th...

Heather Peterson

Board of Education: Districts must explain bathroom law

Explanation of a Utah law governing school bathroom use, about to take effect in Utah, will be left up to individual school districts.

26 days ago

Granger High School shown, an orbeez gun shooting left 3 students with minor injuries...

Mariah Maynes

Three injured by Orbeez gun shooting outside of Granger High School

Three students were injured in an Orbeez pellet gun shooting outside of Granger High School on Tuesday.

26 days ago

calls on Sen. Mitt Romney as Harvard's President...

Adam Small

Calls issued for Mitt Romney to become next president of Harvard

Some are calling on Sen. Mitt Romney as the next president of Harvard University after an op-ed appeared in The Washington Post.

26 days ago

Columbia University students hold a protest in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict...

Matt Egan, Chris Boyette, Shimon Prokupecz and Nic F. Anderson, CNN

Columbia University main campus classes will be hybrid until semester ends; NYU students, faculty arrested during protests

Columbia University, the epicenter of pro-Palestinian protests at US college campuses in recent days, says all classes at its main campus will be hybrid until the spring semester ends.

27 days ago

Actor Rainn Wilson arrives at the Cinema for Peace benefit for the J/P Haitian Relief Organization ...

Emma Keddington

Rainn Wilson will speak at Weber State graduation, how much did it cost the school?

The choice to bring in Rainn Wilson doubles as advertising both for students and the school, according to Weber State.

27 days ago

Student activists have spent multiple days occupying the lawns at Columbia University, calling for ...

Celina Tebor and Zoe Sottile, CNN

Rabbi associated with Columbia University recommends Jewish students ‘return home’ amid tense protests on campus

A rabbi recommended that Jewish students “return home as soon as possible and remain home” amid ongoing protests.

28 days ago

The Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah.A Utah cancer researcher says more study is n...

Don Brinkerhoff and Simone Seikaly

Utah cancer researcher says new accelerated aging study needs more examination

A new study says accelerated aging may be linked to early-onset cancer, but a Utah cancer researcher says more investigation is needed.

29 days ago

A crew made of up BYU students films a Coca-Cola branded advertisement at the Thanksgiving Point Me...

Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com

Coca-Cola ad made by BYU students wins film competition, will screen at theaters

An ad for Coca-Cola made by BYU students may be showing at your local movie theater sometime soon.

29 days ago

A team at the University of Utah has received funding to research if ultrasound technology can help...

Britt Johnson

University of Utah using funding for ultrasound research to treat addiction

Could an ultrasound help cure addiction? A team of researchers at the University of Utah thinks so.

30 days ago

sign says "trans lives matter," the sign was for a protest about how slc school district was implem...

Heather Peterson

Implementation of new Utah bathroom law causes confusion in SLC School District

A new Utah bathroom law that takes effect on May 1 is at the center of some confusion about what schools do and don't need to do.

30 days ago

Students participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for the new West Lake Jr. High building in 2022...

Kyle Remund

West Lake Jr. High rebuilds after 2020 earthquake

West Lake Jr. High is being rebuilt with earthquake safety in mind, and the Granite district is preparing for future emergencies, too.

30 days ago

Eric Cabrera

Unaffordable childcare plagues Utah families

Childcare in Utah is becoming unaffordable for many Utah parents as costs for care are outpacing inflation.