UVU holds Utah Data Dive

April 16, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Jeanette Blain | Staff Writer | @JeanetteBlain On March 27 and 28, the first annual Utah Data Dive was held at UVU. The event was organized by Assistant Professor Bart Poulson, with a grant from the UVU Office of Engaged Learning. Over 60 students, teachers and working professionals gave their time to help solve data problems […]

Nano-robotics may help cure cancer

April 16, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Elizabeth Suggs | Staff Writer   This year, Ido Bachelet of Israel’s Bar-IIan University and colleagues hope to test nanobots on a leukemia patient, with the nanobots acting as white blood cells.  The patient targeted has only a few months to live, and Bachelet plans to cure the patient in a month. Cancer is a […]

UVU students attend national prayer breakfast

April 16, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Trisha Dugovic | Staff Writer | [email protected]   In order to promote the Women of the Mountains conference, which will be held at UVU in October, UVU students and faculty traveled to Washington, D.C. to the National Prayer Breakfast where world leaders joined together on common ground. Attendees from many different faiths came together in […]

This Will Destroy You at Urban Lounge

April 3, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reagan High | Staff Writer | @HighReagan On Friday March 27 I saw the Texas band, This Will Destroy You. TWDY can be given the blanket term of “post-rock,” but with their last two albums they have really transcended that label. Their 2011 album Tunnel Blanket can be described as a dark and daunting ‘doomgaze’ trip […]

Pedestrian Safety; it’s a Two Way Street

April 2, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Kira Burton | Staff Writer | [email protected] UtahValleyUniversity is a largely commuter based school, with most students driving from other cities in order to attend classes every day. Because of this, there is a lot of traffic around campus. Once students arrive at school they have to find somewhere to park and then walk to […]

Sheri Dew speaks at UVU

April 2, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Kayla Clark | Staff Writer   On Wednesday March 18, the UVU Women’s Success Center welcomed  Sheri Dew, CEO of Deseret Book, in an event titled You were born to lead. The event concludes a series of speakers in coordination with the Utah Women and Leadership Project (UWLP). Dew was introduced by UVU President Matthew […]

UVU students win award at MathFest Competition

April 1, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Bryan Bradley | Staff Writer Nate Dunn | Staff Writer Photos courtesy: Violeta Vasilevska   Two UVU students recently participated in the MathFest competition, an event sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America. Daniel Adams and Daniel Gulbrandsen traveled to Portland to compete against over 140 other presenters. Adams and Gulbrandsen were awarded an MAA […]

Police blotter

April 1, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sarah Roberts | Staff Writer | @itssarah_sr   UVU  Criminal Mischief: March 16- Police responded to reports of a vehicle driving through the pedestrian tunnels next to the highway. The driver was located and given a citation. March 20- UVU officers aided the Orem Police in finding some teenagers who were reportedly jumping in front […]

Are men’s and women’s sports equal?

April 1, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes A breakdown of Title IX Kenzie Jones | Sports Editor | @KenzieScribbler Photo Credit: Gabi Campbell, Photo Editor, @gabicampbellphotos Info Graphic: Kenzie Jones “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded form participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity […]

BYU’s Pope Introduced as UVU Men’s Basketball Head Coach

March 31, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes  Tim Castaneda, Sports Writer, @xTIMBOxSLICEx Photo Credit: Gabi Campbell, Photo Editor, @gabicampbellphotos UVU athletics announced the hiring of former BYU basketball assistant coach Mark Pope as the replacement to take the reign of its basketball program in a press conference held this afternoon at Utah Valley University. In attendance to announce the deal they reached with […]