Mj Jewkes

Nuclear engineers have the second-fastest growing salaries among six-figure earners, according to the American Nuclear Society. Expanding university programs in nuclear energy has also been encouraged by the U.S. Department of Energy, who created the Nuclear Energy University Program in 2009 to “revitalize nuclear education” at U.S. universities. Such dramatic growth, however, has led...

  On May 18, 2023, the Utah System of Higher Education amended its policy on graduate degree tuition benefits for employees of higher education institutions in the state of Utah. This left the decision of which graduate programs would remain eligible for tuition reduction to individual universities. The University of Utah’s faculty senate responded by...

  Professor Brian Snapp, a tenure professor of 24 years for the College of Fine Arts has retired, leaving the ceramics area with only one tenured professor. Despite a year passing with a hole in the program, the area has yet to hire a replacement, with no plan in place to do so. In addition...

Investigative Writer MJ Jewkes reflects on his time at The Daily Utah Chronicle, and hearing the voices of those who aren’t used to having a voice