Stevie Shaughnessey

Transcript: Stevie Shaughnessey: Hi, and welcome back to Home Stretch, The Daily Utah Chronicle’s sports podcast. My name is Stevie and I’ll be your host. Today, we have sports writer Luke Skinner joining us to talk about how and NIL affects athletes here at the U. Hi Luke, and welcome to the podcast.  Luke Skinner:...

In this episode, Podcast Producer Stevie Shaughnessey interviews Opinion Writer Morgan Champine about their thoughts on how wedding vendors can show their support for the queer community in Utah, and local vendors that are already doing so.

During the most recent Utah state legislative session, the University of Utah was granted $100 million to relocate the army reserves at Fort Douglas to Camp Williams, a National Guard training site located in Bluffdale. Talk of relocating Fort Douglas has been taking place for some time, and the U has been working with

Every year since 2013, the University of Utah has held a Women’s Week, and this year’s theme was “Making Public Policy Personal.” Throughout the week, the events held by the U focused on what happens when public policy becomes personal, and how people can support each other when policy has an intense impact on the...

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the University of Utah was recently awarded over $100,000 in grants by the NBA Foundation and PepsiCo. The NBA Foundation awarded $50,000 to be split between the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Partnership and the Black Cultural Center, and PepsiCo’s grant of $50,000 was devoted solely to supporting the...

A new University of Utah-wide, multi-phased cybersecurity initiative is underway. The program was commissioned by the Office of the President and Board of Regents and is being led by the Information Security Office and Univeristy Information Technology Partner Relationships. Clay Postma, director of UIT Partner Relationships at the U, said in an email interview...

Utah has been the fastest-growing state since 2010 with nearly 24% growth in the last 13 years, according to the World Population Review. In 2022 alone, there was a 1.25% growth, with the state population totaling just over 3.4 million. According to Steve Bannister, an associate professor of economics at the University of Utah,...

Last year, Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed a bill that would’ve prohibited transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports. Now he has signed a law that effectively bans gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Gender-affirming care includes any interventions, whether they are “social, psychological, behavioral, [or] medical … ’designed to support and affirm an individual’s gender...

A team of University of Utah students, with the help of Milad Mozari, assistant professor in the college of architecture, have been working to tackle resettlement barriers refugees face through the use of VR. The project, called Bridging the Gap, provides VR training that teaches refugees how to perform basic everyday tasks out in...

Despite the fact that 44% of businesses are in the market for interns in 2022, according to a survey from The Harris Poll commissioned by Express Employment Professionals, a large amount of these positions are unpaid: 39.2% of intern positions in the U.S. still lack some form of compensation, according to Zippia. Many majors