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    24 Reasons to Be Hopeful

    Optimism is cratering, but human capacity for resilience isn’t. These stories will restore your faith in what’s possible.

  • Collage featuring a missing person notice, vintage photos, campus scenes, and a map layered in a scrapbook style.

    Bringing Douglas Home

    After nearly 50 years, an unlikely chain of events and reinvigorated new U police work resolve the university’s only missing-person cold case.

  • Assorted Caputo’s chocolate bars and boxed truffles arranged with cacao pods and dried cacao leaves.

    Keepers of Ancient Cacao

    From their Salt Lake deli, two U alums have built an unlikely base camp for saving the world’s rarest cacao in the rainforests where chocolate began.


Departments


  • cruisin for a cause - Outside

  • moving toward hope - President’s Perspective

  • rare but not ignored - Imagine

  • cancer care closer to home - Community

  • soapbox showdown - Campus

  • smashing expectations - Stats

  • where the ideas of utahs future scientists take flight - Gallery

  • between spirit and matter - Expert

  • from the readers

  • News From the U

    • new utah promise scholarship

    • winter 2026 news roundup

    • taking flight

    • korean festival at the u attracts thousands

    • one app to rule them all

    • enrollment by the numbers

    • a bold new play

    • winter 2026 sports briefs

    • ring leader

    • golden broccoli lights up cells

    • unlocking hibernations hidden code

    • the u to offer two new minors in ai

    • computing power play

    • the u closes a year of celebrations with 175th anniversary bash

  • Forever U

    • operation student success

    • winter 2026 alumni news roundup

    • ten women to watch

    • what is the key to making it in hollywood

    • bringing the u to you

    • class notes winter 2026

  • kuer celebrates 65 years on air

  • Utah Mag Archives

24 Reasons to Be Hopeful

Optimism is cratering, but human capacity for resilience isn’t. These stories will restore your faith in what’s possible.

Read Feature

Bringing Douglas Home

After nearly 50 years, an unlikely chain of events and reinvigorated new U police work resolve the university’s only missing-person cold case.

Read Feature

Keepers of Ancient Cacao

From their Salt Lake deli, two U alums have built an unlikely base camp for saving the world’s rarest cacao in the rainforests where chocolate began.

Read Feature

Winter 2026

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Departments

A bright red vintage pickup truck parked on a wide desert flat under a blue sky, with the University of Utah mascot sitting in the driver’s seat.
Two University of Utah researchers in a laboratory examining a sample while wearing lab coats and gloves.
Illustration of a person wearing a University of Utah sweater stepping through an open door toward a sunny outdoor landscape.
A participant racing an ice cream–themed soapbox car as spectators cheer along the course.
A University of Utah tennis player tossing a ball to serve while holding a racket on the court.
Photo of the the L. S. Skaggs Applied Science Building
A woman standing beside a display cabinet

News From the U

New Utah Promise Scholarship

Utah Promise offers tuition coverage to qualifying Utah students, expanding access, affordability, and support for student success.

A Bold New Play

The U recently announced the creation of Utah Brand Initiatives to balance financial pressures with academic and sports priorities.

Taking Flight

A simple question led to BIRDBASE, the first global dataset on all bird species, now fueling global conservation research.

Computing Power Play

The U is building a $50M AI supercomputer to accelerate medical research and expand statewide computing capacity.

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Forever U

Class Notes Winter 2026

Gymnast in hall of fame, artist inspires hope for Great Salt Lake, educator fosters community art, and more from U alumni.

Bringing the U to You

Missing your alma mater but can’t make it back to campus? Maybe the U can come to you.

Operation Student Success

Military-connected students find a welcoming base on campus at the Veterans Support Center.

Winter 2026 Alumni News Roundup

Mark your calendars for U Alumni happenings this spring.

Web Exclusives

Meet Red Betty, the first custom vehicle in the U’s Red Metal Motors scholarship program. The rebuilt 1953 Chevy pickup was Utah-fied with U logos, Swoop’s signature, and other special touches. See the details before it heads to auction to support U students.

What is it really like to work in Hollywood? Does Tinseltown glitter as brightly as you’d think? U alumni in the entertainment industry gave us the inside scoop, from surprising aspects to characteristics that help creatives succeed.

A pirate ship, ice cream truck, and medieval steed were just some of the themes in the U’s inaugural Soapbox Derby. U students and employees teamed up to design fast and fabulous carts for the downhill race from HPER to Library Plaza. See pics of the clever creations. 

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