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Legend Has It

From magic fountains to hidden skeletons, we investigated campus lore to separate myth from reality. Discover which legends hold up… and which refuse to stay buried.

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Built for This Moment

As Morgan Scalley takes the reins of Utah Football, get an inside look at his leadership style, deep U roots, and the culture he believes will carry the U into a new era.

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The U Institute Behind Utah’s Biggest Decisions

A decade after its founding, the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute continues to illuminate Utah’s toughest challenges—and the decisions that shape its future.

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Summer 2026

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Illustrated cartoon mice gathered inside a glass aquarium-style cage with a water bottle, overlaid with a white game controller icon indicating an interactive game.

Join the mouse party! This virtual activity developed at the U has been teaching kids how drugs affect the brain for two decades. Try it for yourself and explore the Stark Science Learning Center’s library of educational activities.

Book cover of The Odyssey, translated by Emily Wilson and introduced by Daniel Mendelsohn, featuring a stylized white microphone graphic on a dark teal background, displayed against draped black fabric to indicate a podcast or audio feature.

Daniel Mendelsohn’s new translation of The Odyssey is earning praise for its rhythmically faithful rendering of the original Greek. Speaking with U professor Jordan Johansen on the Tanner Humanities Center's podcast, The Virtual Jewel Box, he reflects on how he honored Homer's poetry and musicality.

View looking through the interior of one of Nancy Holt's concrete Sun Tunnels in the Utah desert, framing a distant landscape of sky and arid ground, overlaid with a white play button indicating a video.

When artist Nancy Holt created Sun Tunnels in Utah's west desert, she "was interested in getting us to think about our being in relation to the surface of the planet... and somehow harnessing the movement of the sun," explains a short film. Watch it to learn about Holt and her iconic land art installation.