Put yourself in Kyle Cullimore's shoes for a moment. Two weeks ago, Cullimore was just getting things rolling for his senior year at Utah Valley University. He was wrapping up his degree in health science while getting minors in biology and business management as he works toward his goal of ...

This year being the 50th anniversary of the movie, JAWS, it seems like the perfect time to regale you all with my shark encounter. Since Utah is landlocked, I hadn’t had any live connections before. I’d visited the ocean a few times on vacation but mostly found seaweed. The closest I’d ...

We have been concerned with what seems to be an increasing polarization in our local municipal and school board elections. More than just a difference in ideas and policies, there is a widening divide that includes rancorous and uncivil discourse, and suggests the existence of questionable ...

We Utahns have a discourse problem. In twenty years as a writing instructor, I have seen our speech devolve from reason- and evidence-based persuasion to shouting and bullying. This trend has led increased acts of political violence—including the latest, Charlie Kirk’s murder on my ...

Technology is advancing rapidly, and we must act now to maintain our leadership in this field. From artificial intelligence (AI) research labs at BYU to startups in Silicon Slopes, Utah is helping lead the next wave of innovation. But, without a strong national tech strategy, we risk falling ...

What a difference half a decade makes. This summer's prevailing ethos, zeitgeist, vibe — call it any fancy name you want — was sharply different from the summer, just five years ago, of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter. Such sudden changes in the moral atmosphere seem to occur every so ...