University of Utah sophomores Marcos Van Dalen and AJ Chanthamixay walk through the campus in Salt Lake City on Jan. 7. Universities are recruiting men who now account for just two out of five college degrees earned in the United States. (Kristin Murphy, Deseret News)

Historian and BYU alum Benjamin Park and LDS researcher Jana Riess weigh in on crackdowns at the church's flagship university.

Brigham Young is a prominent historical figure and a featured antagonist in Netflix's epic period Western series American Primeval.

Free speech is considered elemental to college campuses, but some college professors don't exactly feel they are given that right without fear of retribution.

After enigmatic coach Rick Majerus was hired by Utah in April of 1989, the Utes climbed back into the national picture, while BYU stayed fairly relevant under Roger Reid and then bottomed out in the 1996-97 season, going 1-25 with Reid being fired after seven games.

University of Utah manages to compete with BYU in terms of enrollment, despite its higher cost of tuition. This largely has to do with the U's extracurriculars.

Discover the truth about parents having a favorite child. A study reveals the systematic patterns behind parental favoritism and its lasting consequences.

A pair of Salt Lake City record stores are part of a growing movement to create "third spaces," places for Utahns under 21 to gather to make and appreciate music.

Although the basketball version of the BYU-Utah rivalry isn't as heated as football, there will be plenty of emotions and hype for Saturday's showdown in Salt Lake City. There will

Elder Clark G. Gilbert, commissioner of education for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, says hiring policy is one way the church and its schools will remain aligned.

The show's depiction of hood-wearing, sinister Mormons slaughtering emigrants, US Army troops and Shoshone people all within a few days is a sensationalized fabrication intended to 'entertain.'

Brigham Young isn't the only character in American Primeval that's based on a real-life person.