Marjorie Cortez
Rape reports at University of Utah spiked in 2023, largely due to 150 reports from one victim-survivor
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 19 - 8:32 a.m.
Reported rapes at the University of Utah increased nearly sixfold from 2022 to 2023, with a single relationship accounting for 150 of 175 reports.
University of Utah's research funding reached $691M
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 14 - 12:26 p.m.
University of Utah researchers received $691 million in funding this year, according to a recent investigation.
How did this Utah middle school drastically reduce its high percentage of chronic absenteeism?
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 12 - 9:02 p.m.
Four years ago, the percentage of students at Northwest Middle School who were chronically absent was cringeworthy. But that has all changed thanks to the school principal.
University of Utah trustees greenlight public-private student housing project
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 11 - 10:13 a.m.
The University of Utah took another significant step Tuesday to transition what has historically been a commuter campus to a residential campus.
5 local school board members say doing more with less won't sustain Utah public education
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 11 - 6:15 a.m.
Between inflation, unfunded or underfunded mandates, mounting student behavioral issues and hunger, school districts say they are struggling to meet the growing challenges.
BYU study finds full-day kindergartners spend only 57 fewer minutes with moms
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 9 - 10:13 a.m.
A new study found that there is not a significant loss of parent time when children attend full-day kindergarten compared to children who attend school half days.
Salt Lake School District middle school educator named Utah's Teacher of the Year
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 6 - 8:21 a.m.
Sayre Posey, a U.S. history teacher at Salt Lake City School District's Northwest Middle School, has been selected as the 2025 Utah Teacher of the Year.
Feeling anxious about the upcoming election? Here's help
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 3 - 10:04 a.m.
University of Utah Lifelong Learning instructor Debbie Leaman says the upcoming general election is quite simply "stressing us all out."
Could snail venom help treat diabetes? U. researchers say it can
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 2 - 7:22 a.m.
The venom of geography cone snails may hold the key to developing better drugs for people with diabetes or hormone disorders.
Scotty McCreery halted his concert after man in the audience allegedly assaulted a woman
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted Aug. 31 - 10:33 p.m.
When a man allegedly struck a woman in the audience at a recent Scotty McCreery concert, the country singer halted the show and called for security to remove the man.
Camp Williams marks transfer of 50.9 acres of Fort Douglas land to University of Utah
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted Aug. 20 - 8:11 a.m.
Utah officials, dignitaries, military leaders and representatives of the University of Utah held a groundbreaking of a new U.S. Army Reserve facilities at Camp Williams in Bluffdale.
In many Utah schools, 95%-100% of kindergartners go to school full day
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted Aug. 19 - 1:39 p.m.
Data shows that students enrolled in full-day kindergarten are less likely to need academic interventions in later grades.
It's back-to-school time. Here's what public school teachers say about conditions at school
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted Aug. 18 - 7:06 p.m.
At Midvalley Elementary School, Jen Stark was hard at work Monday organizing her third grade dual immersion classroom in anticipation of the academic year starting next week.
Utahns to vote on constitutional amendment to alter how income tax revenues can be used
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted Aug. 15 - 6:25 p.m.
Come November, Utah voters will once again consider a proposal to alter the long-standing earmark on income tax revenue for education.
Meet Utah's superintendent of the year
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted Aug. 11 - 9:48 p.m.
Sevier School District Superintendent Cade Douglas is Utah's superintendent of the year.
BYU plans to establish a medical school. What will that entail?
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted Aug. 11 - 7:46 p.m.
Dr. Stuart Flynn likely knows more about taking a medical school from concept to full accreditation than anyone in the country.
Western Governors University awards 50K degrees during 2024 academic year
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted Aug. 11 - 4:04 p.m.
Western Governors University just hit a major milestone. The Utah-based national online, nonprofit university awarded a record 50,168 bachelor's or master's degrees in 2024.
Even as little as 10 minutes in nature can relieve mental illness symptoms, study finds
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted July 28 - 10:07 a.m.
Decades of published research shows that whether it's a brief stroll through a city park or multiple days spent in the wilderness, exposure to nature has positive mental health impacts.
University of Utah's purchase of City Centre OK'd by state higher education board
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted July 14 - 2:17 p.m.
The University of Utah will soon acquire a 10-story office building and acreage in downtown Salt Lake City for the "opportunistic price" of $38 million, a university official told higher education officials on Friday.
Abby Cox: Parents love teachers 'because they love our kids'
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted July 13 - 10:36 a.m.
Educators from across Utah were honored Monday as "Teachers of the Year."
Show Up for Teachers: Why connecting with others matters
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted July 9 - 10:31 p.m.
Human connection expert tells attendees that novice teachers paired with a more experienced educator are more likely to remain in teaching.
Who's the new dean of the University of Utah business school?
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted July 1 - 7:59 p.m.
Kurt Dirks, a first-generation college student whose scholarly pursuits have focused on trust and values-based leadership, has joined the University of Utah's School of Business as its dean.
Olympian Apolo Ohno's reinvention includes breaking down stigma of mental illness
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted June 28 - 10:01 a.m.
Three-time Olympian Apolo Ohno was in Salt Lake City as the keynote speaker of the concluding event of Stop Stigma Together, a three-day national summit on the stigma surrounding mental illness and substance use disorders.
4 State School Board incumbents in Utah faced GOP primary election opponents
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted June 26 - 1:02 p.m.
Two of four incumbent members of the Utah State Board of Education, all Republicans, appear to be losing their reelection bids in Tuesday's primary election.
