POSTED // Jun 13,2012 - Tony Vainuku launched clothing company Soulpro in late 2011 and has seen the response to the line go viral, with locals and NFL players sporting the brand.

POSTED // Jun 6,2012 - Ken Kurtz is an animal-dental-care technician who lives in Newport Beach, Calif., and travels around the country putting his hands in the mouths of huge dogs.

POSTED // May 23,2012 - Heather Sneddon is the new executive director of Utah Lawyers for the Arts, a group founded in 1983 as a matching organization for volunteer attorneys and artists who are seeking legal help.

POSTED // May 9,2012 - There’s an estimate that on any given night in the United States, about 150,000 severely mentally ill people are homeless and in the streets. If I said, “On any given night there are 150,000 people with severe, end-stage cancer—who can’t afford their medications and can’t work because their illness is so severe—sleeping on the streets,” there would be a national emergency.

POSTED // Apr 18,2012 - After the death of his mother in 2011, Utah Valley University student Wade Haskell joined the Heart & Soul suicide support group. After experiencing the power of the group, Haskell realized that college students could benefit from a group of their own.

POSTED // Mar 29,2012 - After three years of home brewing, Ladan Jiracek started the Beer Brewing Club, the University of Utah’s first club of its kind.

POSTED // Mar 21,2012 - Matt Bruce, whose uncle was a bullfighter in Mexico, became a vegan when he was a teenager.

POSTED // Mar 14,2012 - While you might see members of the Utah Ulster Project (UtahUlsterProject.org) marching in Salt Lake City’s St. Patrick’s Day parade along with other revelers, the group’s mission is to promote peace in Northern Ireland—not drink green beer.

POSTED // Mar 7,2012 - Local photographer and sloth lover Candace Tarkeshian will travel to the Costa Rica Sloth Sanctuary in April to serve as the artist in residence.

POSTED // Feb 29,2012 - Kathryn Burnham is the outreach director of the University of Utah group SPEAK (Students Promoting Eating Disorder Awareness & Knowledge), which focuses on eating-disorder research, outreach and awareness.