PROVO, Utah, Dec. 17 (TNSPer) -- Brigham Young University issued the following news: Brigham Young University Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Tracy Flinders has named Joe Taylor as the new assistant vice president of Information Technology. In this role, Taylor will be responsible for directing the work of the Office of Information Technology (OIT) and coordinating strategy and efforts with all Church Educational System (CES) institutions. "Joe comes int  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 17 -- Gov. Gary R. Herbert, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Dec. 15: Gov. Gary R. Herbert joined community leaders on the steps of the Utah Capitol this morning to launch a new compact committing to anti-racist principles and actions. "All men and women are created equal. The rights to education, housing, employment, healthcare, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness must belong to all of us -- to people of all races," Gov. Herbert said. "I believe,  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 15 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Almost from the moment the oars of his wooden drift boat dipped into the flows of the Green River in Wyoming in 1869, John Wesley Powell began to shape Euro-American visions of this arid region. The Colorado River Basin, where Powell spent most of his time in the West, now supplies water to no fewer than 40 million people. Recognizing the 150th anniversary of Powell's epic 1869 expedition, two University   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 19 -- Johns Hopkins University issued the following news release: Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Center has launched a tracking tool to offer daily updates and nationwide perspective on the progress of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout in the United States. The vaccine tracker launched today, with the latest numbers for doses administered by U.S. states that have started to make this data available. Those initial states are: Ohio Michigan Texas Neb  more