PROVO, Utah, Feb. 19 (TNSPer) -- Brigham Young University issued the following news on Feb. 18, 2021: Brigham Young University Administration Vice President and CFO Steve Hafen announced today that Paul Buckner has been named the managing director of supply and logistics at BYU. "Paul's relevant and progressive years of experience - coupled with his enthusiastic desire to build from the great foundation in place in this division - make him an ideal person for this role. He will continue to act  more

DAVIS, California, Feb. 18 (TNSJou) -- The University of California Davis issued the following news: Acres of asphalt parking lots, unshaded roads, dense apartment complexes and neighborhoods with few parks have taken their toll on the poor. As climate change accelerates, low-income districts in the Southwestern United States are 4 to 7 degrees hotter in Fahrenheit -- on average -- than wealthy neighborhoods in the same metro regions, University of California, Davis, researchers have found in a  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 19 (TNSRes) -- Westminster College issued the following news: Before the seven minutes of terror as the Mars Perseverance Rover successfully performed NASA's most difficult landing on Mars ever, the search for signs of life on the red plant began right here on Earth at Great Salt Lake in Utah. The rover's main job is to seek signs of ancient life and collect samples for possible return to Earth. NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) developed special equipment on the rover  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Feb. 20 -- The Wyoming Department of Education issued the following news release: On February 17, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow submitted a letter to President Joe Biden on behalf of State Superintendents and Commissioners representing North Dakota, Montana, Alaska and Utah. The letter, which follows, expresses the five education representatives opposition to the actions taken to ban oil and gas leases on federal land and to curtail production and t  more