PROVO, Utah, March 19 -- Brigham Young University issued the following news: Elder Gerrit W. Gong, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is scheduled to be the presiding authority and speaker during BYU's commencement exercises on Thursday, April 22, at 10 a.m. BYU President Kevin J Worthen will conduct the exercises, which will be held virtually and broadcast live on BYUtv from the Marriott Center. Jazz pianist, composer and professo  more

RUSTON, Louisiana, March 13 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Dr. Robert W. Gehl, F. Jay Taylor Endowed Research Chair of Communication at Louisiana Tech, and colleague Sean Lawson, Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Utah, recently presented research based on their forthcoming book, Social Engineering: How Crowdmasters, Phreaks, Hackers, and Trolls Created a New Form of Manipulative Communication, to a Department of Defense-sponsored speaker  more

LOGAN, Utah, March 17 (TNSJou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Greenland hasn't always been covered in ice and it may have melted away as recently as 400,000 years ago. That's among findings by a team of researchers, including Utah State University geoscientist Tammy Rittenour, released March 15 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Rittenour is featured in a KSL-TV news story (https://ksltv.com/457541/usu-geologist-examines-stunning-cold-war-relic-with-om  more

LOGAN, Utah, March 19 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news: The recent murder of eight people, including six women of Asian descent, in the Atlanta area is a deeply disturbing reminder of the increase in racism and xenophobia against Asians and Asian Americans since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Though the man charged with murder in the recent shooting denies that his actions were motivated by race, crimes such as this create great anxiety and fear. A recent re  more

LOGAN, Utah, March 16 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University ASPIRE researchers successfully patented technology for a high-power-density battery converter. Their U.S. patent issued Feb. 9 will support the center's mission to develop sustainable, economically sound electrified transportation. The patent lists two inventors: ASPIRE's director Regan Zane and Dorai Yelaverthi, a research scientist in ASPIRE's Utah Power Electronics Lab. It was in UPEL w  more

LOGAN, Utah, March 19 (TNSJou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Converting intersections to roundabouts has been shown dramatically reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities, but a closer look at the research reveals that roundabouts do not improve safety for cyclists as much as for drivers. In fact, they may actually increase bicycle crashes, especially for roundabouts with on-roadway bike lanes or no bicycle facilities. The finding comes from a recently published paper by tr  more

LOGAN, Utah, March 19 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory announced today that it has delivered a crucial subsystem to support NASA's interplanetary mission to determine the habitability of Jupiter's Galilean moon Europa. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the mission, called Europa Clipper. The search for life beyond our home planet--it's one of NASA's primary ambitions because to understand humanity's place in t  more

OGDEN, Utah, March 18 -- Weber State University issued the following news: The COVID-19 pandemic changed learning at Weber State University at all levels in the last year -- from the way courses are delivered to how students and staff interact. It's also brought new subjects of study to campus. This spring, the Dumke College of Health Professions offered a new course: HAS 3980, "Immunology of COVID-19." The interdisciplinary course is taught by three faculty members: Dumke College medical lab  more