ST. GEORGE, Utah, April 14 (TNSEve) -- Dixie State University issued the following news: Gary Herbert, the 17th governor of Utah, will be the featured speaker at Dixie State University's 110th Commencement Ceremony that is set to honor the institution's largest-ever graduating class. During the ceremony, which is scheduled to take place on May 7 in Greater Zion Stadium on the DSU campus, Herbert will address the university's 2,273 degree candidates. Among the candidates for graduation are 25 m  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 14 (TNSBook) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Though 2020 was full of unprecedented events, more books were published by Utah State University faculty authors than the year before. 33 faculty members published 35 books in 2020, producing two more titles than 2019. This accomplishment was celebrated as part of the Office of Research and USU Libraries' Research Week event. In lieu of the Faculty Author Exhibition that normally takes place during Research We  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 14 (TNSMon) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University is disbursing its next round of federal COVID relief funds by sending a link to students who qualify to apply for the financial aid. Students who receive the link via email are asked to indicate their needs as part of the application, which should be completed by April 18. "This is part of USU's ongoing effort to disburse COVID federal relief funds in ways that directly impact students in n  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 16 (TNSAwa) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Jen Kirk, Government Information Librarian at Utah State University Libraries, received the Science and Technology Section Oberly Award for Bibliography in the Agricultural or Natural Sciences for her work on An Inventory of Published Soil Surveys of the United States. Kirk coauthored the title with Helen F. Smith of Pennsylvania State University. "Soil surveys are useful for researchers across the disciplines,   more

LOGAN, Utah, April 14 (TNSJou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Really big systems, like ocean currents and weather, work on really big scales. And so too does plastic waste, according to new research from Janice Brahney with Utah State University's Department of Watershed Sciences. The plastic straw discarded in 1980 hasn't disappeared; it has fragmented into pieces too small to see, and is cycling through the atmosphere, infiltrating soil, ocean waters and air. Microplastic  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 15 (TNSJou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Like many other viruses, Rift Valley fever virus causes disease in animals and can be transmitted to humans by infected mosquitos or through contact with the blood or organs of infected animals. Scientists at Utah State University's Institute for Antiviral Research, in collaboration with researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, conducted studies that identified specific monoclonal antibodies from peop  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 16 (TNSAwa) -- Westminster College issued the following news: Westminster alums and former US ski team athletes Jess Breda ('18) and Avery Driscoll ('18) were awarded funding for their graduate research through the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The five-year fellowship provides an annual stipend of $34,000 and an allowance of $12,000 towards their chosen graduate school. This funding not only makes graduate school attainable but o  more