LOGAN, Utah, May 28 (TNSPer) -- Utah State University issued the following news: The College of Engineering is proud to announce that Professor Marv Halling will be Civil and Environmental Engineering's new department head, effective July 1. Halling joined USU's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department as a faculty member in 1994, where he has worked in numerous service and leadership roles. He served as associate director of the Utah Transportation Center from 2006 to 2011. Since 2015,   more

LOGAN, Utah, May 27 (TNSOps) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Mary-Ann Muffoletto On the journey to becoming a proficient and well-rounded scientist, there's no substitute for getting in the lab and making a lot of mistakes says Utah State University physics professor JR Dennison. "Classes are essential, but what makes science science is the thought process that goes with testing a hypothesis," he says. More than 40 USU graduate students and 140 Aggie undergraduates can  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, May 25 (TNSJou) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: The increasing size and number of wildfires can lead to dire situations in which emergency managers must shift their focus from getting everyone out to simply minimizing human casualties. Assistant professor Dapeng Li of South Dakota State University's Department of Geography and Geospatial Sciences is working with University of Utah researchers to help emergency managers adjust their evacuatio  more

LOGAN, Utah, May 29 (TNSGra) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Anessa Pennington Researchers from Utah State University's Biological Engineering Department have received one of NASA's most competitive grants. Assistant Professor Yu Huang is the lead researcher on this grant and will receive up to $320,000 over the next four years. It will sponsor his doctoral student Bailey McFarland's research and internship at NASA to better understand -- and fortify against -- space tra  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 26 -- Gov. Spencer James Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: Gov. Spencer Cox made appointments to the following boards upon advice and consent of the Senate. Increasing diversity on Utah's boards and commissions is a key part of the Equality and Opportunity section of the One Utah Roadmap, the 500-day plan of the Cox-Henderson administration. To learn more about how to get involved on a board or commission, visit https://boards.governor.utah.gov/s/. Comments an  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 29 -- Gov. Spencer James Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: Gov. Spencer J. Cox took action on bills from last week's special session. The governor signed 16 bills, including SB1001, Appropriations Adjustments, which also had a line item veto. The letter explaining this line item veto is attached. He also signed SCR101, which recognizes the contributions of Utah's Asian American and Pacific Islanders. "I'm honored to join with Sen. Jani Iwamoto and Rep. Karen Kw  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 24 (TNSRes) -- Gov. Spencer James Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: The Governor's Office of Planning and Budget (GOPB) recently completed a study of executive branch state employees, their wages, and demographic and workplace characteristics such as gender, minority status, tenure, and work performed in order to inform efforts to narrow the gender pay gap. The study contains four key findings suggesting that while, on average, pay differences can be explained b  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 17 -- Gov. Spencer James Cox, R-Utah, issued the following joint statement with Utah State Senate President J. Stuart Adams and House Speaker Brad Wilson regarding the escalating violence in Israel: * * * "We condemn the senseless bloodshed perpetrated by Hamas. "Israel has every right to defend its land and citizens. "We stand firmly behind Israel and we pray for peace to return to the region very soon."  more

LOGAN, Utah, May 29 (TNSOps) (TNSOps) -- Utah State University issued the following news: The Utah State University Salt Lake Center has opened a greenhouse on campus that will serve students in the horticulture program by providing a hands-on learning experience. "We felt it was important to have an on-site greenhouse because it's convenient," said Paul Johnson, head of the Plants, Soils and Climate department. "Students can very easily go from the classroom to actually working with the plant  more

LOGAN, Utah, May 28 (TNSAwa) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University dietetics faculty members Katie Brown and Lacie Peterson of the Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences (NDFS) have been recognized by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) as the 2021 Outstanding Dietetic Educator Award winners in their respective categories. The awards recognize the teaching, mentoring and leadership activities of faculty in educational programs accredit  more

LOGAN, Utah, May 27 (TNSOps) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University Extension joined forces with the Extension Foundation, USU's Western Rural Development Center and the University of California to host "Climate Change in Extension: Elevating and Amplifying Action." The virtual forum brought together Extension faculty, staff, federal representatives, administrators and constituents to address the question of what the Cooperative Extension System should do to   more

LOGAN, Utah, May 27 (TNSOps) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Marcus Jensen Thanks to funding from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriation Act (CRRSAA), the Utah State University Center for Community Engagement has hired Kara Bachman as the Food Security Coordinator for the Student Nutrition Access Center (SNAC). CCE staff members Kate Stephens, Sean Damitz and Nelda Ault-Dyslin applied for the funds which will pay for the one-year position. "I'm v  more

LOGAN, Utah, May 27 (TNSPer) -- Utah State University issued the following news on May 26, 2021: Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory announced today that President H. Scott Hinton will retire effective June 30, 2021. SDL and industry veteran Jed Hancock will succeed Hinton as SDL president. "Throughout nearly two decades with SDL, first as a member of the board of directors, then as president, Scott's foresight helped the organization strengthen its role as a trusted agent of the  more

LOGAN, Utah, May 25 (TNSGra) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Three students working in disciplines within the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences were awarded Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunity Grants (URCO) to support conducting their own research in life, plant and food sciences this summer. Forage Plants with Greater Saline Tolerance: Maybe it's the Microbes Katherine Webb does plant health research with mentor Amita Kaundal, assistant professor of   more

LOGAN, Utah, May 27 -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Allyson Myers A recent study by researchers at Utah State University and the University of Notre Dame reveals that one out of six surveyed parents allowed their teenaged children to drink alcohol during quarantine. Stay-at-home orders enacted in the spring of 2020 due to COVID-19 dramatically changed daily life and created significant challenges for families. With so many rapid adjustments to work and learning, many pa  more

PULLMAN, Washington, May 28 (TNSJou) -- Washington State University issued the following news release: For decades, wealthy nations have transported plastic trash, and the environmental problems that go with it, to poorer countries, but researchers have found a potential bright side to this seemingly unequal trade: plastic waste may provide an economic boon for the lower-income countries. In a study published in the Journal of World Systems Research, Yikang Bai of Washington State University a  more