SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 8 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following joint statement on Oct. 7, 2021, with Lt. Gov. Deidre M. Henderson, Attorney General Sean Reyes, State Senate President J. Stuart Adams and State House Speaker Brad Wilson to express their frustration and disappointment in the Biden administration's decision to expand Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments: * * * "We learned this afternoon from Secretary Haaland that President Biden wi  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 8 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news on Oct. 7, 2021: Gov. Cox and the Utah Office of Energy Development brought the providers of Utah electricity together into a Mutual Aid Agreement today in the Capitol Rotunda. This is a voluntary partnership between Rocky Mountain Power, Utah's Rural Electric Cooperatives, Utah Public Power companies. Mutual Aid Agreements are devised to ensure the power industry has proper planning, process and contingenci  more

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 8 (TNSAwa) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Catching Drops of Golden Sun: Utah State University Computer Scientist Awarded Solar Tracker Patent Utah State University computer scientist Nicholas 'Nick' Flann has long been inspired by the simple elegance of Victorian mechanical technology. He recalls childhood visits to steam engine demonstrations with his railway enthusiast father in his native England. "I was fascinated with these machines," Flann s  more

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 9 (TNSOps) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Students at Utah State University Eastern voted to adopt the Utah State University Student Association (USUSA) constitution on Oct. 6, choosing to formally join the statewide student government. The passage of the referendum marks a major milestone in the organization's history, which will now represent all students at each of the university's 30 campuses and centers. "I am excited that we have voted to pass this   more

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 6 (TNSRep) -- Utah State University issued the following news: The gender wage gap is the difference between what women and men earn for performing full-time, year-round paid work. Nationally, women earn 16 to 18% less than men. Although the gap has substantially narrowed from 41% when the Equal Pay Act was passed in 1963, varying reports estimate that it may take from 40 to 130 years to close the gap. Utah State University's Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) recently re  more

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 6 (TNSPar) -- Utah State University issued the following news on Oct. 5, 2021: * * * Utah State University Partners With Fullstack Academy to Bring More Tech Training to Utah Utah State University has partnered with Fullstack Academy, a national tech education provider, to bring tech training bootcamps specializing in coding, cybersecurity, data analytics and DevOps to the state. The live-online Utah State Tech Bootcamps will equip students with the skills needed to fill wel  more

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 9 (TNSGra) -- Utah State University issued the following news: They say that you can't have your cake and eat it too--but what about beef? Is it possible to graze cattle while maintaining healthy rangelands; to cut harmful methane gases produced by cows while keeping ranches economically sound? With the support of a major new $6.8 million grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Juan Villalba and a diverse team of collaborators will work over the next fi  more