COSTA MESA, California, Nov. 12 (TNSAwa) -- Orange Coast College issued the following news release: Orange Coast College's marketing and public relations department won 13 Medallion Awards at the National Council of Marketing and Public Relations District 6 and 7 virtual conference and awards ceremony on Nov. 9. Medallion Awards recognize outstanding achievement in communications at community and technical colleges throughout the U.S. OCC is part of the NCMPR's District 6, which includes Arizo  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 19 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news on Nov. 17, 2021: Gov. Spencer Cox and First Lady Abby Cox honored Ta'u Pupu'a, Elsie Holiday and Diane P. Stewart at a Nov. 10 awards ceremony held at the Governor's Mansion. Each year, Utah's governor honors three artists in visual art and three in performance art. Ta'u Pupu'a, who was born in Tonga and raised in Salt Lake City, played football at Weber State and the NFL, is now an opera tenor who live  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 16 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: Utah's 2021 fiscal year is ending stronger than anticipated. State leaders will have an additional $614 million to appropriate during the 2022 General Session. These funds are likely an anomaly due to federal stimulus money and economic volatility. Gov. Spencer J. Cox, President J. Stuart Adams and Speaker Brad Wilson issue the following statement regarding this surplus: "Utah's economy is thriving, and   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 16 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: Gov. Spencer J. Cox signed 10 bills. This brings the total number of signed pieces of legislation from the 2021 Special Legislative Session to 12. All of the bills from the special session have now been signed. Information on these bills can be found below. HB2002 (https://le.utah.gov/~2021S2/bills/static/HB2002.html) Unemployment Insurance Rates Amendments, Lisonbee, K. HB2003 (https://le.utah.gov/~2021S  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 19 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news on Nov. 18, 2021: Gov. Spencer J. Cox announced the formation of a new effort focused on reducing health care costs and improving health outcomes for Utahns. The Utah Sustainable Health Collaborative is the first of its kind in Utah and the U.S. "The costs of health care have become debilitating for many Utahns and rising premiums are threatening the economic future of many Utah businesses," Gov. Cox said.  more

LOGAN, Utah, Nov. 17 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news: While examining dust particles under a microscope, Janice Brahney noticed other kinds of particles mixed in with the dust. At first, Brahney assumed her sample was contaminated, but additional samples contained particles of many types and colors. The particles she stumbled on were tiny pieces of plastic, and Brahney's findings became clear: there's a lot of plastic in dust now. Brahney, an associate professor in  more

LOGAN, Utah, Nov. 16 (TNSMon) -- Utah State University issued the following news: There are middle school and high school students across the country who have the potential to excel in higher education, if only given the opportunity. Thanks to a five-year extended federal grant, the TRIO Talent Search program at Utah State University Blanding will continue to help identify these individuals and aid them in getting the tools and support they need to succeed in middle and high school and enroll i  more

LOGAN, Utah, Nov. 17 (TNSJou) -- Utah State University issued the following news on Nov. 16, 2021: As important as emissions of the greenhouse gas methane are in the climate conversation, factoring prominently in the recent COP26 conference in Glasgow, researchers have painfully little long-term data on emissions from wells and other oil and gas infrastructure. That makes answering questions about the sources and magnitudes of emissions, as well as year-to-year trends across an entire productio  more

LOGAN, Utah, Nov. 19 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Beyond her own curiosity about the natural world, Utah State University professor Abby Benninghoff owes her career path choice to her mother's insightful questions, and to a jellyfish. She described her journey to becoming Professor Benninghoff in USU's Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences and her research interests in toxicology, diet and cancer, and epigenetics at the Inaugural Lecture celebratin  more

CANYON, Texas, Nov. 18 (TNSJou) -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news: A West Texas A&M University assistant professor of environmental science helped examine weather patterns for a major new study on methane emissions. Dr. Erik T. Crosman from WT's Department of Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences in the Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences was one of several contributors to a study published Nov. 16 in Scientific Reports and funded by the Climate Progra  more