PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, Jan. 11 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff issued the following news on Jan. 10, 2022: Malcolm Jackson, a graduate research assistant at UAPB, is currently studying the potential of animal byproducts to degrade pollutants in water systems Malcolm Jackson, a graduate student of agricultural regulations at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), recently won the first-place prize for the student poster competition at the annual meeting of the Amer  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 12 (TNSAwa) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Ysabel Nehring The American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America and the Soil Science Society of America hosted an international scientific conference in Salt Lake City in November 2021 that brought together established and emerging voices from industry, government and academia. Seven Utah State University student researchers, including one undergraduate, two master's degree and four doctor  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 13 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Matilyn Mortensen As part of a research fellowship from Utah State University's Center for Intersectional Gender Studies and Research, associate professor of biological engineering Elizabeth Vargis is developing a program to provide support to transfer students through undergraduate research opportunities. "For me personally, the greatest experience I had as an undergraduate was doing undergraduate research,"  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 13 (TNSOps) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Julene Reese As more of Utah's agricultural land is converted to commercial and residential developments, one family has made a gift of $41.25 million to Utah State University to honor and preserve the state's farming past, present, and future. This gift represents the largest single donation in USU history. The Bastian family, in concert with USU Extension, has founded the Bastian Agricultural Center, which   more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 11 (TNSJou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Lynnette Harris Utah State University student Michael Clayton won the 64th American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians' pathology slide seminar award for his presentation on the 2020 outbreak of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in farmed mink in Utah. The presentation showcased the efforts of Clayton, a student in USU's Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences who is com  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 11 -- The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development issued the following statement: Last week, a Utah tech entrepreneur sent an email to many Utah leaders claiming "the Jews" are behind the COVID-19 vaccine as part of a "sadistic effort underway to euthanize the American people." The Go Utah Board joins Gov. Spencer J. Cox condemning Bateman's statement as "hurtfully antisemitic, blatantly false, and we completely reject them." Dave Bateman co-founded Entrata i  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 14 -- The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development issued the following news: The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity (Go Utah) is pleased to announce that LiveView Technologies, Inc. (LVT) will expand its Orem headquarters bringing up to 3,400 new high-paying jobs in the next 10 years. "LiveView Technologies has a unique business model that has allowed the company to grow rapidly," said Dan Hemmert, the Office of Economic Opportunity's executive dir  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 14 -- The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development issued the following news: The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity (Go Utah) is pleased to announce that LoanPro Software, LLC will expand its Farmington headquarters, bringing up to 459 new high-paying jobs in the next 16 years. "As a fintech company, LoanPro is experiencing significant growth," said Dan Hemmert, the Office of Economic Opportunity's executive director. "With this Davis County expans  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 11 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Rakesh Kaundal's Contributions to Bioinformatics Push the Boundaries of Human Knowledge * * * By Ethan Brightbill Imagine you are a scientist studying how the genetics of wheat and a particular fungus interact. The fungus has maybe 5,000 genes. The wheat might have more than 50,000 -- 10 times the number of the fungus. But to understand the relationship between pathogen and plant, you need to look at how  more

PRICE, Utah, Jan. 13 (TNSOps) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Marcus Jensen While there is no substitute for actual experience, Utah State University Eastern also has the next best thing for the officers in its police academy. Using funds from a state grant awarded to Career and Technical Education, the USU Eastern Police Academy has invested in a virtual reality training system from Apex Officer, which is helping its officers gain valuable experience. "This is brand-ne  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 13 (TNSOps) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Matilyn Mortensen Utah State University electrical engineering Ph.D. student Marium Rasheed recently received a $5,000 Women in Technology Scholarship from Cadence Design Systems. Since Cadence began this scholarship program in 2018, Rasheed is the first student from a university in the state of Utah to receive the award. According to the letter she received informing her of the award, she was selected becau  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 12 (TNSOps) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Lael Gilbert This composite of satellite images shows the receding Great Salt Lake. On the left is the lake at full capacity in December 1988, while on the right is the lake in September 2021 with 800 square miles of lakebed exposed. Water levels have reached record lows due to pressures from agricultural and municipal diversions, climate change and drought. The iconic Great Salt Lake is in serious trouble, a  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 15 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Matilyn Mortensen Two engineering student researchers at Utah State University are using student social networks to better understand how relationships impact the success of undergraduate engineering students. Engineering education graduate student Jack Elliott and undergraduate engineering student Adam Weaver are working to link student social networks to student performance and retention. To do this, Weave  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 14 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news on Jan. 13, 2022: By Lael Gilbert Rivers need water -- a fact that may seem ridiculously obvious, but in times of increasing water development, drought and climate change, the quantity of natural streamflow that remains in river channels is coming into question, especially in the Colorado River basin. Newly published research from Utah State University poses a tough question in these days of falling reservoir leve  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 14 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Phillip Brown The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University has received $750,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the construction of a new Art Research and Education Center on the Logan campus. NEHMA is one of only two organizations in the country to receive that large of a sum -- the maximum amount possible -- from the NEH, which awarded $24.7 million total in fed  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 11 (TNSJou) -- Utah State University issued the following news on Jan. 10, 2022: By Lynnette Harris When a toxic blanket of polluted air settled over Kathmandu in November of 2020, the source of the pollution seemed obvious: In preparation for the wheat-growing season, farmers in the northern Indian states of Punjab and Haryana set their fields aflame to clear out the root-bound stems left over from the rice harvest, and prevailing winds often carry the resulting smoke hundre  more