SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 29 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: Gov. Spencer J. Cox announced the appointment of Jennifer Strohecker as the state's new Medicaid Director. The appointment is subject to approval by the Utah Senate. "I'm very pleased to have Jennifer take on this new role," Gov. Cox said. "Her success in directing health care initiatives and fostering productive relationships with stakeholders will serve Utahns well. Among her many efforts, her   more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 26 (TNSPer) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Julene Reese Josh Dallin, Utah State University Extension assistant professor of agriculture and range in Box Elder County, was named director of the recently announced Bastian Agricultural Center. He will begin his new responsibilities Feb. 1 at what has been known as the Salt Lake County Equestrian Park. Dallin will oversee renovations of the existing facility that will allow for the continuation of equestr  more

SAN BERNARDINO, California, Jan. 26 (TNSOps) -- California State University San Bernardino campus issued the following news: Naming of an early mammal relative acknowledges work of paleontologist, CSUSB professor says Trib Live (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Jan. 25, 2022 A new fossil species of an early mammal relative has been named for the man who helped discover its location, David S Berman, paleontologist and former curator of vertebrate paleontology at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of Natural Histor  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 25 -- Mayer Brown, a law firm, issued the following news on Jan. 24, 2022: Mayer Brown announced today it has opened its 27th office in Salt Lake City, Utah. The new office will bolster the firm's offerings to the technology and investment communities in Utah and beyond, initially by adding several experienced attorneys who join from a local firm. "Joining the growing Salt Lake City technology and life sciences industries by opening an office here is consistent with our  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Jan. 28 (TNSOps) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news on Jan. 26, 2022: Mississippi State University's interdisciplinary lecture series--Race in America--spotlights the health disparities between native and foreign-born Mexicans of distinct racial backgrounds in a Feb. 7 campus event. Presented by Guadalupe Marquez-Velarde, an assistant professor of sociology at Utah State University, "Challenging the Myth of Racial Homogeneity among Mexicans in th  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 27 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Matilyn Mortensen Researchers at Utah State University were awarded a patent this month for a control algorithm they developed to improve the process of wirelessly charging vehicles in motion. Matthew Hansen, a Ph.D. student in the College of Engineering, and his mentors Regan Zane, the director of the ASPIRE research center at USU, and Abhilash Kamineni, a USU assistant professor of electrical and computer e  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 25 (TNSRep) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Lael Gilbert Rather than asking how many people it takes to change one lightbulb, Alexi Lamm wonders how many light bulbs one person can actually change. Over the last two years, Lamm, sustainability program manager for Utah State University, has watched the hard work of USU lighting teams led by Kevin Van Dyke as they swapped old, high-energy bulbs with energy-efficient LED bulbs across USU campuses statewide  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 27 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news on Jan. 26, 2022: Utah State University's Get Away Special Team CubeSat successfully deployed Jan. 26 from the International Space Station. It's alive, well and communicating with Earth. Members of the student space research team burst into cheers, jumped up and down and high-fived each other, as they watched the satellite they'd built themselves speed out from the station this morning into low earth orbit. "Ther  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 26 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: The Third District Judicial Nominating Commission has selected nominees for a vacancy on the Third District Juvenile Court. The vacancy results from the retirement of Judge Mark W. May, April 1, 2022. The nominees for the vacancy are: Frank Call, attorney, Frank N. Call; Ricky Clark, central section director, Utah Office of the Attorney General; Dixie Jackson, private and conflict GAL coordinator, GAL atto  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 26 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: The Sixth District Judicial Nominating Commission has selected nominees for a vacancy on the Sixth District Court. The vacancy results from the retirement of Judge Wallace A. Lee, April 1, 2022. The nominees for the vacancy are: Kevin Daniels, county attorney, Sanpete County Attorney's Office; Mandy Larsen, deputy county attorney, Sevier County Attorney's Office; Michael Mathie, attorney, Michael C. Mathie  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 28 -- The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development issued the following news: Gov. Spencer Cox, Lt. Gov. Deidre M. Henderson, and other state lawmakers recently launched the statewide "More Than a Flag" initiative. The Utah State Legislature passed a bill last year, creating a task force to redesign Utah's flag. At events across the state, Utah's Department of Cultural and Community Engagement will solicit ideas from people to make it better. "More than a Fla  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 26 (TNSOps) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Mary-Ann Muffoletto Public Relations Specialist, College of Science Utah State University chemistry professor Alexander Boldyrev has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the nation's top scientific honors. One of 564 honorees selected nationwide for the 2021 class of AAAS Fellows, Boldyrev will be formally recognized during the association's virtual annual mee  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 28 (TNSJou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Research focused on neurological impacts of the virus and the omicron variant * * * By Lynnette Harris This week, the results of research collaborations with Utah State University Professor Zhongde Wang's lab have been published in two journals, one aiding in understanding the severe disease course of COVID-19 and the other investigating how mutations in SARS-CoV-2 -- specifically the Omicron variant --   more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 26 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Matilyn Mortensen A Utah State University College of Engineering Ph.D. student is helping research the effects of long-term space travel on the human brain, thanks to funds from NASA. Bailey McFarland is a biological engineering student working in the Brain Micro-Engineering Lab of Yu Huang, a USU assistant professor of biological engineering. McFarland and Huang are working to understand the impacts that mic  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 29 (TNSJou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Lael Gilbert For many, an ideal forest is one that looks the same as it did before European colonizers arrived. As today's forests are hit with disturbances like fire, drought and insect invasions, restoration efforts often attempt to nudge the landscape back to this "natural" state. But historical conditions are becoming increasingly hard to achieve in a changing world, according to new research. Managers nee  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 26 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Lael Gilbert Turns out that events akin to "these unprecedented times" actually have happened before. Human history is peppered with anthropological records of big events that created social upheaval -- pandemics, drought, civil unrest -- and also with human strategies for overcoming them, according to a new publication from Stefani Crabtree. Outside threats have long created cultural instability and spurred   more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 25 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Matilyn Mortensen Undergraduate research grants from Utah State University and the College of Engineering are providing support to two engineering students using hagfish proteins to better understand macular degeneration. Dillon Weatherston and Emilee Rickabaugh are working in the lab of Elizabeth Vargis, an associate professor of biological engineering. Each of them received an Undergraduate Research and Cre  more