SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 19 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: Gov. Spencer J. Cox has named David Johnson as the Third District Juvenile Court appointee filling Judge Mark May's vacancy. The governor's nominations are subject to confirmation by the Utah Senate. "David Johnson has a track record of excellence as a guardian ad litem, juvenile defense attorney and assistant attorney general," Gov. Cox said. "I have every confidence that he will continue to serv  more

LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 15 (TNSPer) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University has named Matthew Pinner as the next executive director of the Office of Equity. Pinner will oversee USU's systemwide compliance with nondiscrimination law and policy, Title IX regulations, and USU's policy on sexual misconduct. He joins USU at the Logan campus on Feb. 23, 2022. "Matthew brings important skills and experience in nondiscrimination, Title IX compliance, as well as in human res  more

BURBANK, California, Feb. 19 -- ABC, a division of the Walt Disney, issued the following news release: Where is Susan Powell? That's the question still haunting friends and family over a decade after the wife and mother vanished without a trace from her Utah home. "20/20" reports on the mysterious case, including the latest developments in the search for Susan's remains that her family hopes could bring answers, Susan's secret will that may have been a clue to solving the mystery, and the stu  more

LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 16 (TNSOps) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Charles Calomiris, the Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions at Columbia Business School, will present the George S. Eccles Distinguished Lecture at Utah State University on March 14. The lecture will be at 10:30 a.m. in the Eccles Conference Center Auditorium on the campus of Utah State University in Logan. All members of the public are invited. Calomiris's lecture, titled "How FinTech will transform  more

CLEVELAND, Mississippi, Feb. 18 (TNSAwa) -- Delta State University issued the following news: In March of 2019, an African American student approached Dr. Todd Davis about attending a Spring Break camping trip to Moab, Utah, with the Outdoor Recreation Education program at Delta State University. "By the time we reached Texas, her phone rang, and it was her mother who was not pleased to hear that we were headed to Utah for Spring Break," recalled Davis. Sharing her concerns about racial diffe  more

LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 18 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Mary-Ann Muffoletto * * * Noelle Beckman leads a National Science Foundation-funded, multi-institution effort investigating the evolution of plants' chemical biodiversity * * * Nature equips plants with a variety of tools to disperse their seeds. They can simply drop them or release them to the wind or a nearby stream. Plants with fleshy fruits have the advantage of enticing hungry animals to partake of th  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, Feb. 15 (TNSRes) -- Old Dominion University issued the following news: By Joe Garvey Old Dominion University researchers at the Frank Reidy Center for Bioelectrics have discovered a potential way to treat therapy-resistant cancer that exploits a common vulnerability in the malignant cells and minimizes some of the negative side effects for heathy tissues in patients. Professors Michael Kong and Hai-Lan Chen led the study, which was done in conjunction with Huntsman Cancer I  more

LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 15 (TNSOps) -- Utah State University issued the following news on Feb. 14, 2022: Two faculty members in the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services are the principal investigators on a project aiming to address the lack of representation of Indigenous culture, history and stories in the classroom. Melissa Tehee is a professor in the Department of Psychology and director of the American Indian Support Project; Breanne Litts is a professor in the Instructional  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 11 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: Gov. Spencer J. Cox signed three bills. This brings the total number of signed pieces of legislation from the 2022 General Legislative Session to 13. Information on these bills can be found below. * HB40: Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission Amendments (https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0040.html) * SCR3: Concurrent Resolution Highlighting Utah's Rare Earth Mineral (https://le.utah.gov/~202  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 16 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news on Feb. 14, 2022: Gov. Spencer J. Cox signed one bill. This brings the total number of signed pieces of legislation from the 2022 General Legislative Session to 14. Information on this bill can be found below. * SB170: Election Schedule Amendments (https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0170.html) Statement from Gov. Cox: "These changes came at the request of both major political parties and affect f  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 19 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: The Governor's Office, Utah Senate, and House of Representatives released revenue numbers for state fiscal year (FY) 2022-23. Utah is leading the nation in economic performance and continues to exceed expectations. Though Utah's economy is strong, there are significant factors, including federal stimulus wind down, that may dampen revenue gains. Updated budget estimates indicate an additional $432 million   more

LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 15 -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Steve Kent Utah State University has announced six fellows joining the Transformative Intersectional Collective (TRIC), a partnership with University of Utah's School for Cultural & Social Transformation, supported by an Andrew W. Mellon grant. The $517,000 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant will help fund three yearlong cohorts of fellows from USU, University of Utah, Weber State University and Salt Lake Community Col  more

LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 18 (TNSRep) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Julene Reese The Utah State University Utah Women & Leadership Project released a research report Thursday on sexual minority women in Utah and its effects on their economic status. Sexual minority women are defined in the report as those who do not identify as heterosexual (e.g., lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, asexual). They may face all the obstacles associated with being a woman in Utah, but there is also p  more

LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 15 (TNSOps) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Steve Kent Social work students at Utah State University are working with each other -- and building on the work of classmates who came before -- to build a program combatting homelessness in the Bear River region. Aided by a $7,500 grant from the Union Pacific Foundation, USU's Transforming Communities Initiative is currently guiding undergrads as they develop a program to engage landlords to fight homelessn  more

LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 16 (TNSJou) -- Utah State University issued the following news on Feb. 15, 2022: By Lael Gilbert As the average referee, parent of a teenager, or pundit knows, persuading an audience to listen can be an uphill battle. In this information-soaked age, much of our communication -- even when it's essential to health and safety -- gets lost in the torrent of headlines, marketing messages and cat videos that cross our screens. Strategies for creating successful social media message  more

LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 18 (TNSJou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Lael Gilbert A positive-thinking bison, oryx or black bear has a better chance of a full belly and long-term health than a neutral-thinking or pessimistic one, according to newly published research from Tal Avgar from the Utah State University Department of Wildland Resources and Oded Berger-Tal from the Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Israel. The team developed a model for animal foraging that considered "va  more