VERNAL, Utah, March 17 (TNSPer) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Marcus Jensen Utah State Uintah Basin Principal Lecturer Dennis Garner has announced his retirement at the end of the spring 2022 semester. Garner has been a lecturer at USU Uintah Basin since 1998 and leaves behind a legacy of excellence during three decades of teaching. "Dennis represents all that is good about the Uintah Basin Campus and has been engaged in campus and community development from the begin  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 15 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: Gov. Spencer Cox made appointments to the following boards upon advice and consent of the Senate. Increasing diversity on Utah's boards and commissions is a key part of the Equality and Opportunity section of the One Utah Roadmap, the 500-day plan of the Cox-Henderson administration. To learn more about how to get involved on a board or commission, visit https://boards.governor.utah.gov/s/. Comme  more

LOGAN, Utah, March 17 (TNSconf) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Lael Gilbert As the late-winter sunshine melts the snow from slopes and sidewalks, water experts are anxious for a muddy, sloppy, very wet spring. But organizers of the Spring Runoff Conference know that even a remarkably wet season won't mean recovery from the ongoing 20-year megadrought now occurring in the Western states. One wet season can't wrap up a drought, according to Hope Braithwaite and Erin Rive  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 18 (TNSRep) -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: Trust For America's Health released its annual Ready or Not Report this week, which found that Utah is among the top states prepared for public health emergencies. The report, Ready or Not 2021: Protecting the Public's Health Against Diseases, Disasters and Bioterrorism, measured states' performance on 10 key emergency preparedness indicators placing 20 states -- including Utah' in a high level o  more

LOGAN, Utah, March 18 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news on March 17, 2022: By Brielle Carr Utah State Today regularly highlights work created by the talented student journalists at Utah State University. The following story was published in The Utah Statesman prior to its inclusion in Utah State Today. The Natural Center for Biotechnology Information found 60-80% of primary care visits in the U.S. are related to stress. Matthew Wappett is the executive director of U  more

LOGAN, Utah, March 15 (TNSfund) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Marcus Jensen Just how much influence can artificial intelligence-enabled surveillance technology have on how a society is governed? This is the key question Utah State University researchers Jeannie Johnson and Briana Bowen are looking to answer, thanks to a three-year, $1.49 million grant from the Department of Defense and its Minerva Research Initiative. Johnson and Bowen are studying the effect of AI sur  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 15 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: Gov. Spencer J. Cox signed 24 bills. This brings the total number of signed pieces of legislation from the 2022 General Legislative Session to 54. Information on these bills can be found below. * HB13: Special License Plate Designation * HB14: Board of Bank Advisors Sunset Extension * HB15: Child Care Amendments * HB17: State Small Business Credit Initiative Program Fund Amendments * HB20: Extension   more

LOGAN, Utah, March 17 -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Tabitha Smiel Communications Assistant On a recent episode of the Instead podcast, Professor Ronald Sims described biological engineering as the "unique opportunity to integrate with all the sciences." "In biological engineering, the idea is that you use biological principles to innovate into many other disciplines, which would be medical, pharmaceutical, environmental," Sims said. "Even if you're building a rocket   more

LOGAN, Utah, March 18 (TNSPro) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University's Aggies Think Care Act initiative will offer a new program this spring to help students learn to engage in civil discourse and find mutual understanding on politics, culture, and society. Modeled after the Divided We Fall: Unity Without Tragedy documentary, the Aggie Talks program will start with a kick-off lecture by communications expert Clair Canfield, followed by four weekly student dis  more

LOGAN, Utah, March 17 (TNSconf) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Historian Richard Turley Jr. will present "From Utah State University to Utah State Prison: The Rise and Fall of Mark Hofmann, Forger and Bomber" at 7 p.m. March 30 in room 101 of the Merrill-Cazier Library as the Friends of Merrill-Cazier Library's spring lecture. Hofmann attended USU in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1980, he walked into the Merrill Library's Special Collections and Archives with a discov  more

LOGAN, Utah, March 16 (TNSfund) -- Utah State University issued the following news: The Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Foundation announced today a gift of $2.5 million to support a new building that will be home to experiential learning programming at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. This most recent gift adds to the more-than $4 million previously given by the Miller Family Foundation to the Huntsman School to support programs aimed at preparing students with t  more

LOGAN, Utah, March 18 (TNSEco) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Lyndi Robins Utah State University's College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHaSS) is excited to announce that a new building, the Mehdi Heravi Global Teaching and Learning Center, is coming to the Quad. The two-story, 37,700 square-foot building will house programs in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, including the Intensive English Language Institute (IELI) and the Master of Second Languag  more

LOGAN, Utah, March 16 (TNSJou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Lael Gilbert Big trees play an outsized role in old-growth forests; from offering fire resistance to producing strong genetic offspring, big trees give forests multiple ecological advantages. New research gives managers yet another reason to honor the behemoths -- big trees protect melting snowpacks in water-stressed environments. The research from Michaela Teich, Kendall Becker and Jim Lutz from the Departm  more