SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 24 (TNSPer) -- The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development issued the following news: The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity is pleased to announce Natalie El-Deiry as the director of immigration and new American integration. El-Deiry will develop a statewide new Americans initiative and work in public-private partnerships to align relevant programs, emphasizing the integration of new Americans into Utah's workforce. During the 2021 legislative se  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, March 25 -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: By Jim Steele After two years of work, a four-function robotic rover developed for use on Mars by a 21-person Space Hardware Club (SHC) team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, will be in summer competition at the University Rover Challenge (URC) finals in the desert of southern Utah. The Adaptable Service Transport Research Apparatus (ASTRA) team rec  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 25 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following letter to Congress on the Student Eligibility in Interscholastic Activities (H.B. 11): * * * On March 22, Gov. Cox vetoed HB11: Student Eligibility in Interscholastic Activities and issued a call for a Special Legislative Session to consider financial and legal issues regarding the bill. The call is set for 2 p.m. on Friday, March 25, 2022, at the Utah State Capitol. Read the proclamation here. The governor s  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 23 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news on March 22, 2022: Gov. Spencer J. Cox signed 21 bills. The governor also vetoed one bill. This brings the total number of signed or vetoed pieces of legislation from the 2022 General Legislative Session to 143. Information on these bills can be found below. You can learn more about other bills from this session here. * HB10: Lane Filtering Amendments * HB36: Insurance Amendments * HB63: COVID-19 Vaccine  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 23 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news on March 21, 2022: Gov. Spencer J. Cox signed 67 bills. This brings the total number of signed pieces of legislation from the 2022 General Legislative Session to 121. * HB46: Utah Energy Infrastructure Amendments * HB62: Big Game Amendments * HB68: Commercial Driver License Amendments * HB76: Vehicle Merger Amendments * HB88: License Plate Revisions * HB108: Vehicle Inspection Amendments * HB121: Wat  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 24 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: Gov. Spencer J. Cox signed 84 bills. This brings the total number of signed pieces of legislation from the 2022 General Legislative Session to 314. Information on these bills can be found below. * HB21: School and Child Care Center Water Testing Requirements * HB25: Utah Rural Jobs Act Amendments * HB30: Student Tribal Regalia Use Amendments * HB31: Insurance Amendments * HB34: Cigarette Amendments   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 25 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: Gov. Spencer J. Cox signed 104 bills and allowed two bills to become law without his signature. This brings the total number of signed pieces of legislation from the 2022 General Legislative Session to 420. Information on these bills can be found below. * HB66: Public Employees' Insurance Plan Amendments * HB97: Identity Theft Reporting System Amendments * HB120: Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Ac  more

LOGAN, Utah, March 22 (TNSfund) -- Utah State University issued the following news: The Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services at Utah State University recently secured state legislative funding of $850,000 per year to support a new Alzheimer's and Dementia Research Center. This center will provide research, training, support and increased access to services for people living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia, or ADRD, as well as their families and caregivers. "  more

LOGAN, Utah, March 25 -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Lynnette Harris In the years since Utah State University and National Chung Hsing University began exploring ways to work together, beginning in 2011 and formalizing an agreement in 2018, faculty and students at the two universities have developed collaborations and friendships. Leaders from NCHU, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco, and USU met this week to extend the collaboration and explore m  more

LOGAN, Utah, March 22 -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University President Noelle E. Cockett highlighted successes that have been years in the making during the 2022 State of the University address on Monday, March 21. "We have had an amazing year," President Cockett said. "In spite of the challenges we have faced because of COVID, we have persevered; we have come through with incredible resilience and we have had many, many successes." President Cockett began b  more

LOGAN, Utah, March 22 (TNSJou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Lael Gilbert If it seems that something is too good to be true, it might just be. One strategy proposed to fight global climate change is to increase tree cover to billions of acres of treeless land, including the world's savannas. But a new study of savannas in Africa, led by Yong Zhou, incoming assistant professor in the Department of Wildland Resources, suggests this approach would be far less effective th  more

LOGAN, Utah, March 25 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Lael Gilbert Lake Aculeo is gone. Just a decade ago in central Chile, water lapped across an area four times the size of New York's Central Park, with depths up to 20 feet. But by April 2019, the water had been completely extracted, replaced by swirling clouds of dust and opportunistic vegetation rooted sporadically across a stretch of dry earth. A combination of factors contributed to the lake's ultimate de  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 24 (TNSRep) -- Western Governors University-Utah issued the following news release on March 23, 2022: * * * The College Innovation Network's study highlights an unconventional strategy for increasing student retention * * * The College Innovation Network (CIN), an initiative spearheaded by WGU Labs, today published the results of a study that highlights the importance of student connections in higher ed, and reveals that identifying shared interests through EdTech  more