SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 13 (TNSper) -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: Gov. Spencer Cox has appointed the following members to serve on the Utah Board of Higher Education: Stan Albrecht, Julie Beck, Rich Christiansen, Hope Eccles, and Steve Starks. The governor's nominations are subject to confirmation by the Utah Senate. The Utah Board of Higher Education oversees the Utah System of Higher Education, which includes eight public colleges and universities and eight tec  more

LOGAN, Utah, May 17 (TNSawa) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Matilyn Mortensen Utah State University mechanical and aerospace engineering doctoral candidate Cory Goates and his adviser Douglas Hunsaker, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at USU, recently won the 2022 Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award from the 2022 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SciTech Forum. The technical paper entitled "Development of a Subsonic-Supe  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Akin Gump, a law firm, issued the following news release: For its article "Connecticut Privacy Law Adds Stitch to Confusing Legal Patchwork," Bloomberg Law quoted Akin Gump cybersecurity, privacy and data protection practice heads Natasha Kohne and Michelle Reed. The article discusses a newly enacted Connecticut consumer privacy law due to take effect on July 1, 2023, and notes that it joins comprehensive consumer privacy legislation in California, Virginia, Colorado and   more

LOGAN, Utah, May 19 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Julene Reese Information that increases understanding of the status, conditions and experiences of all social and identity groups is crucial in helping Utah local and state decision makers address current needs. The Utah State University Utah Women & Leadership Project has created a series of research reports on Utah women and girls to better understand their experiences. This report focuses on Black women in   more

MOAB, Utah, May 19 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Marcus Jensen Utah State University Moab student Porscha Doucette has been awarded the Peak Summer Research Fellowship, becoming the first student from a USU Statewide campus to receive the prestigious fellowship. Doucette is a junior majoring in social work in USU's College of Humanities & Social Sciences. Doucette will join other Peak Summer Research Fellows in the program, which starts May 16. She will work   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 17 (TNSfund) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: The University of Utah College of Pharmacy's Anticonvulsant Drug Development (ADD) Program has been awarded a five-year $34 million contract renewal with the NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) to test and identify novel investigational therapeutics for preventing the development of epilepsy and treating refractory, or drug-resistant, epilepsy (Contract 75  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 16 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: The Second District Judicial Nominating Commission has selected nominees for a vacancy on the Second District Juvenile Court. The vacancy results from the retirement of Judge Michelle E. Heward, August 1, 2022. The nominees for the vacancy are: Sandi Clemens, assistant attorney general, Utah Attorney General's Office; Cristie Roach, attorney/investigator, Utah State Board of Education; Nathan Roman, assista  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 19 -- The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development issued the following news: The Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity (Go Utah) recently announced the most significant grant funding to date from the Utah Outdoor Recreation Grant (UORG) program. The office will award $11 million in matching grants to 85 outdoor recreation infrastructure projects across Utah, totaling more than $90 million in project value -- a 9:1 investment of state dollars. The UORG recei  more

LOGAN, Utah, May 19 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory announced Tuesday that it has delivered a critical subsystem to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for integration onto the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The Cryogenic Thermal Subsystem for the Roman Coronagraph Instrument was delivered to JPL at SDL's facilities on USU's Innovation Campus. SDL designed, built, tested, and delivered the Cryogenic Thermal Subsyst  more

LOGAN, Utah, May 19 (TNSjou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Lael Gilbert Using the eyes and ears of public volunteers can stretch the reach of science, according to a new analysis from Erica Stuber from the Department of Wildland Resources and the Ecology Center. Stuber and a team of researchers examined the accuracy of information produced by citizen science apps for monitoring bird populations. They compared publicly-produced data with officially tracked numbers from   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 21 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news on May 19, 2022: Gov. Spencer Cox and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson marked their 500th day in office by releasing a list of their major achievements to the public. They also thanked state employees, legislators and community members for their help in accomplishing these goals. "The past 500 days have been exhilarating - full of challenges and rewards - and we've worked hard to invest tax dollars wisely, expand   more