CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, July 22 -- Chartwells Higher Education issued the following news: Chartwells Higher Education, a recognized leader in contract foodservice management, has won two 2022 Best Concepts Awards from Food Management magazine. In the Best Special Event Concept category, Chartwells' Joy-Ful campaign was named a 2022 winner for bringing engaging and uplifting moments of joy to hundreds of campuses throughout the 2021-2022 school year. In addition, UofU Dining, Chartwells' dini  more

MIAMI, Florida, July 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: Unvaccinated first responders in the U.S. were more likely to develop COVID-19 and less likely to believe in the effectiveness and safety of vaccines than their vaccinated counterparts, according to a study led by University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and published on July 19 as a research letter in JAMA Open. Miller School investigators were part of a national study of 1,  more

DENVER, Colorado, July 22 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on July 21, 2022: Under the leadership of Governor Polis, Colorado is well on its way to achieving 100% renewable energy by 2040. This past winter, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to coordinate and develop a regional clean hydrogen hub - the Western Inter-States Hydrogen Hub. Today, on behalf of Western Inter-States Hydrogen Hub, the Wyoming Energy Auth  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 21 -- NetDocuments, a provider of cloud-based content services and productivity platform, issued the following news release: Innovative law firm, Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, is a few years into its NetDocuments cloud platform use, and they have improved attorney workflow by streamlining how documents and emails are stored, easing content access and searchability, and enabling securely governed document collaboration with clients. The firm is nearing 100% user adopt  more

LOGAN, Utah, July 20 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Mary-Ann Muffoletto, Public Relations Specialist College of Science Scorching summer heat in the world's Northern Hemisphere is straining power grids, fraying nerves, fueling wildfires and sending people to the hospital. Many humans can find at least temporary respite, but their activities are having a huge impact on more vulnerable species - namely, lizards. Utah State University physiological ecologist Susa  more

LOGAN, Utah, July 20 (TNSper) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Ryan Berke, a mechanical and aerospace engineering associate professor at Utah State University, is the university's new Goldwater scholarship mentor. For decades, the mentorship role has been informally filled by physics professor David Peak. Thanks to Peak's dedication, USU consistently ranks in the top 25 of the over 600 universities with at least one Goldwater scholarship recipient. As Peak nears retirement,   more

LOGAN, Utah, July 22 (TNSper) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Lynnette Harris The new Utah State University College of Veterinary Medicine is officially USU's ninth college after receiving required approvals from university and state higher education governing groups. Leading the new college as interim dean is Dirk Vanderwall, who has served as head of USU's Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences and associate dean for the School of Veterinary Medicine since  more

ROOSEVELT, Utah, July 15 (TNSper) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University Uintah Basin is expanding local support for education students and concurrent enrollment, naming Cynthia White as a program coordinator II. White will coordinate activities and events supporting the paraprofessional certificate program in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership department within the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services. She will also be suppor  more

LOGAN, Utah, July 21 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news on July 20, 2022: By Julene Reese, Public Relations Specialist Extension The Utah State University Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) released research on the status of women leaders in Utah education in 2014 and 2017. The reports focused on the status of women's leadership in all Utah education sectors. A recent 2022 report provides an update of the K-12 segments of the research. "While Utah saw modest incre  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 19 (TNSper) -- Western Governors University-Utah issued the following news release on July 18, 2022: Western Governors University (WGU) today announced that Dr. Terrance Hopson has been promoted to the position of Regional Vice President for the Midwest Region. In his new role, the Orland Park, Illinois-based Hopson will lead university operations across a nine-state region and further raise its profile among prospective students, alumni and external partners in the r  more