LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 22 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Owen Graham mentors fellow students in academics and navigating collegiate life * * * For his first research project at Utah State University, Undergraduate Research Fellow Owen Graham chose a unique, and potentially controversial, topic: Determining the ideal dog. At first glance, it might seem an unusual academic endeavor for a brainy physics and math major who is also pursuing a computer science mino  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: The NRSC released internal polling showing Senate Mike Lee holding a double-digit lead over his opponent Evan McMullin. Lee has been a great Senator and voice for the people of Utah, and it comes to no surprise that he is leading and will have a big win this November. Fake Independent McMullin would only be another rubber stamp for Washington Democrats' reckless spending agenda that is bankru  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 20 (TNSper) -- Utah State University issued the following news: On July 1, 2022, Julia M. Gossard began her tenure as the new associate dean for research in USU's College of Humanities and Social Sciences. An associate professor of history, Gossard is well-versed in quantitative and qualitative research methods and is the recipient of competitive awards from major institutions, including the American Historical Society and the Mellon Foundation. "This is an exciting time to  more

PROMONTORY, Utah, Sept. 21 -- Northrop Grumman issued the following news release: Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) successfully cast the LGM-35A Sentinel program's first inert stage-one and stage-two solid rocket motor set this summer. The casting event demonstrated the maturity of Sentinel's solid rocket motor design and validated manufacturing processes, advanced tooling, and facilities. The Sentinel program used digital engineering tools that helped iterate motor designs earlier and  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Sept. 22 (TNSconf) -- The University of Arkansas' Walton College of Business issued the following news: The Center for Business and Economic Research in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, in collaboration with the Northwest Arkansas Council, will release the yearly State of the Northwest Arkansas Region Report on Oct. 27. First published in 2011, the report measures the area's economy, comparing to peer regions such as Madison, Wis.; Ral  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 21 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2022: Attorney General Paxton has joined a Utah-led cert-stage amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court to correct a Cincinnati-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decision. The decision threatens educational institutions with significant unknown liability and loss of federal funding by not clarifying the full scope of their Title IX obligations. "The Court should grant certi  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 20 (TNSper) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: Karyn Springer, MD, respected physician, administrator, and leader, is named the Assistant Dean for Intermountain Population Health Clinical Learning in the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine (SFESOM) at University of Utah, as of October 1, 2022. The appointment is part of a joint focus between Intermountain Healthcare and University of Utah Health on the Population Health Scholars In  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 23 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Parker Hicks experiences the frontlines of pandemic care, undertakes overseas humanitarian mission * * * During 2020-21, as the COVID-19 pandemic raged and classes went to remote delivery, Utah State University scholar Parker Hicks worked long hours at Utah's Ogden Medical Center. A certified nursing assistant, the Kaysville, Utah native started each workday clad from head to toe in full personal protect  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 23 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: With record high temperatures scorching Utah into September this year and crushing previous years' records, the effect of excess carbon in Earth's atmosphere is impossible to ignore. Carbon sequestration -- or locking carbon into soils -- is the main driver of a recently announced five-year, $15 million research project funded by the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) and matching contributions fro  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: The Utah Marriage Commission, hosted at Utah State University, launched the "Stronger Marriage Connection" podcast, with the first three episodes released Monday, Sept. 19. Subsequent episodes will be released weekly. The podcast is hosted by Dave Schramm, "Dr. Dave," USU Extension family life specialist and faculty member, and Liz Hale, clinical psychologist. It features interviews with relationship experts, th  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 22 (TNSconf) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Benjamin Pykles, historic sites manager for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and author of Excavating Nauvoo: The Mormons and the Rise of Historical Archaeology in America, will present "Historical Archaeology and the Latter-day Saint Past" as part of the Utah State University Libraries' Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture series. The lecture will be 7 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Russell/Wanlass   more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 22 (TNSjou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: They say that good fences make good neighbors -- especially true when you share space with gray wolves and grizzly bears. In places like Wyoming and Idaho, ranchers have learned practical fencing strategies to help to reduce ill-fated encounters between hungry wildlife, vulnerable livestock and valuable produce. USU researchers are learning to take advantage of this hard-won knowledge, according to new research.  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 20 (TNSjou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: It's ancient, it's massive, and it is faltering. The gargantuan aspen stand dubbed "Pando," located in south-central Utah, is more than 100 acres of quivering, genetically identical plant life, thought to be the largest living organism on earth (based on dry weight mass, 13 million pounds). What looks like a shimmering panorama of individual trees is actually a group of genetically identical stems with an immense  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 22 (TNSrpt) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * New report from Utah Women & Leadership Project provides data * * * Recent U.S. Census Bureau data show that slightly more Utah women are earning bachelor's degrees than Utah men (23.4% vs. 22.6%). However, Utah has the most significant educational attainment gap among advanced degree holders in the U.S. Nationally, 13% of females and 12.4% of males have a graduate degree, but in Utah, only 9.3% of femal  more