LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 14 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: In August, the Great Salt Lake State Park's marina was closed due to low water levels. In late September, the U.S. Geological Survey's Saltair Lake Elevation Gage could "no longer measure accurate water levels" for that same reason. These are both symptoms of the continued drying out of the Great Salt Lake, which also hit a record-low back in July. As Utah's ecological crisis continues, a USU researcher has been   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2022: Today's MAGA Hot Mic honors fall on Utah GOP Congressman John Curtis, who said the quiet part out loud on the GOP's anti-choice extremism during a debate last Thursday. John Curtis had the audacity to say, "I wish, as a man, I didn't have to make this decision. I wish women could make this decision." Someone should remind Curtis that it is Republican lawmakers who are working to take aw  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Oct. 7 (TNSfund) -- George Mason University issued the following campus news: George Mason University is among the seven schools chosen by the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation to split more than $1 million over the next three years in support of Hispanic students. Mason will join Northern Virginia Community College, Sampson Community College, the University of Connecticut at Stanford, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez   more

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 12 (TNSjou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Noelle Beckman and colleagues publish findings on competing plant predictions in 'Ecology' journal * * * The cause-effect sequence or "feedback" between plants and their soil microbial communities plays an important role in structuring plant communities. To predict this synergistic coexistence, researchers conduct short-term, pairwise experiments -- measuring growth response of two plant species growing i  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 14 -- NetDocuments, a provider of cloud-based content services and productivity platform, issued the following news release: NetDocuments announced that existing customers are accessing over 500 integrated applications within the platform every week, a significant year-over-year increase and a testament to the extensive integration capabilities enabled by the world's #1 trusted cloud-native document and content management platform's open application programming interf  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 11 (TNSjou) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: Four of 10 Americans surveyed report that they were often less than truthful about whether they had COVID-19 and/or didn't comply with many of the disease's preventive measures during the height of the pandemic, according to a new nationwide study led in part by University of Utah Health scientists. The most common reasons were wanting to feel normal and exercise personal freedom. The stu  more

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 14 (TNSper) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University President Noelle E. Cockett has named Eric Olsen as the interim vice president for student affairs, effective Oct. 13, 2022. Eric Olsen has served as the associate vice president for student affairs since 2009. Olsen will serve in the role until the completion of a national search for a permanent vice president for student affairs, the process for which will begin this fall. The search will   more

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: The group of recreation managers brandished permanent markers and sticky notes and prepared to assault an oversized map plastered across the wall of the conference room. The event was a listening session, sponsored by the Institute of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism (IORT), in Ephraim, Utah, in preparation to develop a new Outdoor Recreation Strategic Plan for the state. The map was wrong on some details -- inevita  more

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 14 (TNSper) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Cree Taylor will serve as the first special assistant to the dean for Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in the USU College of Humanities and Social Sciences. This new position in the college will see Taylor advise the CHaSS Dean's Office on DEI issues and initiatives, serve as a liaison between the college and the university on DEI programs and proposals, and organize events, including the annual USU Juneteenth c  more

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 11 (TNSawa) -- Utah State University issued the following news: The Shingo Institute, a program in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, has awarded Professor Christoph Roser the Shingo Publication Award for his book, All About Pull Production: Designing, Implementing, and Maintaining Kanban, CONWIP, and other Pull Systems in Lean Production. "Receipt of the Shingo Publication Award signifies an author's significant contribution and practical applic  more