TEMPE, Arizona, Dec. 2 (TNSfund) -- Arizona State University issued the following news: The National Science Foundation has renewed a $2.5 million grant over the next two years for the the Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities (WAESO) program. Headquartered at Arizona State University, WAESO works to increase enrollment in STEM disciplines for historically underrepresented students. The WAESO Alliance was one of the first projects sponsored by the NSF's Louis Stokes Alliances for Mi  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 30 (TNSpar) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has designated a coalition of U.S. sports medicine institutions that includes University of Utah Health as one of 11 IOC research centers worldwide. The centers promote research, development, and implementation of effective prevention and treatment for sports-related injuries and illnesses. The designation reaffirms the IOC's 2017 commitment to th  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 2 (TNStalk)(TNSper) -- The Tennessee Arts Commission issued the following statement on Dec. 1, 2022, by Executive Director Anne B. Pope: * * * We are happy to share that Julia Stark has joined the Tennessee Arts Commission as Arts Learning Specialist. Originally from Tennessee, Julia comes to us now from Cedar City, Utah, where she spent several years working for the Utah Shakespeare Festival. As the Tour Booking Manager, Julia worked with Shakespeare-in-the-Schools  more

LOGAN, Utah, Dec. 2 (TNSsel) -- Utah State University issued the following news: The Utah State University Public Relations Student Society of America virtually brought in a director for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Public and International Affairs Office. On Nov. 10, Ryan Koch spoke via Zoom to USU students about previous jobs at the U.S. Department of State, which saw him work for U.S. embassies in Manila, Philippines; Kyiv, Ukraine, and Stockholm, Sweden. Before he provid  more

LOGAN, Utah, Nov. 30 (TNSfund) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Funded by a $3 million grant from the National Center for Education Research, researchers at Utah State University and the University of Texas at Austin have studied a promising solution to the decline of educational outcomes following the COVID-19 pandemic. The study, conducted in 138 classrooms in 14 schools in Northern Utah and Central Texas, was designed to rigorously evaluate the efficacy of the Supporting   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 30 -- The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development issued the following news on Nov. 29, 2022: The Utah Broadband Center (UBC), an initiative of the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity, launched "Connecting Utah." Utah received planning funds through the federal Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program and the Digital Equity Act to develop a five-year action plan to expand access to affordable high-speed internet in unserved and underser  more

LOGAN, Utah, Nov. 30 (TNSrpt) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University recently completed the first annual report for the MyUSU 2.0 engagement portal, which was launched Aug. 16, 2021. The report shows that MyUSU users have begun to adopt and take advantage of the service's capabilities and outlines how the portal's implementation is progressing and where it can be improved going forward. The report will be used to provide information on the engagement portal's  more

LOGAN, Utah, Dec. 1 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Nathan Justis, principal at Edith Bowen Laboratory School and Ph.D. candidate in Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences, is the recipient of a Fulbright Leaders for Global Schools Program Award. The award was announced in 2020 by the US Department of State and the Fulbright Scholarship Board. Justis traveled to Singapore over the summer to learn about the history, methods and culture behind the nation's K-  more

LOGAN, Utah, Dec. 1 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: A deep-space radio built by Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory is operating successfully onboard a NASA CubeSat technology demonstration mission to support Gateway, a vital component of NASA's Artemis program. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, spacecraft entered a lunar orbit following a final insertion maneuver at 5:39 p.m. MDT o  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 30 (TNSper) -- Western Governors University-Utah issued the following news release: Western Governors University has named Keith Smith as senior vice president of the Michael O. Leavitt School of Health, a national, nonprofit and accredited school of health, effective Nov. 28. Previously serving as vice president and dean of Community College Partnerships and Health Science Programs at Purdue University Global, Smith is responsible for driving the academic and operat  more