LOGAN, Utah, Aug. 2 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * ASPIRE Unveils Utah's First Electrified Class 6 Box Truck By Kayleigh Kearsley ASPIRE has collaborated with Kenworth Sales Company to upfit a Kenworth K270E Class 6 box truck with in-motion wireless charging. This truck is a part of the Utah Electrification Initiative and has been in the works since 2023. The initiative aims to identify and implement innovative electrification strategies in Utah -- such as the via  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 30 -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: * * * Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah Launches Youth Crisis Care Program SALT LAKE CITY, UT - Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah today launched a specialized 24/7 crisis stabilization program designed exclusively for children and adolescents experiencing mental health emergencies. The Youth Crisis Care program provides immediate walk-in access to  more

LOGAN, Utah, Aug. 2 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Illuminating Abstractions: USU Mathematician Matthew Young Receives NSF CAREER Award Aggie researcher receives competitive five-year, $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to continue the study of representation theory, foster collaborations with USU colleagues and statewide network of high school teachers, engage college students in curriculum development and develop learning videos for high school te  more

MCLEAN, Virginia, July 31 -- Mars Inc., a manufacturer of snacks, food and pet care products and services issued the following news release: * * * Mars Opens New $240M Nature's Bakery Facility in Salt Lake City * Mars is officially opening its new $240M manufacturing facility for Nature's Bakery in Salt Lake City, Utah. * The new site will create more than 230 new jobs and unlock the ability to produce more than 1 billion bars each year. * In addition to the $6B Mars invested in the U.S. in  more

NEW YORK, July 31 -- Newmark Group posted the following news release: * * * Newmark Arranges $435 Million Refinancing for Iconic Starbucks Center Headquarters in Seattle's SoDo District Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK) ("Newmark" or "the Company"), a leading commercial real estate advisor and service provider to large institutional investors, global corporations, and other owners and occupiers, announces the Company has arranged a $435 million refinancing on behalf of Nitze-Stagen & Co., In  more

LOGAN, Utah, Aug. 1 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Professor Fights Student Hunger With Major Gift Professor Michael Twohig invites the Aggie community to join him and double the impact. By Shelby Ruud Jarman A Utah State University professor has made a significant donation to the Logan campus food pantry, and now he is inviting others in the Aggie community to join him to make an even bigger impact. Professor Michael Twohig recently received the D. Wynne Tho  more

LOGAN, Utah, Aug. 1 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU's Brent Black Named Fellow of the American Society for Horticultural Science By Dennis Hinkamp Brent Black grew -- and grew up with -- plants. He worked in nurseries, had summer jobs doing landscape construction and ran a small family nursery business. He was fascinated by the biology of plants and chose to study plant physiology in college. Now a Utah State University professor and Extension fruit specialist,  more

LOGAN, Utah, Aug. 1 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Utah State Athletics Unveils Recruitment, Retention Funds LOGAN, Utah -- Utah State University Athletics has unveiled new sport-specific recruitment and retention funds in response to the changing landscape of intercollegiate athletics. The donation opportunity offers Aggie Nation a way to contribute to revenue sharing as part of their Big Blue Club membership. Under the new structure, the Merlin Olsen and Wayne Es  more

LOGAN, Utah, Aug. 1 (TNSrpt) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * 21 Community Justice Advocates to Begin Delivering Limited Legal Help in Utah Debt Cases LOGAN, Utah -- This week, 21 human service professionals across Utah completed a 10-week training program and are now provisionally certified as Community Justice Advocates. These advocates will begin a 10-week intensive supervision period under the direction of licensed attorneys, during which they will support people  more

LOGAN, Utah, Aug. 1 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Audiology Professor Aryn Kamerer Awarded NIH Grant to Use AI to Identify Hearing Diseases By Jennifer Payne Utah State University's Aryn Kamerer has been awarded a three-year $500,000 Early Career Research grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders within the National Institutes of Health. The research team led by Kamerer, assistant professor in USU's Department of Speech and H  more

LOGAN, Utah, Aug. 2 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Complex Considerations for Urban Wildlife By Dennis Hinkamp In the heat of the summer, all living things -- including plants, people and pets -- are looking for relief from the heat in the form of water and food. Because of this, it's not surprising that wildlife are attracted to our comparatively lush environment. "City landscapes are irrigated and highly predictable, whereas the wildlands where they come from fl  more

LOGAN, Utah, July 30 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Gene Kim and Steven J. Spear Earn Shingo Publication Award for 'Wiring the Winning Organization' LOGAN, Utah -- The Shingo Institute, a program within the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, has announced that Gene Kim and Steven J. Spear have been awarded the Shingo Publication Award for their book Wiring the Winning Organization: Liberating Our Collective Greatness Through Slowification,   more