WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2025: * * * DNC Chair Ken Martin on the Utah Legislature Approving Another Rigged Map After Being Forced To Redraw Once Already Today, despite bipartisan opposition, the Utah legislature passed a new congressional map that once again ignores the will of Utahns and could give Republicans an unfair advantage amidst national pressure from Donald Trump for Republican legislatures to rig their cong  more

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 10 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Land is Kin: USU Extension Helps Wellsville Farm Through Transition to Organic Partnership Program By Nellie Williams Beneath the Wellsville Mountains, Steep Mountain Farm is transitioning to USDA-certified organic production. Its stewards, Nate and Tara Stireman, describe their work as a "community-centered, ecological and regenerative agriculture project." With funding support from the USDA's Transition to Orga  more

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 7 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Marie Eccles Caine Foundation - Russell Family Gives $5.5 Million to Utah State University Gift establishes Caine School of the Arts Endowed Directorship and scholarships in dairy science and history * Utah State University has received a transformative $5.5 million gift from the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation - Russell Family to strengthen programs in the arts, agriculture and history for generations to come. The  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 10 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Utah Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * Personal connections are key to reaching Utah veterans with suicide prevention resources Suicide is a leading cause of death in both the United States and Utah, and data show that Veterans have an increased risk for suicide-related deaths. A new report from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute sheds light on how Utah's Veterans access suicide prevention reso  more

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 8 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Professor Receives Outstanding Young Scientist Award for Dairy Science Research By Ethan Brightbill When Associate Professor Prateek Sharma was recognized with the Samuel Cate Prescott Outstanding Young Scientist Award from the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), an international society of food scientists, his department head, Professor Heidi Wengreen, was proud but not surprised. "Prateek has a genuine ex  more

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 7 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Student Senator, Undergrad Researcher, Aspiring Physician Assistant Embraces New College Home First-generation college student Breanna Cahoon hits the ground running with a human anatomy and dissection teaching assistantship, a research position in genome engineering techniques toward development of human therapeutics, work in community caregiving and hospice, along with student government leadership. By Mary-A  more

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 11 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Veterinary Medicine Students Practice Skills With Actors, Stuffed Pets in Diagnostic Challenge By Nadia Pflaum Second-year students in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Utah State University took a simulated step into the future this week, hosting veterinary clinic appointments with professional actors posing as clients, and their ailing animals of the stuffed variety. "This was Austin," Xander Hemmert s  more

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 7 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Merrill-Cazier Library Marks 20 Years as Campus Hub By Ben Dupuy The Merrill-Cazier Library, a cornerstone of learning and collaboration at Utah State University, is marking its 20th anniversary in 2025. After two and a half years of construction and the relocation of more than 1.5 million volumes, the Merrill-Cazier Library opened in 2005 as a state-of-the-art facility. Since then, the building has served as the   more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 11 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Students Complete Geologic Systems Field Course in Moab for Energy Interpretation Students at the University of Wyoming recently completed a one-credit field course in Moab, Utah, to study rock formations that are direct analogs to those being explored for carbon management in Wyoming. Open to all UW students and led by Autumn Eakin, assistant director of the Center for Economic Geology Research (CEGR)  more