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USU Blanding Nursing Graduate Created COVID Community Response Network, Continues Virus Fight

During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, Navajo Nation was hit hard with cases of the virus. Utah State University Blanding nursing graduate and Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Dawn Dilego was one of several people from the Blanding/Bluff area Read more…


USU Nationally Recognized for Pledge to 'Start by Believing' Survivors of Violence

Utah State University is being recognized by End Violence Against Women International (EVAWI) for its ongoing commitment to “Start by Believing,” an international public awareness campaign intended to educate people on how to respond to disclosures of sexual or relationship Read more…


State of the University Address Focuses on 'Flourishing'

Utah State University President Noelle Cockett delivered an upbeat State of the University address on Wednesday, March 31. You can watch the complete recording from Aggiecast. While the president’s presentation focused on a range of topics including university value, access, Read more…


Charles (Chuck) Hawkins Receives Award of Excellence from Society for Freshwater Science

Some stream scientists take a deep dive into the complexities of specific freshwater systems, while others prefer a broad view of entire ecosystems or continents. Charles (Chuck) Hawkins, from Utah State University’s Department of Watershed Sciences, spends his time working Read more…


Engaging Refugee Youth in STEM Research and Education

Researchers from Utah State University’s Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services are collaborating with the University of Utah to study how refugee students, particularly those who speak minoritized languages or dialects, are socialized into or out of Read more…


Cheese Making: Where Dairy Meets Materials Science

To food scientists, cheese is more than just an ingredient for sandwiches or an appetizer. Cheese is chemistry, biology and physics all deliciously at work, and it’s big business in the dairy industry. Utah State University food scientist, Assistant Professor Read more…


Students exchange Hershey's Kisses at COVID-friendly True Aggie Night

Freshmen Maren Archibald and Grayson Crowther stepped onto the A in front of Old Main on Friday night for their first True Aggie Night, but instead of kissing under the full moon, they exchanged a pair of Hershey’s Kisses. They Read more…


USU Faculty Award Recipients for 2021 Announced

The first annual Utah State University Faculty Awards Ceremony announced the 2021 award recipients during a livestream Zoom webinar on Tuesday, March 30. More than 60 nominees were recognized for the nine institutional awards. The 2021 USU Faculty Awards recipients Read more…


Gold Standard: Two Aggie Mathematicians are 2021 Goldwater Scholars

Utah State University students Ethan Ancell and Manuel Santana are 2021 Goldwater Scholars, named in a prestigious national competition that recognizes outstanding achievements by undergraduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The awards were announced March 26 by the Barry Read more…


Research Excellence: Ten Aggies Honored in NSF Grad Research Fellow Search

Ten Utah State University scholars are honorees of the prestigious 2021 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship search. The Aggies, whose awards are collectively valued at about $690,000, are among nearly 2,000 students selected from more than 13,000 applicants nationwide. Read more…