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January 7, 2021
If last year’s spike in gardening interest is any indication of what this year will be like, now is the perfect time to start planning! Consider these tips with links from the Utah State University Extension Gardeners Almanac. Peruse garden Read more…
On Jan. 1, Jamison Fargo began serving as interim dean in the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services, while the search for a permanent dean is carried out. Fargo was serving as executive associate dean for the Read more…
January 6, 2021
In recent years, strides have been made to increase the number of women serving as elected officials in Utah, but there is still significant work to be done. Utah is currently ranked 32nd in the country for female representation in Read more…
Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory announced that it has successfully completed the Key Decision Point (KDP) C for NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE). KDP-C provides NASA approval for the project to begin final design and fabrication, known as Phase Read more…
Hurricane-force winds that struck Utah in early September may have been stoked by an unexpected source: typhoons in the western Pacific. Writing in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, an international team of researchers present evidence that three storms that ran Read more…
Long thought to be an individual concern, new discoveries indicate that obesity is contagious, and societal factors are a primary driver of its spread. Three Utah State University researchers will be sharing the latest findings, such as these, at the Read more…
January 5, 2021
Utah State University will provide entry testing to all students on its residential campuses in order to screen for COVID-19 as spring 2021 semester begins on Jan. 19. Rapid antigen testing will be available to students the first two weeks Read more…
As soon as the word epidemic was associated with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, Ellis Bruch, Utah State University’s Director of Emergency Management, felt his ears prick. He immediately took action, working with university leaders to formulate emergency procedures, policies and contingency Read more…
January 4, 2021
The need for food assistance in Utah has increased by 300 percent during the past year. This creates an abundance of families who don’t know where their next meal will come from. According to Heidi LeBlanc, Utah State University Extension Read more…
December 31, 2020
The Meme “How It Started/How It’s Going/How It Ended” has been named the #DigitalTrendoftheYear by student and faculty researchers at Utah State University’s Digital Folklore Project. “A meme that shows a picture of flowers captioned ‘How It Started’ next to Read more…