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Ask an Expert – Avoid Excess this Holiday

In general, there is a trend toward excess in our lives. We live in a world where both kids and adults have come to regard overload as normal, and anything less is boring. This time of year, the concepts of Read more…


Hidden Gems Family Adventure Guides Launched

Utah State University Extension recently launched the “Hidden Gems” Family Fun at-Home Adventure Guides. The guides were created to help strengthen family connections and support positive youth development while providing family fun. According to Naomi Brower, project lead for the Read more…


USU Extension Assists with Food Distribution Event on Saturday

A food distribution event sponsored by the Utah State University Cache County Extension office, the Cache Community Food Pantry and Cache Refugee and Immigrant Connection will be held Saturday, Dec. 19, at the English Language Center in Logan, 1544 North Read more…


Utah Conservation Corps Suspends Operation of Urban Community Farm for 2021

The Utah Conservation Corps (UCC) is suspending operation of its Urban Community Farm in 2021 due to financial and logistical factors associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Urban Community Farm, based at the UCC’s Logan Office on the Utah State Read more…


$3.47M Grant Helps Improve Relationship Skills in At-Risk Teens

Kay Bradford, professor in the Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) department of the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services at Utah State University, recently received a $3.47 million grant to further his work improving relationship outcomes Read more…


ACT Guide for Adolescents Provides Online Mental Health Program for Teens

Psychologists at the Utah State University Sorenson Legacy Foundation Center for Clinical Excellence have developed a new online mental health program for teenagers struggling with anxiety and depression. The program, called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Guide for Adolescents, teaches Read more…


USU Biology Alumna Finds the Right Chemistry Amid Pandemic Challenges

While recently compounding a dose of Remdesivir, the antiviral medication used to treat COVID-19, pharmacist MaLaura Creager’s thoughts wandered back to her general chemistry class at Utah State. Creager, who earned a bachelor’s degree in biology with a minor in Read more…


Creating Safe Spaces for Anti-Racist Dialogue in Academia

Scholars for Anti-racist Fellowship in Education at Utah State University (SAFEatUSU) was founded earlier this year by USU faculty, students and staff. The goal of the organization is to create a safe space for critical anti-racist dialogue and self-reflection in Read more…


Pandemic Effects in Rural United States Shown in USU Study Conclusion

Tom Mueller, an assistant professor of sociology at Utah State University, has published a paper alongside researchers from Yale and New York University in a forthcoming installment of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Their paper “Impacts of the Read more…


USU Presidential Doctoral Research Fellow Receives Prestigious Diversity and Inclusion Award

Devon Isaacs, a clinical/counseling psychology doctoral student at Utah State University, has been named a 2021 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Awardee. Isaacs is one of only nine students nationwide to receive the award. Presented by the Association of American Read more…