WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on June 2, 2025: * * * ICYMI: DNC Chair Ken Martin Lays Groundwork to Win Back Red States With Crucial State Party Investments In Arkansas, Utah, and Florida, DNC Chair Ken Martin is outlining and implementing his vision to build a strong Democratic Party operation that can mobilize voters and begin the necessary work to flip these states blue. As part of Chair Martin's mission to "organize everywhere, w more PR

LOGAN, Utah, June 5 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * NASA Testing USU's 3D-Printed Hybrid Rocket Motor for Safer Moon Landings By Madeline Buskirk Experts at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are conducting critical tests on a hybrid rocket system developed at Utah State University's Propulsion Research Laboratory. Stephen Whitmore, a professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, worked alongside graduate students Ryan T more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 3 (TNSjou) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: * * * Fruit Flies on Cocaine Could Reveal Better Therapies for Addiction For the first time, researchers have created genetically modified fruit flies that can become addicted to cocaine. The flies will self-administer cocaine if given the option. The new model could prove immensely valuable for the development of new therapies to prevent and treat cocaine use disorder, a growing and dead more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 6 (TNSjou) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: * * * Lower BMI Doesn't Improve Mental Health After Weight-Loss Surgery. Here's What Does. Key points: * Weight-loss surgery reduces weight stigma for most patients. * Lower weight stigma, but not lower BMI, is linked to better mental health. * Continuing to experience weight stigma raises the risk of mental health concerns and disordered eating. IMPACT: Reducing societal weight stigm more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 4 -- The University of Utah Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * Students at Utah postsecondary institutions received 350,000 federal student aid awards totaling $1.6 billion in the 2022-23 school year States and the federal government share a vital economic relationship. This data summary, the twelfth in a series on state and federal economic linkages from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, presents the Utah-federal government  more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 6 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Utah Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * Utah Consumer Sentiment Increases Slightly in May Utah's consumer sentiment rose 1.4% in May, according to the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute's Survey of Utah Consumer Sentiment. This modest monthly change (from 80.0 in April to 81.1 in May) falls well within the survey's margin of error. A similar survey conducted by the University of Michigan found no cha more PR

LOGAN, Utah, June 7 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Brigham City Region Launches 'Help Aggies Thrive' Scholarship Campaign to Empower Local Students Utah State University Brigham City Region is launching a new direct-ask scholarship initiative, the Help Students Thrive campaign, aimed at raising scholarship funds for local students. All contributions to the campaign will go directly toward scholarships for students in the local community, helping them achieve th more PR

LOGAN, Utah, June 7 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Business Services Highlighted at National Conference By Emma Lee LOGAN, Utah -- Keri Shoemaker, financial officer for the Caine College of the Arts, recently returned from presenting at the Western Association of College and University Business Officers annual conference. Since 1937, WACUBO has provided business officers in the Western region with opportunities for professional development, problem-solving in  more PR

LOGAN, Utah, June 6 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Doctoral Student Wins National Award for Study on International Student Tax Challenges By Sydney Dahle LOGAN, Utah -- Utah State University doctoral student Dorcas Anabire has been named a recipient of the 2025 Graduate Research Award from the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing for her dissertation-in-progress, "Filing Income Taxes in the United States: Challenges for International Graduate Students." more PR

LOGAN, Utah, June 6 (TNSjou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Researchers Develop Device to Study Early Stages of Age-Related Vision Loss By Madeline Buskirk Researchers at Utah State University are working to gain a deeper understanding of age-related macular degeneration, one of the leading causes of vision loss in older adults. Elizabeth Vargis, an associate professor in the Biological Engineering Department, and graduate researcher Chase Paterson have engine more PR

LOGAN, Utah, June 4 (TNSjou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Researchers Find Relationship Building, Local Cultural Knowledge Key for Indigenous Learners MOAB, Utah -- A new study published by researchers at Utah State University sheds light on the critical role of relationship building and the use of local cultural knowledge in creating a climate change module best suited for Indigenous learners. The research, titled Building Relationships for Meaningful Co-Cre more PR

LOGAN, Utah, June 3 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Undergrads Experience Life Sciences Research in Immersive Summer Mentorship Program In biology faculty member Robert Schaeffer's Lab, scholars Sage Yazzie and Noah Todachiny, with doctoral student mentor Valerie Martin, explore varied nectars' effects on bumble bee health and behavior. Yazzie and Todachiny, along with fellow Native American Mentorship Program participants, present their research 9 a.m. June 10 i more PR

LOGAN, Utah, June 5 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU, CAPSA Host Conference to Educate Community on Domestic and Sexual Violence Domestic and sexual violence prevention remains the focal point as Utah State University and CAPSA once again collaborated to host more than 300 attendees at the fourth annual Northern Utah Conference to End Violence on June 4 at the Riverwoods Conference Center in Logan. With the theme "A Call for Collaborative Leadership," this year's more PR

LOGAN, Utah, June 5 (TNSrpt) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * UWLP Publishes White Paper on Strengthening Girls & Women Across Utah By Kolene Anderson The Utah Women & Leadership Project at Utah State University has released a new white paper titled What Utahns Can Do to Strengthen Girls & Women: Findings from Community Conversations Across Utah. The report integrates insights from 28 county-level "think tank" discussions (Uintah Basin hosted two counties) held stat more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 6 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Researchers: Sharp-Tailed Grouse in South-Central Wyoming Potentially a Distinct Subspecies For decades, a population of grouse in south-central Wyoming and northwest Colorado has been identified as Columbian sharp-tailed grouse, the same subspecies that can be found in far western Wyoming near Jackson along with Idaho, northern Utah and parts of the Pacific Northwest. But new research led by University more PR