LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 24 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Aggie Advantage Grant Continues to Support College Access at Utah State University Utah State University is reaffirming its commitment to making higher education accessible and affordable for all students with the continuation of the Aggie Advantage Grant for Fall 2026. This initiative rewards new incoming students who take the crucial step of submitting the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. Beg more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 25 (TNSrpt) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Annual Report Highlights Growth in Support and Prevention from USU Civil Rights and Title IX Office Utah State University's Civil Rights and Title IX Office has released its 2024-25 Annual Report, highlighting continued growth in support services and prevention education. The office staff provided hundreds of individualized safety assessments and coordinated supportive measures across all USU campuses. N more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 26 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Eastern Utah Economic Summit Set for Oct. 13-14 at Utah State Eastern PRICE, Utah -- Business, education, government and community leaders are invited to attend the 2025 Eastern Utah Economic Summit on Oct. 13-14. The event, featuring U.S. Senator John Curtis, is hosted by Utah State University Eastern. This annual event has become a premier gathering for collaboration, innovation and economic growth in Eastern U more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 27 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Feelings From the Forest: USU Doctoral Candidate Leads Community Nature Engagement Efforts Ecologist Kate Hunter, who conducts research on bees in Biology's Kapheim Lab, serves as director of education for the Logan Canyon-based nonprofit Stokes Nature Center. By Mary-Ann Muffoletto Cache Valley, home of Utah State University's main campus, is known for its scenic agricultural fields and rivers, along with sweep more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 27 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Highest Number of Gilman and Boren Study Abroad Scholarships Ever Awarded at USU By Katie Davidson Eighteen Utah State University students have been awarded prestigious study abroad scholarships during the 2024-25 academic year cycle, the highest numbers of both Boren and Gilman recipients in an award cycle to date at USU. Three students received Boren Awards to study abroad for critical language learning and na more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 26 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Utah Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute commemorates "10 Years of Impact" This month, the University of Utah's Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute commemorates "10 Years of Impact" with the release of its "2025 Report to the Community." Over the past decade, the Institute emerged as Utah's premier source for economic, demographic, and public policy research that guide more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 26 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Professor Honored in Long Line of USU Sociology Researchers By Andrea DeHaan Utah State University Sociology Professor Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad has been named the 2025 recipient of the William R. Freudenburg Award of Merit from the Rural Sociological Society. She was recently honored at the Natural Resources Research Interest Group business meeting in Salt Lake City. Schad is a recognized scholar in environmenta more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 25 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Space Dynamics Lab Shares Open-Source Software to Detect Potentially Dangerous Meteors Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory has released open-source software to detect potentially harmful shooting stars, called bolides -- bright meteors that explode as they enter Earth's atmosphere. The software, StarFall, can be downloaded at github.com/SPACE-DYNAMICS-LABORATORY/STARFALL. "Shooting stars, or meteors more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 25 -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: * * * $21.6M Grant Powers Research to Understand Link Between High Blood Pressure, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia In six massive laboratory freezers at the University of Utah, nearly 40,000 blood samples wait in frozen stasis. They represent four years of data from one of the largest studies of hypertension in the U.S.: an intensive blood pressure intervention study called the SPRINT trial.  more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 25 (TNSjou) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: * * * Having Trouble Concentrating or Remembering? It's Not Just You, Study Finds A new study shows a sharp rise in rates of cognitive disability within the U.S. over the past decade. Adults under the age of 40 experienced the greatest increase in risk, with 2023 rates of nearly 1 in 10. "I was shocked at first," says Ka-Ho Wong, research associate of neuroimmunology at University of U more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 24 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Utah Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * Top community needs in Utah relate to affordable housing and community services for low- and moderate-income individuals Utah benefits from a high concentration of commercial banks, industrial banks, and other financial institutions that engage in Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) activities throughout the state. A new report from the Kem C. Gardner Policy  more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 27 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Announces Key Priorities After Collaborative Statewide Enterprise Redesign Over the past eight months, nearly 800 faculty, staff, students and community members from across Utah State University and throughout the state of Utah have engaged in a robust review and redesign of USU's Statewide Enterprise. The vision was led by the USU Statewide Enterprise Co-Design Council, alongside Senior Vice President for th more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 25 (TNSxrep) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Distributes 2025 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report Utah State University has released its 2025 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, which outlines campus crime statistics, fire safety data, and university policies related to campus safety. The report is published each year in accordance with Utah Code Section 53B-28-401, the Campus Safety Plan, and the federal Jeanne Clery Act. It is designe more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 24 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Extension Presents Rural Workforce Research at Digital Access Research Forum Utah State University Extension program planners and researchers presented new findings at the Federal Reserve Bank's Digital Access Research Forum in Kansas City, Missouri, this month. The team shared results from the abstract, "Extension Education for Economic Development: Evaluating Workforce Development Training for Rural Utah Re more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 23 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Fulfills All Requirements of 2020 Department of Justice Resolution Agreement Utah State University has officially fulfilled all provisions of the 2020 Resolution Agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. The DOJ has issued a formal notice confirming the university has fulfilled every requirement of the agreement and noted it "appreciates the university's commitment to providing a working and learning envi more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 26 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Researchers Develop New Model to Improve IT Training, System Adoption Organizations spend billions of dollars each year on IT training, yet employees often remain frustrated when adapting to new systems. Even small technology migrations -- such as moving from PeopleSoft to Workday or switching learning platforms -- can disrupt productivity, raise costs and slow adoption. A new theoretical model from Utah Stat more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 23 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * 2025 Arrington Lecture Celebrated Legacy of Church Historians By Ben Dupuy This fall, Utah State University Libraries hosted the annual Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture, which drew more than 200 attendees to the Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall on Sept. 18. The 2025 lecture featured acclaimed historian Richard E. Turley Jr., whose presentation titled "Team History: The Latter-day Saint Historical Ente more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 26 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Lyric Rep Secures Record Grants Ahead of 60th Anniversary Season By Emma Lee Alongside the celebration of its 60th anniversary and the grand reopening of the Caine Lyric Theatre, the Lyric Repertory Company will launch its 2026 season with the added momentum of receiving some of the largest grants in its history. This year, Lyric Rep received $17,000 from the Utah Division of Arts and Museums and $20,000 in Recr more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * New Research on Reducing Grizzly Conflicts Looks to Spread Word on Bear Spray By Lael Gilbert In and around Yellowstone National Park, the number of grizzly bears is on the rise -- and so, coincidentally, is the number of human recreationists using the trails, picnic sites and campgrounds in the heart of the animals' habitat. Encounters between humans and bears are increasingly likely, said Anna Miller f more PR