LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 30 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * A Message to All Aggies from USU's Next President, Brad L. Mortensen * Editor's note: the following is a message from USU's next president, Brad Mortensen Dear Aggie Family, I am honored and excited to join Utah State University as its 18th president. From my first experiences with the Aggie community over 30 years ago, it has always been clear that USU is a place where people care deeply about students, one a more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 27 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * A Race to the Bottom in Utah on Book Titles Banned in Every School * (NEW YORK)PEN America released the comment below in response to news that Utah added a 19th book to its list of books that are banned in every school in the state, putting the young adult novel Thirteen Reasons Why on t more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following statement: * * * Shutdown Hurts Local Economies as Federal Workers Wait for Pay Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) issued the following statement from Jill Homan, Deputy Director of Trade & Economy Policy and Campaign Director, regarding the ongoing government shutdown and its impact on local economies: "Every day the government remains shut down, local economies across America feel the strain. From V more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 29 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * ASPIRE Demonstrates Wireless EV Charging at 2025 Utah STEM Fest * A mesmerizing interaction with ferrofluid, an awe-spiring chemical reaction, a chance to experiment driving an electric vehicle simulation these can all spark interest in STEM-related careers as students discover the possibilities that exist in these fields. To foster these opportunities, the STEM Action Center organized the 2025 Utah STEM Fest on more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 29 -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints issued the following news release: * * * Open House and Dedication Dates Announced for the Lindon Utah Temple Location and rendering released for Piura Peru Temple * Lindon Utah Temple The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the dates for the open house and dedication of the Lindon Utah Temple. A media day will be held on Monday, March 9, 2026. Invited guests wi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Community Members Testify in Utah and Wyoming, Demanding Rocky Mountain Power Invest in Clean Energy * SALT LAKE CITY and LARAMIE, Wyo. Last night, clean energy advocates and community members rallied at hearings in Utah and Wyoming to speak out against Rocky Mountain Power's latest energy plan, known as an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). The 2025 IRP, filed by the utility's parent company more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 30 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Create Better Health (SNAP-Ed) Program Pivots After Funding Cuts, Government Shutdown * After 26 years as Utah's implementing agency for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed), Utah State University Extension's Create Better Health program has transitioned to a hub structure. The model will provide a collaborative approach to advancing nutrition-secure communities in every county in Utah more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * CURTIS, CANTWELL INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO SUPERCHARGE U.S. FUSION MANUFACTURING * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators John Curtis (R-UT) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) today introduced the Fusion Advanced Manufacturing Parity Act, innovative bipartisan legislation to strengthen American competitiveness in fusion energy and secure domestic supply chains fusion components. Companion legislation has bee more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 31 -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2025: * * * Elder and Sister Andersen to Speak at Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults The broadcast, titled "The Prophet and the Temple Point Us to Jesus Christ," will be available on November 2 in the Americas, November 9 in other areas * Elder Neil L. Andersen and his wife, Sister Kathy Andersen, speaking from the grounds of the Washington D.C. Temple, will sha more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA issues final approval for copper mining project in Utah * DENVER \- Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved an aquifer exemption request from the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (UDEQ) that will allow the expansion of copper mining in a part of the Burro Canyon aquifer in San Juan County, Utah. Working with UDEQ, EPA determined that a limited portion of the Burr more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Oct. 30 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN's College GameDay Built by The Home Depot Returns to Salt Lake City Ahead of Big 12 Showdown Between No. 17 Cincinnati and No. 24 Utah * * Utah legend and College Football Hall of Famer Alex Smith to serve as this week's celebrity guest picker * Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham joins the set live ESPN's College GameDay Built by The Home Depot will be live fr more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 27 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Finding Me: USU Language Scholar Recounts Personal, Academic Journey of Discovery * For undergraduate language scholar Laura Finlayson, attending Utah State University was a no-brainer. "My parents and three older siblings are all Aggies, so USU felt right at home for me," says Finlayson, who spent her early childhood years in Logan, before moving with her family to Ogden and graduating from Weber High School in more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 29 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Heads Together: Hansen Life Sciences Retreat Fosters Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration * Utah State University's inaugural Hansen Life Sciences Retreat was a small, modest affair, when it started some 15 years ago. "At our first retreat, we gathered at the American West Heritage Center and held breaks outdoors, helping ourselves to snacks out of the back of Professor Joanie Hevel's car," said Lance Seefel more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Questions Experts on Permitting and Consultation Processes Under National Historic Preservation Act * WASHINGTON During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on proposed changes to the National Historic Preservation Act, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, asked Dr. Chris Merritt, Utah's State Historic Preservation Officer, an more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2025: * * * Heinrich Questions Experts on Permitting and Consultation Processes Under National Historic Preservation Act During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on proposed changes to the National Historic Preservation Act, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 31 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Internship to Career: USU Industrial Hygiene Undergraduate Lands Dream Position * Utah State University undergraduate Andrew Garza had never heard of industrial hygiene when he began studies at the school's Logan campus. "I was interested in chemistry and biochemistry and considered those as possible majors," says Garza, a first-generation college student from Springville, Utah. "My advisor urged me to consider  more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 31 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Michael Twohig Presents 2025 D. Wynne Thorne Lecture * Michael Twohig gave the 2025 D. Wynne Thorne Lecture to an audience of colleagues, students and other members of Utah State's research community on Oct. 28. Twohig, the recipient of the 2025 D. Wynne Thorne Career Research Award, is a professor in the combined clinical/counseling Ph.D. specialization in the Department of Psychology and the co-director of the more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 29 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Professors Awarded Grants to Explore Math, Literacy Teaching Methods of Utah's Exceptional Teachers * Tye Campbell and Qi Si, assistant professors in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership (TEAL) within the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services, were recently awarded ULEAD (Utah Leading through Effective, Actionable, and Dynamic Education) grants from the Utah State Board of Education t more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 [Category: Media] -- The Annenberg Public Policy Center issued the following news release: * * * Public Not Highly Knowledgeable About Safety of MMR Vaccine or Risks of Getting Measles * Nearly 1,650 cases of measles in 42 states have been confirmed this year in the United States by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the largest annual number in 34 years. This includes a fresh outbreak of over a hundred people that began in late summer i more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 29 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Rising Tide of Undergraduate Research Will Be Showcased at Annual Symposium * LOGAN Utah State University is experiencing record-breaking undergraduate research participation, with increasing numbers of students conducting studies across topics ranging from film analysis to cherry orchard health. Over 250 student research presentations will be featured at the 2025 Fall Student Research Symposium, an event that g more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO Communications Workers of America posted the following news release: * * * Sundance Institute Workers Form Union with CWA * PARK CITY, Utah - Workers at Sundance Institute have formed a union, represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 9003, and delivered a petition to Sundance leadership today demanding union recognition. The workers have asked management to recognize the union by Friday, October 31st. The workers  more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 1 -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints issued the following news release: * * * Temple Square Renovation Update: October 2025 The 270-foot-tall north tower crane is removed, while construction begins on a new accessible entrance for the Relief Society Building The 270-foot-tall north tower crane that has operated on Temple Square for more than four years has been removed, signifying another milestone toward the completion of the Salt Lake Temple. Th more PR

SPRING, Texas, Oct. 29 -- Hewlett Packard Enterprise, an information technology company, issued the following news release: * * * University of Utah and the State of Utah to accelerate medical research and expand regional economic development with a sovereign AI factory powered by HPE and NVIDIA By more than tripling the University's computing capacity, the deployment will drive healthcare breakthroughs, economic development, and scientific discovery In this article * The sovereign AI facto more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 29 -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: * * * Malaria Parasites are Full of Wildly Spinning Iron Crystals. Scientists Finally Know Why. Every cell of the deadly Plasmodium falciparum parasite, the organism that causes malaria, contains a tiny compartment full of microscopic iron crystals. As long as the parasite is alive, the crystals dance. They spin, jolt, and ricochet in their little bubble like change in an overclocked washing mach more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (TNSLrpt) -- The University of Utah Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, Salt Lake City, issued a report indicating that more than 70 percent of Utah jobs will require some form of postsecondary education by 2031. The analysis reveals that 70.6 percent of jobs in the state will soon demand education beyond high school, underscoring the accelerating need for a highly skilled workforce to sustain Utah's economic growth and opportunity. The report highlights that Utah already has a more ST

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 31 (TNSjou) -- The University of Utah issued the following news release: * * * Conflict, climate change and public health The U's Andrew Linke is one of 128 contributors to the Lancet Global Report, the most comprehensive assessment on climate change and health. Linke and colleagues focused on climate-related violence and community health. * The ninth 2025 global report of The Lancet on health and climate change was released on Oct. 29, 2025. The Lancet Countdown, more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 30 -- The University of Utah issued the following news release: * * * Who benefits from neighborhood parks? A first-of-its-kind study found that public greenspaces are unevenly distributed in nearly all U.S. communities, leaving some residents--particularly those in ethnic enclaves--without access to a park walking-distance from their homes. * Green spaces are a virtue to their surroundings; they improve air quality, reduce extreme temperatures and can mitigate ha more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 30 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Libraries Hosts Lecture on Science of Conversation * LOGAN Utah State University Libraries welcomed students, faculty and community members to the Merrill-Cazier Library on Oct. 29 for an insightful evening with Stephanie Borrie, professor of speech pathology and director of the Human Interaction Lab at USU. The lecture, titled "Conversational Chemistry," was presented as part of the Friends of the Merrill-C more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 30 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Tooele to Host Open House on Nov. 14 to Showcase Remodeled Campus * TOOELE, Utah After nine months of planning and construction, the Utah State University Tooele campus will show off its newly remodeled spaces. The campus will host an open house from 3-7 p.m. Nov. 14. All members of the local community are invited to tour the campus and to see its redesign. "As we went through the planning process, we soug more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The Utah Petroleum Association (UPA), Cottonwood Heights, and the Utah Mining Association (UMA), Salt Lake City, have submitted a public comment letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expressing support for a proposed boundary expansion of the Northern Wasatch Front (NWF) 8-hour ozone non-attainment area. This proposal, which follows a request from Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox, aims to include a significant portion of Tooele County, including the U.S. Magnesiu more ST

UTRECHT, The Netherlands, Oct. 27 (TNSjou) -- Utrecht University issued the following news: * * * Why earthquakes sometimes still occur in tectonically silent regions Earthquakes in the American state of Utah, the Soultz-sous-Forets region of France or in the Dutch province of Groningen should not be able to occur even if the subsurface has been exploited for decades. This is because the shallow subsurface behaves in such a way that faults there become stronger as soon as they start moving. A more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 28 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Weaving Our Stories Conference Inspires, Empowers Participants * BLANDING, Utah Utah State University Blanding hosted the second annual Weaving Our Stories Conference on Sept. 23-25. The goal of the conference was to bring together students, faculty, staff and community members to support, celebrate and productively engage with Native American students and communities throughout the USU system and beyond. "The W more PR