LEHI, Utah, Jan. 13 -- NetDocuments, a provider of cloud-based content services and productivity platform, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2023: NetDocuments, the #1 trusted cloud platform for law firms, corporate legal teams and business organisations, today announced that Lee & Thompson selected NetDocuments as its new Document Management System (DMS). Verlata Consulting, one of NetDocuments' Certified Services Partners, led the implementation and deployment project. Lee & Thom  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Aggie researcher is developing a predictive model for space weather events to protect defense, space exploration and communications activities. * * * 1859, 1972, 1989, 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2022. These are years of recorded solar storms pelting the Earth, in varying degrees, and reminding earthlings of the sun's intense power and potential for disruption. Communications systems, including telegraph network  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 12 (TNSjou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: The Western U.S. is a hotspot for studying climate change impacts on the hydrological or water cycle. Despite lower-than-average total precipitation in 2021, the contrasting dryness and wetness in the Western U.S. has been widely described as a "precipitation roller coaster." A new report from a team of climate scientists suggests the 2021 extreme "precipitation roller coaster" event that affected California and   more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 11 (TNSper) -- Utah State University issued the following news on Jan. 10, 2023: Utah State University has hired Isaiah Jones as its senior director for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. Jones took over this role beginning on Jan 3. Jones will work to promote institutional goals for diversity, equity and inclusion by creating opportunities for access, learning and service on and off campus in alignment with the DEI strategic framework: A Roadmap to Inclusive Excellence. "The add  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 11 (TNSper) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University has named Jacob Van den Akker as director of Academic Advising for Statewide Campuses. Van den Akker joins USU Statewide after having served as the associate director of Student Orientation & Transition Services. In this new role, Van den Akker will work with Mykel Beorchia, executive director of University and Exploratory Advising, acting as a liaison between academic advising and campus pa  more

NORTH LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 14 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news on Jan. 12, 2023: Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory and eight of its employees were awarded three patents in 2022 for inventions that will propel technology advancement in air and space. Consider this scenario: A large satellite in orbit needs a new part. Ordinarily, the satellite would experience reduced capacity -- if not become obsolete altogether. However, suppose a small satellite, collo  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 10 (TNSrpt) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Authors of a new report on the Great Salt Lake do not mince words -- without major intervention, they say, the Great Salt Lake could disappear within five years. Coauthored by Utah State University Department of Watershed Science's Patrick Belmont and Janice Brahney in cooperation with 30 other water experts and advocates, the report calls for immediate legislative action to increase water flow to the lake, espec  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 11 (TNSpar) -- Western Governors University-Utah issued the following news release: WGU Labs, an affiliate of Western Governors University (WGU), has entered into a strategic partnership with Nucleos, a social impact company with a mission to promote a more just society through education and training, to deliver WGU bachelor's degree courses to incarcerated people. The collaboration will leverage the Nucleos Learning Platform to bridge the existing IT infrastructure o  more