LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 7 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Humans don't hold a monopoly on COVID-19 infections -- we've passed the virus on to other animals: dogs, cats, lions, mink and deer, to name a few, and researchers don't yet know much about how SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) moves through animal populations. Kezia Manlove from the Quinney College of Natural Resources is working to change that. Manlove is leading a team at Utah State University as part  more

MARQUETTE, Michigan, Feb. 7 (TNSfund) -- Northern Michigan University issued the following news: Three Northern Michigan University students have been awarded Spooner Research Grants of up to $500 each to support their ongoing research projects under the supervision of faculty advisers. This year's recipients are Ender Harris of Negaunee, Delaney Anderson of Lake Orion, Mich., and Rylee Jensen of Clearfield, Utah. Harris' project is titled "Evaluating Cognitive Deficits Associated with Chemoth  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The Ripon Society issued the following news release: In remarks yesterday morning before a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society, three new members of the Ways & Means Committee discussed their new roles on the influential tax writing panel and some of the priorities they plan to work toward in the coming year. The members were: Randy Feenstra, who represents the 4th District of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives and was elected to Congress in 2020; Blake Moore,   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: Seven University of Utah projects have received seed grants designed to enhance research and infrastructure in data science and data-enabled science. The grants, supported by the new One Utah Data Science Hub, will focus on projects utilizing methods including machine learning, artificial intelligence, and visualization toward solving societally relevant problems within basic and health sc  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 8 (TNSper) -- The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance issued the following news: The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance ("TDCI") proudly announces that Mark Wiedeman will serve as director of TDCI's Captive Insurance Section. A Utah native, Wiedeman is a graduate from Brigham Young University with a bachelor of arts in history and a master's in public administration. Wiedeman began his regulatory career working as a valuation analyst for the Utah  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 11 (TNSjou) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: As more states legalize marijuana for recreational use, researchers are looking into the potential health effects of cannabis use during pregnancy. In a new study presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting(TM) -- and published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology -- researchers unveiled findings t  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: Aylin Rodan, MD, Ph.D., FASN, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and Associate Director of the Molecular Medicine Program at University of Utah Health, has been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). The American Society for Clinical Investigation is a nonprofit that seeks to support the scientific efforts,   more

LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 11 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University released changes Friday to its sexual misconduct and discrimination policies and procedures. Most noticeably, the university now defines consent for sexual activity as an "affirmative agreement." Sexual exploitation has also been specifically added in the policy as prohibited conduct. Other changes include the following: * Procedural updates to increase consistency in the process for sexual  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 11 (TNSres) -- The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development issued the following news: The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity awarded Claire Manufacturing I, Inc (Dandy) a temporary, marginal tax reduction for its expansion in Utah. The post-performance corporate incentive is part of the Legislature's Economic Development Tax Increment Financing (EDTIF) program. As part of the agreement, Dandy plans to bring up to 200 new high-paying jobs in Utah du  more

LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 10 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University recently sent its largest cohort of graduate students to a national conference for aerospace research, development and technology. Aerospace engineering students from the AeroLab presented 11 papers at the annual American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SciTech Forum on a number of topics spanning the aerospace field. "It takes a lot of work to write a good paper for these confere  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 9 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Analysis includes a data repository, research, and policy options that will help return the lake to healthy levels * * * Declining water levels of Great Salt Lake threaten economic activity, local public health, and ecosystems. In response to this emergent statewide challenge, Utah's research universities formed the Great Salt Lake Strike Team, a collaboration of experts in public policy, hydrolog  more

LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 7 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory announced that it has successfully completed critical space environment tests for NASA's Atmospheric Waves Experiment, known as AWE. Planned for launch to the International Space Station, AWE will study gravity waves in Earth's atmosphere to gain a deeper knowledge of the connections caused by climate systems throughout our atmosphere and between the atmosphere and   more

LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 8 (TNSawa) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Stephen M. Kwiatek, assistant professor in Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling at Utah State University, recently received the Patricia L. Sitlington Emerging Researcher Award from the Division on Career Development and Transition (DCDT). DCDT is an organization dedicated to establishing and improving career development and transition services for individuals with disabilities across the lifespan. Kwia  more

LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 10 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: A local student's science fair project drew on the expertise of a Utah State University professor to ask whether there's a link between interest in math and interest in Rubik's cubes. For her project, Joy Albrecht of Thomas Edison Charter School in North Logan was mentored by Professor Aaron R. Brough, a marketing professor who specializes in survey research in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State  more