BAYPORT, Minnesota, April 19 -- Andersen, a manufacturer of window and door products, issued the following news: Andersen Windows is expanding its fastest growing 100 Series product line to include a new, Flush Fin replacement frame option. The Flush Fin frame option is designed to simplify the installation process for contractors in southwest market areas. The Flush Fin frame option is available in California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah. The 100 Series Flush Fin product features an integrated f  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 18 (TNSres) -- Western Governors University-Utah issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: * * * WGU graduates out-earn their enrollment salaries by over $1 billion in 2022 alone, 77% strongly agree their education was worth the investment, according to Gallup survey * * * Western Governors University (WGU) -- the largest nonprofit, competency-based, online higher education institution in the United States -- and Gallup today released the 2022 WGU Alumn  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 21 (TNSpro) -- Utah State University issued the following news: A new-to-USU program offers mentorship and financial supports to students with disabilities in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields. TAPDINTO-STEM is a national collaborative effort involving 29 colleges and universities all over the U.S. For student mentor Autumn Cuellar, it's an opportunity to give back. "I started at the University of Nevada-Reno, getting my bachelor's and master's in comp  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 19 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton filed an amicus brief to defend the property rights of Americans. In a Utah-led brief filed before the U.S. Supreme Court, Paxton highlighted that the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment guarantees that the government will provide "just compensation" when it takes private property for public use. At issue in the case is the fact that certain states have not been safeguarding  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 20 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Students in Utah State University's Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department recently received the U.S. Department of Energy's University Nuclear Leadership Program for their achievements in the engineering research field. Undergraduate students Katelyn Fiveash and Austin Rasmussen both received scholarships, and Aiden Meek and Austin Gardiner received fellowships. Scholarships include $10,000 for four-ye  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 22 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news and letter on April 21, 2023: A letter from Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes this week urged congressional leadership to act against unprecedented unemployment fraud. As part of the Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act, states can now keep some of the proceeds they recover from such crimes. States will be allowed to keep 25% of fraudulent payments they reclaim, along with 5%  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 19 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: As our state grows, we must provide more housing opportunities, build more trails and recreational options, and invest more in strategic infrastructure for the future of Utah. Today we ceremonially signed bills that do just that. Here's some highlights: SB 240 First-time Homebuyer Assistance Program: * Establishes the First-Time Homebuyer Assistance Program, which provides up   more

PRICE, Utah, April 21 (TNSper) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University announced that Greg Dart, senior associate vice president for USU Eastern, will step down from his position on June 30, 2023. Dart recently accepted the position of president of Western Nebraska Community College. USU will now launch a nationwide search for USU Eastern's next chief campus administrator. "We thank Greg for his countless hours of service rendered to our students at the Easter  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 19 (TNSfund) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Timothy Shahan, professor of Psychology at Utah State University, recently received a five-year, $3 million renewal of a grant from the National Institute of Health and Human Development to continue researching how basic behavioral interventions can be applied to the treatment of severe problem behavior in children with intellectual development disorders. The project is a collaboration between Shahan, a basic s  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 18 (TNSjou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: This planet of 8 billion people is bumping up against its ecological limits, and researchers are trying to quantify the effect of human activity on these finite resources. Some keep tallies of how much carbon they contribute to the atmosphere, others measure direct and indirect water consumption or keep tabs on the amount of land that our food habits demand. Each of these "footprints" offers an estimate of the i  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 19 (TNSawa) -- Utah State University issued the following news: The Shingo Institute, a program of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, has awarded John Toussaint, MD and Kim Barnas the Shingo Publication Award for their book, Becoming the Change: Leadership Behavior Strategies for Continuous Improvement in Healthcare. "Receipt of the Shingo Publication Award signifies an author's significant contribution and practical application to the body of k  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 20 (TNSpp) -- Utah State University issued the following news: As the 2022 recipient of the D. Wynne Thorne Career Research Award, Melanie Domenech Rodriguez spoke of her work, her life, and her goals at this year's D. Wynne Thorne lecture last week. Domenech Rodriguez grew up in Puerto Rico, where her father taught her from an early age to fight injustice. He empowered her to face up to a bully classmate, which began Melanie's quest to advocate and negotiate for what is rig  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 19 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: A small, furry rodent -- the vole -- is showing up throughout Utah as this year's record amount of snow melts. Orchards, residential lawns, pastures and golf course lawns are feeling the brunt of the vole's activity. According to Terry Messmer, USU Extension wildlife specialist, voles are hands-down the world's most prolific mammals. Females can breed when they are a month old and produce litters of three to ten  more