BOZEMAN, Montana, June 21 (TNSconf) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Montana State University will host the fifth annual STEM Summer Institute, a professional development conference for K-12 teachers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, on July 31-Aug. 2. The conference is co-hosted by the MSU Science Math Resource Center and School Services of Montana. Breakout sessions designed to excite, engage and explore STEM education include Experiential Le  more

MAGNA, Utah, June 23 -- Northrop Grumman issued the following news release: Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has successfully manufactured two thousand solid rocket motors for the U.S. Navy's Trident II D5 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) system with the completion of first-stage A1000 and second-stage B1000 motors. Northrop Grumman has manufactured: * More than 800 first-stage tactical motors * More than 800 second-stage tactical motors * More than 370 third-stage tactic  more

MENOMONIE, Wisconsin, June 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Wisconsin's Stout Campus issued the following news: * * * Ogden, Astwood, and researcher DeCosta discuss how polytechnics can embrace humanities fabrication and other "SHTEAM" topics. * * * In a recent conversation with Utah Tech professors Randy Jasmine and Jim Haendiges for the "Being Human UT" podcast, Professor Mitch Ogden, Professor Jennifer Astwood and undergraduate researcher Olivia DeCosta dove deeper into opportunities they  more

LOGAN, Utah, June 21 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University is meeting the rising demand for well-trained social workers as the profession is projected to experience unprecedented growth over the next decade. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the social work profession is expected to outpace most other occupations in terms of projected growth in the next five years. USU is seeing an influx from all across the state of students eager to ear  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 16 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes posted the following news: At Silicon Slopes Artificial Intelligence Summit this week, Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes offered his legal and technology expertise to a tech-savvy audience. He addressed the complex dynamics of the rapidly developing AI technology from his professional experience working within the tech sector and his legal expertise navigating the complexities of his capacity as the state's attorney general.  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 22 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news and letter: This month, Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a coalition of states in submitting a comment to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) about its proposed rewrite of Circular A-4, "Regulatory Analysis." The attorneys general expressed their concerns with this OMB draft, mainly because the new policy would "insulate regulatory outcomes from judicial challenge by allowing agencies   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 22 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Last week, Attorney General Sean D. Reyes and a coalition of attorneys general filed a Motion for Leave to Reply to Blackrock Inc.'s and Public Citizen's Answers opposing the States' previously filed intervention. The legal response, before the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, continues the coalition's efforts to intervene in FERC's three-year reauthorization of Blackrock's blanket authoriz  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 23 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on June 22, 2023: Today, Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes signed a letter to the President, urging the Administration to stop the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s reckless USPS opioid mail-back program. Twelve other states also signed the letter. The letter states: "As law enforcement officials, we must confront this challenge head-on. In doing so, we must use mitigation strategies that provid  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 21 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following statement on June 20, 2023: * * * Today, Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) recently released Ozone Interstate Transport Rule. Regarding the lawsuit, Utah's elected leaders - Gov. Spencer Cox, Attorney General Reyes, Senate President J. Stuart Adams, House Speaker Brad Wilson, U.S. Sens. Mike Lee and Mitt Romney, and Congressmen Chris St  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 23 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox met with the United Kingdom's Trade Minister Nigel Huddleston to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to boost trade and investment with the United Kingdom. "We have an excellent working relationship with the British Consulate in Los Angeles and our counterparts in the U.K.," Gov. Cox said. "This agreement will lead to a broader exchange of best practices, government-l  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 21 -- The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity issued the following news: The Utah Broadband Center (UBC), part of the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity, asks for public feedback on the drafts of the Utah Digital Connectivity Plan and Digital Equity Plan. Comments can be submitted online through July 6, 2023. The Utah Digital Connectivity Plan and Digital Equity Plan highlight Utah's vision, goals, objectives, and strategies to help get all Utahns c  more

LOGAN, Utah, June 21 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: In 2007, NASA launched a spacecraft carrying a primary payload built by Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory to study parts of Earth's atmosphere. The AIM satellite, short for Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, carried the Solar Occultation For Ice Experiment, or SOFIE, payload built by SDL. SOFIE began science operations on May 14, 2007. After producing unprecedented data for scientists for nearly 1  more

LOGAN, Utah, June 21 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Climate change means more than just hotter summers -- shifting patterns in the global system are changing how rain is delivered to plants. Since warm air holds more water than cool air, in some places it now rains less often, but each storm carries more water. This significant shift has had real-time repercussions -- intense typhoons or disastrous flooding -- but it also creates long-term changes in the makeup of   more

LOGAN, Utah, June 22 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Climate change means more than just hotter summers -- shifting patterns in the global system are changing how rain is delivered to plants. Since warm air holds more water than cool air, in some places it now rains less often, but each storm carries more water. This significant shift has had real-time repercussions -- intense typhoons or disastrous flooding -- but it also creates long-term changes in the makeup of   more