LOGAN, Utah, July 21 (TNSjou) -- Utah State University issued the following news on July 20, 2023: * * * In the journal Science, Tammy Rittenour reports much of the Arctic island's ice melted as recently as 416,000 years ago, which has implications for sea-level rise. * * * New analysis of samples collected from underneath Greenland's ice sheet reveal the Arctic island was much greener as recently as 416,000 years ago. The findings overturn previous views that Greenland's continental glacier  more

WINDOW ROCK, Arizona, July 21 -- The Navajo Nation Government issued the following news release: Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren expressed disappointment after legislation that would have put $7.5 million toward the elderly, youth, public safety, and veterans in new revenue. A total of 16 votes were needed to pass Navajo Nation Council Legislation No. 0025-23, which would have purchased Goulding's Monument Valley Lodge and Tours in Monument Valley, Utah. The Navajo Nation would have owned   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: A new system for fixing bone fractures, called the Bone Bolt System, has been approved for market by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the University of Utah Orthopaedic Innovation Center (OIC), Department of Orthopaedics and Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine announced on July 20, 2023. "This achievement demonstrates the commitment by the Department of Orthopaedics to bring  more

LOGAN, Utah, July 21 (TNSawa) -- Utah State University issued the following news: David Rosenberg was recently awarded the Planning & Management Council Service to the Profession Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers. Utah State University Engineering Professor David Rosenberg was recently awarded the Planning & Management Council Service to the Profession Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers. "I am honored to receive this award," Rosenberg said. "It was a surprise.  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 19 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following statement on July 18, 2023: * * * Today, Attorney General Sean D. Reyes led a coalition of States in filing an amicus brief in U.S. Chamber of Commerce v. SEC. The coalition of attorneys general filed the brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in support of the U.S. Chamber's challenge to the SEC's recent rule imposing burdensome new disclosure requirements for stock buybacks. Stock buy  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 18 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news and letter: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a comment letter, led by the State of Tennessee, to the U.S. Environmental Protection Act (EPA) regarding two proposed regulations--the pesticide registration review for Ethylene Oxide (EtO) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the related emissions standards promulgated under the Clean Air Act (Proposed Regulations). Acco  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 17 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes has joined a coalition of states in sending a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) protesting its proposed rule on reproductive health care privacy. The proposed regulation was noticed by HHS on April 12 as "one of many actions taken by (the department) in support of President Biden's [executive orders]" issued in the weeks after the  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 19 (TNSper) -- The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity issued the following news: The Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity (GOEO) appointed Antonella Packard as the new director of its Utah Small Business Credit Initiative (USBCI). The initiative is a federal loan program that includes $69 million in funding to expand access to capital for small businesses in Utah, especially for underserved communities. USBCI provides access to capital for small busi  more

MOAB, Utah, July 21 (TNSfund) -- Utah State University issued the following news: A generous grant from Colorado Grand allowed nursing students at Utah State University Moab to complete their capstone projects on the road. Thanks to the $10,000 grant, the students were able to travel and work in hospitals outside of Moab, giving them an opportunity to branch out and learn in different clinical environments. Colorado Grand, founded in 1989, is an annual charity tour for cars that were built bef  more

LOGAN, Utah, July 19 (TNSper) -- Utah State University issued the following news: The College of Engineering has announced that Professor Jixun Zhan will be the new head of the Department of Biological Engineering, effective immediately. Zhan joined the department in 2008, teaching metabolic engineering and other general biological engineering courses. He has served in many advisory committees and has published 118 research articles. Zhan has also been serving as interim department head since   more