TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * The delivery from the asteroid Bennu, seven years after the spacecraft launched, marks the end of the space-voyaging phase of the mission. Scientists will now study the rocks and dust to better understand the origins of life on Earth. * * * After years of anticipation and hard work by the mission team, the University of Arizona-led NASA OSIRIS-REx mission has successfully landed a capsule  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 26 -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Lael Gilbert | September 26, 2023 This photo of a bird of prey taking off won first place in USU's university-wide photo contest. Utah Water Lab Marketing & PR Coordinator Alyssa Regis took the photo while on vacation in Oregon. (Photo Credit: Alyssa Regis) This year's university-wide photo contest drew a remarkable range of submissions -- from stunning landscapes to world travel adventures to close-up views of the n  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 25 -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University 2023 Homecoming is just a falling leaf away, with events going from Sunday, Oct. 1, through Saturday, Oct. 7. Longtime Aggies will recognize notable events for the week that include A Day of Giving on Thursday, Oct. 5 to help raise money for student scholarships and True Aggie Night on Friday, Oct. 6, just before midnight under the "A" lit blue atop Old Main. More fun begins Saturday, Oct. 7, with   more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 29 -- Utah State University issued the following news: Autumn is officially here, and there is much to look forward to -- pumpkins on the porch, apple cider, cooler temperatures, and walks through crunchy leaves. But before you get too comfortable, don't forget there are yard and garden end-of-season tasks to complete. Here are tips from the Utah State University Extension Gardeners Almanac to help. Included are links to fact sheets and videos for further information. Pests   more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 28 -- Utah State University issued the following news: AWEmission.org offers learning activities, mission challenges in countdown to Nov. 2023 launch of Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) to International Space Station By Mary-Ann Muffoletto | September 28, 2023 SDL outreach assistant Anna Rich, left, uses a candy-and-stick model to demonstrate atmospheric wave action at USU's Science Unwrapped outreach program. SDL offers a new website to provide learning about the NASA-fu  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 27 -- NetDocuments, a provider of cloud-based content services and productivity platform, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2023: NetDocuments, the world's #1 trusted cloud platform where legal professionals do their best work, today announced that Ballard Spahr, an Am Law 100 law firm with more than 600 lawyers focused on providing results-driven counsel and exceptional service to clients, has selected the NetDocuments content management and productivit  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 29 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Utah has a contingency plan in place to continue the WIC federal nutrition program for women, infants and children as well as keep national parks in the state open if the federal government shuts down next week. Gov. Spencer Cox expressed frustration with the standoff in Washington, but reassured Utahns that the state would do everything it could to ensure the health and well-being of families and  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Gov. Joe Lombardo, R-Nevada, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2023: In case you missed it, 17 Republican governors, led by Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo and Utah Governor Spencer Cox, sent a letter today to the Biden Administration criticizing efforts to make the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) less efficient, less effective, invite litigation, and fail to fully consider state-specific information in the NEPA process. Led by Nevada Governor Joe Lom  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A on Sept. 26, 2023, with Richard Binzel. Binzel is an expert in the study of asteroids and a professor post-tenure in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. * * * On Sunday morning, a capsule the size of a mini-fridge dropped from the skies over western Utah, carrying a first-of-its-kind package: about 250 grams o  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 27 -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Marcus Jensen | September 27, 2023 USU students in the Phi Alpha Theta club pose for a photograph at the Utah Field House of Natural History on Sept. 9, 2023. Club members learned about the prehistory of the Uintah Basin. (Credit: USU/Faith Simper) VERNAL, Utah -- The Utah State University history club, Phi Alpha Theta, gathered students from across USU Statewide Campuses for a weekend of history and adventure on Sep  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 28 -- Utah State University issued the following news: The Wassermann Piano Series will bring legendary pianist Sergei Babayan to USU at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3, in the Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall. In advance of his November appearance at Carnegie Hall, the Armenian-American pianist will offer a program of "Liszt's Ballade No. 2," Ryabov's "Fantasia," shorter works by Rachmaninoff, Schubert's "Sonata in G, D. 894," and Liszt's transcriptions of Schubert songs. Babaya  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 29 (TNSres) -- Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corp. issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2023: Sarcos Defense, a subsidiary of Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation ("Sarcos") (NASDAQ: STRC and STRCW), a leader in the design, development, and manufacture of advanced robotic systems, solutions, and software that redefine human possibilities, announced today that it has received a $13.8 milllion USD contract from Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, Robi  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 29 -- Utah State University issued the following news: Doctoral student Alexandra DiMonte studies shallow creep events along the southern segment of the sliding boundary between the Pacific and North American Plates. By Mary-Ann Muffoletto | September 29, 2023 USU Geosciences doctoral student Alex DiMonte separates clay samples from fault rock collected from the southern segment of California's San Andreas Fault for analysis. The Aggie scholar says an endowed scholarship en  more

BUENA VISTA, Virginia, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- Southern Virginia University issued the following news release: For Jacob Taloa ('23), going to college wasn't originally in his life plan. Now, after graduating from Southern Virginia University with a 4.0 GPA, he is currently working as a research associate in the Summers/Holland Investigational Lab in the University of Utah molecular medicine program. With plans to become a doctor, Taloa hopes to be an example to Polynesians unsure about pursuing h  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * After dropping off its historic sample from asteroid Bennu, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is headed to its next target: another potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid, called Apophis. * * * NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission just made history as the first U.S. mission deliver a piece of an asteroid to Earth. The mission, led by the University of Arizona, launched in 2016 and has traveled over 4 bil  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 25 -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Kellianne Gammill | September 25, 2023 LOGAN, Utah -- Award-winning author, historian, professor and Utah State University alum Jared Farmer will deliver "Music & the Unspoken Truth," the 28th Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture. The event will begin at 7 p.m. Oct. 5 at the Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall located on the USU Logan campus. Unlike other Arrington Mormon History Lectures, Farmer's lecture will   more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 26 -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Shelby Ruud Jarman | September 26, 2023 Utah State University Extension recently received a $2 million grant to bring personal finance education to more Utah residents. The Department of Workforce Services Financial Capability Grant will fund Empowering Financial Wellness (EFW), a USU Extension program. The program's mission is to empower women, limited-income households, and community educators across Utah to make i  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 27 -- Utah State University issued the following news: The Utah State University Honors Program presents the 48th Annual Honors Last Lecture featuring 2023 Honors Outstanding Professor Colin Flint. Flint will deliver a lecture titled "Dare to Build Global Peace" in the Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall on USU's Logan campus on Wednesday, Oct. 4, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Colin Flint, a geographer by training, is distinguished professor of political science in the College of Humanit  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 29 -- Utah State University issued the following news: USU student journalists hold awards from the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. (Photo Credit: USU/Brian Champagne) Utah State University journalism students achieved something they have never done before: placed within the top three in each of the top three categories at the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (the "Student Emmys") o  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 25 -- Utah State University issued the following news: In collaboration with the Utah Historical Society, USU's Bringing War Home project is inviting the public to a community event to share family histories on Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Engagement Room in Midvale, Utah. The Utah Historical Society and the Bringing War Home project are collaborating to preserve and share historical materials that represent one's past, family and community. These materials may include: Once  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 27 -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University has released the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report detailing statistics on reported crimes and incidents at or near each of its locations, including Statewide Campuses. The 2023 report also includes ways the Department of Public Safety has worked with other campus partners to improve safety throughout the university, such as: While the report is required to be made public by Oct. 1 each year p  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 26 -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Shelby Ruud Jarman | September 26, 2023 Students work in the courtyard outside Old Main on the USU Logan campus in 2021. (Photo Credit: USU/Levi Sim) The Utah State University Hunger Solutions Institute is hosting the first-ever NourishTank, a student competition to help combat food insecurity with unique, innovative and sustainable solutions. Teams of emerging entrepreneurs and change-makers are encouraged to compe  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 28 -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Shelby Ruud Jarman | September 28, 2023 Jonathon Walters is the new program director of the Student Nutrition Access Center on USU's Logan campus. SNAC provides help for students experiencing food insecurity and gives students in nutrition and dietetics and other volunteers opportunities to help their peers. The student food pantry on Utah State University's Logan campus recently welcomed Jonathon Walters as the prog  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 29 -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Marcus Jensen | September 29, 2023 Students canoe on the Colorado River. MOAB, Utah -- Braving monsoon rains, a group of 12 Utah State University students, along with USU Moab professional practice assistant professor Terry Dial, took a four-night, five-day camping and canoe trip on the Colorado River a week prior to the beginning of the fall semester. The trip was a part of a course called Colorado River Science, i  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 29 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Sept. 28, 2023: This week, Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a coalition of 20 states in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to grant a writ of certiorari to review the Ninth Circuit's widely criticized decision in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, which held that the Constitution includes an individual right to sleep and camp on sidewalks, playgrounds, and oth  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 18 (TNSres) -- The Shingo Institute, a program in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, issued the following news: The Shingo Institute, a program of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, will induct three Shingo Academy Members-George Donaldson, Noel Hennessy, and Eamonn Murphy-at the upcoming Shingo European Conference in Dublin, Ireland, October 11-12, 2023. Shingo Rising Star nominee Judith McMullan will also be awarde  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 28 -- Western Governors University-Utah issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: Western Governors University (WGU) today announced WGU students in California are now eligible for the Golden State Teacher Grant Program (GSTGP). The GSTGP expansion includes $120 million over the next three years, aiming to award 4,000 students up to $10,000 annually. California's bill breaks down financial barriers to higher education, empowering working learners to strive  more