By Timothy R. Olsen '09, '18 M.B.A. The project had bogged down, quite literally, as a patch of thick muck slowed the repairs. It was the summer of 1988, and the Nielson Construction Company was working on the Huntington Reservoir Dam near Fairview when dozer driver Chris Nielson noticed something different in

By Jeff Hunter '96 The darkest day in the history of Utah State University happened on a clear autumn afternoon. On Sept. 26, 2005, a horrific van accident north of Tremonton, just 30 miles from the Logan campus, claimed the lives of eight USU students and their instructor and severely injured two

By Jeff Hunter '96 As plans for the Jim and Carol Laub Athletics-Academic Complex came together in the mid-2000s, the Utah State athletics administration felt it was important to carve out some space in the new building to celebrate the notable achievements of Aggie athletes, teams, and programs. At the time, a

By Timothy R. Olsen '09, '18 M.B.A.Photos by Levi Sim Ancient tablets? Check. Important religious texts? Check. Unexpected items of both local lore and worldwide significance? Check and check. While nearly every person who sets foot onto a college campus recognizes the library as a source of information and repository of knowledge,

By Taylor Emerson '18Photos by Levi Sim Football is a game of noise.As you approach a stadium on gameday, you’ll gradually experience the swell of sounds — beginning with the murmur of the crowd gathering to root for home or away. Depending on personal tailgate participation, the searing and sizzling of

By Ethan BrightbillPhotos by Levi Sim As a collection of over 10,000 catalogues and magazines plus documents, sketches, correspondence, and other artifacts of outdoor product history dating as far back as the start of the 20th century, Utah State University’s Outdoor Recreation Archive (ORA) is, in a sense, a monument to

By Eric Warren Hollywood is obsessed with space. From Armageddon to Deep Impact to Don’t Look Up, these movies about world-ending doom entertain us and also, potentially, leave behind a kernel of concern in our psyche. While these blockbuster films are works of fiction, space is incomprehensibly vast, and there are countless objects

By Timothy R. Olsen, '09, M.B.A. '18 For millennia the eyes and hearts of humanity have been drawn to the stars. In North America the Crow Nation, or Apsáalooke, whose historical homeland covers parts of Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota, tell stories about a young orphan boy who was adopted by a

By Jeff Hunter '96 Jed Hancock’s career was just starting to come into focus in 2002. An electrical engineering student at Utah State University, Hancock was beginning his master’s degree when he embarked on an internship at Micron Technology in Boise. The work there captivated him. At the time, camera phones were still

By Timothy R. Olsen, '09, M.B.A. '18 To create something with a worldwide impact is a grandiose dream to be sure. But that’s exactly what a trio of university faculty members did in the late 1980s. Frank Redd, Gil Moore, and Rex McGill — all faculty members within the College of Engineering