By Timothy R. Olsen '09, M.B.A. '18 More akin to the sludge you find in the bottom of a wet-dry vac than a college research project, fish puke isn’t high on the list of study topics for most students. But that grey muck — similar in consistency to grits — was

By Jeff Hunter '96 Since it wasn’t around when he was in college, joining the U.S. Space Force wasn’t a dream of Major Jake Singleton’s while he was attending Utah State University. But thanks in a large part to a dream, the Kaysville native is now doing exactly what he wants

By Timothy R. Olsen '09, M.B.A. '18 Under the microscope, research is interesting, but for many the word itself often isn’t. While research may conjure up images of microscopes, beakers, and white lab coats, its scope is infinitely broader. Each year, hundreds of Utah State University students participate in undergraduate research. These

By Jeff Hunter '96 Lisa Berreau has been heavily occupied serving in an administrative role as the Vice President of Research at Utah State University for the past five years, but it’s evident the longtime professor still hasn’t lost her passion for mentoring young chemistry students. “I have one student right now

By Lael Gilbert '01 Despite the name, it’s actually rust-and-cream colored water that flows between the banks of the Green River in southeastern Utah. As a flotilla of canoes meanders down the narrow sandstone stretches and around the gooseneck bends of Labyrinth Canyon, every dip of the paddle launches a whorl

By Timothy R. Olsen '09, M.B.A. '18 On February 4, 1975, Utah State president Glen L. Taggart addressed a letter to the undergraduate student body announcing a bold new initiative: Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunities.  URCO for short, the program was the result of a challenge from Taggart to a team of

By Timothy R. Olsen '09, M.B.A. '18 Competition between siblings is not uncommon. That desire to be different, to stand out, to get better grades, or to perform better in various activities is a prominent driver in many adolescent relationships.  All of that is heightened for identical twins. Every physical feature is analyzed

By Timothy R. Olsen '09, M.B.A. '18 It's 6 a.m. on a typical summer morning in Cache Valley. Mist from the cool night air hangs in low pockets on the west side of the valley as the sun-kissed tips of the Wellsville mountains preview the golden hue that will soon blanket

By Jeff Hunter '96 As a longtime professor of history, Ross Peterson is keenly aware of some of the great “what ifs” of American history. What if the Confederate army had won at Gettysburg in 1863? What if the Germans had repelled the Allied landing at Normandy on June 6, 1944? Or

By Jeff Hunter '96 After emerging victorious in World War II, Americans were riding high with confidence and optimism about the future. And many of the young men and women who had stood up to tyranny elected to take advantage of the G.I. Bill and further their education at institutions of