When I first arrived at Utah State University in 1990 as a new professor studying sheep genetics, I never imagined becoming USU’s president someday. Instead, my days were filled with organizing and delivering an animal genetics class, writing papers and grants, traveling to scientific conferences, and conducting research in my lab.

My first awareness of limited water was in 2009. Our neighborhood’s well was shut off after nitrates were discovered in the water. Although we were reconnected to the local town’s water supply, our neighborhood was informed we couldn’t use culinary water for landscape watering. As an avid gardener I had already planted

“For over 30 years Miller has been driven to photograph the United States’ space program in an artistic and scientific approach to storytelling. He has traveled throughout the USA to photograph launches, landings, and related structures to introduce his personal exploration of NASA’s history and to transform science into art.

People who are overly perfectionistic do not see perfectionism as a problem; most likely, they see perfectionism as an attribute. Like most attributes, there are times they help us and times they hold us back. Look at the outcomes of perfectionism and see if there are parts of it that could

By Jeff Hunter '96 At the time, Cache Valley was considered hostile territory for Ken Mitchell, and the Nelson Fieldhouse represented the enemy’s strongpoint. While serving as the assistant sports information director (SID) at Brigham Young University, Mitchell and his wife, Becky, ventured north from Provo on the night of Feb. 1,

By Timothy R. Olsen '09, '18 MBAIllustration by Liz Lord '04 Horseshoe Bend is one of the most photographed natural sites in the American Southwest. At the canyon’s edge, tourists can lean over a manmade railing and look down to the Colorado River 1,000 feet below. Recently released from the confines of the

After nearly a week of instructing and collaborating with theater and set design students and instructors at Utah State University, Patrick Larsen ‘99 settles into a chair in a quiet corner of the University Inn, contemplating the journey home to Indonesia — a trip that takes on average 28 hours. “It’s

Decades of drought leave many people wondering what they can do to preserve every last precious drop. In April, with most of Utah in severe or extreme drought and following a winter with below normal snowpack, Governor Spencer Cox ‘98 issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency, asking residents

By Andrea DeHaan Claudia Wright insists that qualitative research is good at making the evident more obvious. “We have an awareness for the things we think we do,” she says, “but not necessarily for the things we actually do.” A doctoral candidate in sociology, Wright has studied migrant motherhood for six years at

Drought isn’t something that Grace Affram worried about growing up. “In Ghana, there are just a few places that have droughts,” she explains. “We have a lot of water — and we don’t really use it wisely.” But she became fascinated with drought as an undergraduate and couldn’t shake her interest in

By Jeff Hunter '96 Recent NCAA Tournament success may feel like the norm, but for Utah State, wins in “The Big Dance” have been historically elusive. The Aggies’ 2024 victory over TCU and this year’s 86-76 defeat of Villanova represent two of USU’s eight tournament victories since their first appearance in

By Jeff Hunter '96 At the time, Cache Valley was considered hostile territory for Ken Mitchell, and the Nelson Fieldhouse represented the enemy’s strongpoint. While serving as the assistant sports information director (SID) at Brigham Young University, Mitchell and his wife, Becky, ventured north from Provo on the night of Feb. 1,