I grew up spending summers on my uncle's ranch in Montana with my two older brothers. I baled hay, branded cattle, and plowed fields. The ranch was where I was first exposed to animal breeding and genetics, which I pursued as a master’s and doctoral student at Oregon State University. That

In March, the university celebrated its 131st birthday. It included a full banquet served by Dining Services. For what is a celebration without food? For that matter, what is our university without it? And where would we even be? If Utah County legislators had their way in 1888, it would have been

Excerpt from The Traveling Feast: On the Road and At the Table with My Heroes by Rick Bass '79  Rick Bass spent four years on the road paying homage to literary giants the best way he knew how: by preparing a home-cooked meal. He visited writers such as Doug Peacock, Gary Snyder,

Rod Miller ’75 studied journalism at Utah State, graduated to a career in broadcast, and found his creative footing in advertising. But the former USU Rodeo Team member never lost sight of his Western roots. Miller began crafting cowboy poetry in the mid-1990s and later writing fiction. He’s won four

More than 7,000 years ago, humankind made one of its greatest discoveries to date: cheese. Without it there would be no pizza, no mac, no shmear for our bagels, no cheddar for our burgers. A dark age indeed. Early cheese production is believed to have emerged as a way of preserving milk

Landscape architecture is more than deciding which plants to use when designing a garden. A lot more. The discipline examines how humans shape the natural environment and how the built environment affects the humans moving through a space. Before a shovel of dirt is turned at a construction site, a

Picture this. The family is sitting around a meal at the table. Children and parents share events of the day. Talking and laughing can be heard because there is no sound of television, video games, or phones. Now, think about what might be more realistic. Perhaps people stand at the counter

David Schramm admits he is selfish. When asked why he conducted a research study on parenting advice and regrets from empty nesters, he says because he wants to be a better parent, and no one has ever done such a study. “I only get one chance at being a dad, and

A pivotal discovery in Lisa Berreau’s chemistry lab happened like many scientific advances throughout history—by serendipity. A few years ago, while her lab was investigating the chemistry of metal flavonate compounds, a student left a sample sitting on a benchtop for a few days and found that it changed after exposure

The sound of motor boats in the distance triggers a Pavlovian response in Bahamian Rock Iguanas. The endangered lizards dart to the water’s edge of uninhabited islands and wait for the buffet to drop anchor.      “It’s not enough to see nature anymore,” says Susannah French, associate professor of biology at

What was Aggie Ice Cream before it became famous? Meh, apparently. [caption id="attachment_4463" align="alignleft" width="257"] The Creamery annex in 1924, approximately where the Block A stands today northeast of Old Main[/caption] The 1932 Student Life newspaper reported that the 350 students who daily frequented the college’s cafeteria, only consumed two gallons of

“Instructors are advised to limit their instruction to one of the other branches of our student population, either civilian or military, and are further advised to avoid all public gathering and otherwise render themselves, as far as possible, free from danger of carrying the infection.” – President Elmer G. Peterson, October