By Timothy R. Olsen '09, '18 M.B.A. We’ve all heard walking under a ladder or breaking a mirror brings bad luck. These common superstitions, or folk beliefs, have been handed down to us either in all sincerity, as a joke, or at least with a grain of salt that wasn’t thrown over

By Timothy R. Olsen '09, '18 M.B.A. Does Bigfoot exist? It’s a question that’s sparked debate and fascinated minds for hundreds of years. And while there have been plenty of sightings of the mythical biped, no verified skeleton has ever been found. Or has there? Afterall, Bigfoot bones will be on display at

By Julene Reese '85 Part of Melanie Stock’s dream upon arriving at Utah State was to create a lab with an applied research program to help recruit students and solve challenges facing Utah farmers. She wanted the program to be approachable, and social media seemed to be the best way to frequently

By Jennifer Payne At first glance, the Anne Carroll Moore Library — located in a quiet, well-lit space on the second floor of Edith Bowen Laboratory School — resembles any good media center in the hundreds of elementary schools across the state. But the origins of the library’s collection is a

Dear Aggie Family, As summer winds down and we embark on yet another academic year, we are excited to welcome back our students, come together, and further advance our mission to educate, discover, and serve. At USU, we believe in the power of curiosity. Whether you’re a student, faculty or staff member,

By Jeff Hunter '96Photos by Levi Sim Situated on the third floor of a building constructed during the Great Depression, it certainly wouldn’t come as a shock if one encountered something of a vintage nature in the Tanner Room. But behind the wooden door and frosted windows of the otherwise nondescript

By Timothy R. Olsen '09, '18 M.B.A. This issue of Utah State Magazine has been a lot of fun to put together. Highlighting various collections and connections across the USU system has been a joy. However, I would be remiss if I didn't highlight one more collection in this space. That is

By Jeff Hunter '96 Thanks to the fruits of a lot of labor involving the gathering and cataloging of regional vegetation, two collections of plant life evolved into one very impressive herbarium on the Utah State University Uintah Basin campus. Currently located on the second floor of the Bingham Entrepreneurship and Energy

By Mary-Ann Muffoletto Utah State University alumna Mary Cleave, who died in 2023 at the age of 76, was a trailblazing veteran of two NASA shuttle spaceflights and was just the 10th woman to fly in space. She flew as a mission specialist aboard space shuttle Atlantis mission STS-61B in 1985, and

By Jeff Hunter '96 There are objects in space so dense not even light can escape from them. The gravity of these objects creates a boundary, called the event horizon, beyond which no matter or energy can escape. But black holes don’t take Maria Rodriguez to a dark place. In fact, a smile