By Chiara Elwood Sorensen What happens when the pixelated visual language of video games leaves the screen and enters the  landscape?  This year, Utah State University's Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art will invite visitors to explore that question with a campus-wide exhibition that brings the aesthetics of the digital world into conversation

By Jennifer Payne A whistle cuts through the morning air. One by one, figures emerge from beneath cottonwood trees lining a shaded trail. For several minutes — absent phones, electronic devices, and even the conversation of others — they have wandered alone. Now, though, it is time to return.  A simple question is

By Adrien Bastidas '30, Megan Morrison '31, and Sammy Baron '27 Utah is a state defined by its unique landscapes. Ranging from red-rock deserts and rugged canyons to dense conifer forests and alpine peaks this state is home to some of the most iconic wildlife in the West.  Mule deer, elk, and

By Taylor Emerson '18 A wildfire is a dazzling spectacle of dread and destruction.  As it dances through a landscape, it moves and bends with the wind, sometimes created from the depths of its own consumption. Its yellow-orange light has tantalized and traumatized generations of humans and animals alike — stretching back

By Lael Gilbert '01 Scarlet Globemallow. Winterfat. Deathcamas. Coyote melon. Showy goldeneye.  These aren’t names of hard-rock bands, though maybe they should be. They are, however, a few of the thousands of native plants found growing on the vast, underappreciated space tucked between Utah’s ski slopes and red rock canyons — rangelands. These

By Alicia Richmond Whether shaking off the holds of winter in spring, escaping the summer heat, or enjoying the fabulous fall foliage, exploring Utah’s outdoor beauty is a popular pastime.  And almost as popular as the incredible hiking trails and breathtaking outdoor views, is tracking and chronicling those excursions. After all, did

By Hazel Harris-Staples '27 | Photo by Ezra Robertson Once the sun goes down while camping, the imagination comes alive. The wind through the trees, the gurgle of a stream, the rustling of a tent. Is there something out  there or is the mind playing tricks?  For Trisha Cracroft, a 2001 Utah State

By Julene Reese '85 Helping justice-involved youth was not a focus Lewis Kogan envisioned when he became the executive director of utah state university’s swaner preserve and ecocenter. Yet less than a year after arriving in Summit County, he helped launch an outdoor recreation and mentorship program for at-risk teens in

By Mary Hart & Jeff Hunter '96 In eastern Utah, the landscape doesn’t just sit quietly in the background. It invites participation. Shale cliffs and sandstone ridges stretch toward the horizon. Winding desert trails carve through sagebrush and sandstone. And for generations, residents have leaned into the rhythm of the outdoors, where

With our land-grant mission and statewide educational and Extension sites, Utah State University truly serves all of Utah. During my first year in this role, it has been incredible to see the Aggie impact through the entire state. From research to recreation, this issue of Utah State Magazine focuses on that