Lori Spears, USU Biology, Extension - Agriculture and Natural Resources Professional Practice Associate Professor, and partner Ben Kuethe open Hobbled Dog Cidery, Cache Valley, Utah's first cidery: www.sltrib.com/news/2025/06...

Science Unwrapped's "Celebrate Undergrad Research" series continues in Fall 2025 on Friday evenings Sept. 19, Oct. 3 and Nov. 14, at 7 pm in the Eccles Science Learning Center, USU Logan campus. Free admission for all ages; hands-on learning activities, refreshments usu.edu/science/unwrapped

THANK YOU to Everyone who participated in Recruitment Training, organized by USU's Undergraduate Recruitment Office of Strategic Enrollment Management with College of Science personnel and students!

It's SUMMER 🌞 And we're delighted to have incoming Aggies on campus, who are getting ready for a GREAT academic year at Utah State -- WELCOME! A big "Thank You" to our student ambassadors and academic advisors who are helping our new scholars as they begin an exciting, new journey. 💙

GOT GRASSHOPPERS? 🦗 Mair Murray, USU integrated pest management specialist and Professional Practice Extension Associate Professor, has answers to your pest management questions: www.usu.edu/today/story/...

Different Strokes: USU Ecologists Noelle Beckman and Jerry Schneider say Plants Produce 'Astonishing' Array of Metabolic Substances. Read more: www.usu.edu/today/story/... #psychotria #palicourea #barrocolorado #barrocoloradoisland #smithsoniantropicalresearchinstitute #secondarymetabolites

Congratulations to Dr. Zach Gompert (Biology/USU Ecology Center), who received a $1.85M NIH MIRA Grant! Read about his research: www.usu.edu/today/story/... #adaptiveevolution #chromosomalarrangements #timematidae #lycaenidae #chrysomelidae #NIH #NIHMIRA

Tuesday, June 17: All Invited to "Check in with Utah Public Radio," 5-7 pm at Lundstrom Park, 1700 East 1350 North in Logan. All are welcome. @utahpublicradio.bsky.social www.upr.org/community-ca...

TUESDAY, JUNE 17: "Walking with Dinosaurs," featuring USU Eastern's Prehistoric Museum's excavations of Gastonia and Utahraptor, airs tonight at 7 pm Mountain on PBS Utah! @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social #WalkingWithDinosaurs #WWD2025 #Gastonia #Utahraptor @pbsutah.bsky.social

THURS, JUNE 19: USU #Juneteenth 2025 Free Community BBQ, 5-8:30 pm at Bridger Park, 1181 North 400 West in Logan. All are welcome to a celebration, led by USU's Black Student Union, of freedom, culture and community. Learn more at: usu.edu/community

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18: "Knowledge on Tap," 6-8 pm, featuring USU scientists Sara Weinstein, Natalie D'Souza, at the Cache Bar & Grill, 119 S Main St in downtown Logan. No cover; must be 21 or older. www.cachebarlogan.com

Undergrad scholars participating in USU's 2025 Native American Summer Mentorship Program use math modeling to practice problem-solving. Scholars present Tuesday, June 10, 9 am, MAIN 121. All welcome! www.usu.edu/today/story/...

Premiering Sunday, June 8 on BBC One and Tuesday, June 17 on PBS: Utah State University Eastern's Prehistoric Museum @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social is featured in the "Walking with Dinosaurs" series. Tune in to learn more about Gastonia and Utahraptor, & hear from Prehistoric Museum paleontologists!

Undergrad researchers participating in USU's 2025 Native American Summer Mentorship Program spent time with bumble bees in Biology's Schaeffer Lab. Scholars present Tues, June 10, 9 am, MAIN 121. All Welcome. Read more: www.usu.edu/today/story/...

UNDERGRAD & GRAD STUDENT RESEARCHERS: Apply for URCO & GRCO grants June 1-15. +Undergraduate Research & Creative Opportunities (URCO) grants: urco.usu.edu +Graduate Research & Creative Opportunities (GRCO) grants: grco.usu.edu #FundYourResearch

USU Industrial Hygienists RE-PRE-SENT at American Industrial Hygiene Association's AIHA Connect 2025 Conference, May 19-21 in Kansas City, MO. USU's program is one of only 4 ABET-accredited undergrad programs in the nation: www.usu.edu/biology/stud... #AIHAConnect2025 #keepingworkerssafeandhealthy

USU #UndergradResearcher James Cisneros says #Apacas' #ImmuneSystems Could Aid Humans www.usu.edu/today/story/... #geneticengineering #CRISPR #hcAbs

Science Unwrapped's CORIOLIS CAROUSEL makes its debut tonight in its new home, Salt Lake City's Clark Planetarium! @ClarkPlanet #CoriolisEffect #CoriolisForce #ClarkAfterDark www.usu.edu/today/story/...

GRAD STUDENTS: The application window for the next round of USU's Graduate Research and Creative Opportunities (GRCO) grants is June 1-15, 2025. Read about the grant, along with proposal requirements and evaluation criteria, at grco.usu.edu

On @kuer.org: USU Biology alumna Megen Kepas (PhD'22) is a founder of Iguanathon, an annual, four-day cooperative effort by state managers, scientists and community volunteers, held earlier this month, to assess a rare lizard species in southern Utah. 🦎 www.kuer.org/science-envi...

WHEN SOFT SKILLS ARE HARD: Teens Learn More than STEM at USU Physics Day at Lagoon Science can be challenging, but COMMUNICATING science can be an even bigger challenge. Read more: www.usu.edu/today/story/...

Photos captured aboard the #ISS by #NASA astronaut Don Pettit, @astrondonpettit44.bsky.social, former USU Physics adjunct professor and Get Away Special Team mentor, featured in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/s... #donpettit

Yes, it's summer🌞 But mark your calendar: 2025 Hansen Life Sciences Retreat at USU is Fri-Sat, Oct. 24-25. Open to undergrads, grad students, postdocs, faculty, staff interested in study of life sciences at molecular level. Registration opens late summer: usu.edu/chem/hansen-life-sciences-retreat

UNDERGRAD & GRAD STUDENT RESEARCHERS: JUNE 1-15, 2025 is the Application Window for: + Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunities (URCO) grants urco.usu.edu + Graduate Research and Creative Opportunities (GRCO) grants grco.usu.edu #FundYourResearch

On KSL NewsRadio: USU computer science major Tanner Helms, right, (pictured with faculty mentor Chad Mano) discusses a new app and business, Tarifflo, he founded with classmate Bryce Judy: kslnewsradio.com/utah/usu-ai-... #tariffs2025 #executiveorders

UNDERGRAD & GRAD STUDENT RESEARCHERS: The Science Writing Center offers free research grant writing workshop TUESDAY, MAY 3-4 pm, Old Main, Room 117. Questions? Call the Office of Research at 435-797-1180.

USU's Student Nutrition Access Center (SNAC) is partnering with the Utah Food Bank and Cache Community Food Pantry to provide monthly mobile food pantry for students, public: kvnutalk.com/usu-student-...

GRAD STUDENTS: Learn about and apply for USU's Climate Adaptation Science (CAS) graduate specialization. Applications due June 1: www.usu.edu/climate-adap...

Staff completed sending out notifications for contributed talk and poster abstracts for #ESA2025 this afternoon -- and if you're giving a talk, here's an award opportunity from our friends at NEON forms.office.com/r/dqdwRpf1ih

USU PHYSICS DAY AT LAGOON 2025 was a BLAST! Thank you, Participants, Volunteers, Organizers, Sponsors! CONGRATS to Physics Bowl Champs Green Canyon HS, Cache Valley, Utah! 🤩🏆 #USUPhysicsDay2025 #USUPhysicsDayatLagoon #ScienceUnites

2025 Graduate Bella DeJesus, who served as Science Council President for the 24-25 academic year, is featured in the @UtahStatesman: #ScienceUnites #USUgrad25 usustatesman.com/college-of-s...

[USU] Physics Day has been going on for over 35 years, and more students participate each year. What began as a way to get students involved in science, physics and technology has evolved to become a favorite student and faculty activity. www.ksl.com/article/5131...

CONGRATULATIONS to College of Science scholars selected as 2025 Peak Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows! We wish you a great summer and look forward to hearing about your projects and experiences. research.usu.edu/peakfellows/

Are we excited the Utah Hockey Club chose the name #UTAHMAMMOTH? 🦣💙 YES! USU Eastern paleontologist Josh Lively explains why: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6el... @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social @utahstate.bsky.social

In May 6 issue of Physical Review Letters, USU physicists provide framework to describe fundamental principles in the dual, but often conflicting, realms of #quantummechanics and #generalrelativity @apsphysics.bsky.social #quantumgravity #holographicprinciple www.usu.edu/today/story/...

FRI, MAY 9: USU Physics Day at Lagoon gearing up for gut-churning, STEM-learning fun for thousands of Intermountain West teens. Alumna Jennifer Albretsen Roth, BS'09, prepares activities to celebrate quantum science & technology milestones at Davis County gathering: www.usu.edu/today/story/...

Applications are being accepted for the CLIMATE ADAPTATION SCIENCE (CAS) Cohort 10 (Fall 2025-Spring 2027). Incoming Master's students and in-coming or continuing Doctoral students are eligible to apply. Learn more: www.usu.edu/climate-adap...

UNDERGRAD RESEARCHERS & FACULTY MENTORS: The next application window for USU's Undergraduate Research & Creative Opportunities (URCO) grants is June 1-15. Learn more: urco.usu.edu #FundYourCuriosity #YoUR2025

Heart-warming, inspiring words from USU Commencement 2025 speaker and College of Science alum Dr. Willy Lensch (BS'91, Biology): youtu.be/cd-lwak0aBc?... #usugrad25

THANK YOU, Science Valedictorian Makenna Roberts (cheered on by her parents and siblings) who advised us to jettison: Fear of Rejection, Fear of Not Being 'Good Enough' & Fear of Asking for Help. Go, Aggies! #usugrad25

The College of Science Convocation was amazing - CONGRATULATIONS, Class of 2025! Wishing you all the best as you embark on new adventures! #usugrad25

Congratulations, USU Class of 2025! University photos from the graduation ceremonies are now available for viewing and download at: usu.photoshelter.com/galleries/C0... #usugrad25

CONGRATS to graduating undergraduate & Honors student Rachel Tong, the 2025 recipient of USU's Joyce Kinkead Outstanding Capstone Award. usu.edu/today/story/lost-loves-usu-neuroscientists-learn-about-grief-from-widowed-coyotes #usugrad25

CONGRATULATIONS to Mary McFadden, academic advisor coordinator in USU's Department of Biology ad academic advisor for the Human Biology major, who was named Utah State University's 2025 University Advisor of the Year! Well done, Mary! 🏆