Student at the Helm,

USU Hosts Successful 2012

Physics Day at Lagoon
Milo Maughan, USU physics alum and grad student, leads annual rite of spring. Read more...    View media coverage: Fox 13; Standard-Examiner
  

 


 

Congratulations, Class of 2012

and College of Science

Academic & Service Honorees
College of Science honors graduates, along with outstanding scholars, faculty and staff. Read more...
  


 

Science Valedictorian

Featured Student Speaker 

for USU Commencement
Victor Carlson is profiled in USU graduation article in The Salt Lake Tribune. Read more...
  

  


 

Snakes Around World Evolved

Along Similar Path to Survive

Toxin say USU Biologists
Alum Chris Feldman and Professor Butch Brodie discuss team's latest findings published March 5, 2012 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read more...
  

 


 

CONGRATULATIONS!

Biochemist Lance Seefeldt

Receives USU's Highest Research Honor
Professor Seefeldt honored with 2012 D. Wynne Thorne Career Research Award. Read more... 


 

CONGRATULATIONS!

Jim Cangelosi Named Utah's

Carnegie Professor of the Year
Mathematics and Statistics professor receives prestigious national honor.  Read more...
  


 

Mercury from the Sky?

USU Uintah Basin Scientist

Reports in Nature Geoscience
Air quality specialist Seth Lyman, who joined USU's Energy Dynamics Lab in Dec. 2011, says upper atmosphere facilitates changes that let mercury enter food chain. Read more...
  

 


 

What Happened to Science?

Essay by Physics Undergrad

Featured in 'USU Voices'
Student Charles Sim questions lack of emphasis on science in K-12 public education. Read more...
  

 


 

Science Students:

We Want to Hear

from You!
The College of Science's student Science Council is seeking ideas from fellow students on classroom improvements and other ideas to enhance everyone's learning experiences. Please click here to email your suggestions.
  

  


 

Student Heroes:

Math/Stats Grad Students

Describe Fiery Rescue
Abbass Al-Sharif, James Odei and Anvar Suyundikov (in photo above by Eli Lucero/The Herald Journal) were among a group of bystanders who saved a USU student from a fiery vehicle crash. The students tell their story on CNN. View here...  
  

   


 

USU OSL Lab Research

Featured in the

Salt Lake Tribune
Tammy Rittenour, Joel Pederson and colleagues use grains of sand to study artifacts, erosion, earthquakes. Read more...  
  

  


 

USTAR Biologist Randy Lewis

Details Spider Silk Research

in Live CNN Interview
Lewis describes use of genetically engineered silk to produce better body armor. Read more...  
  

 


 

World in a Grain of Sand:

USU Geologist Explores

Utah's Arroyo Cycles
Tammy  Rittenour, director of the USU Luminescence Lab, receives National Science Foundation CAREER grant for five-year project. Read more...  
  

 


 

Full Steam Ahead:

Construction Begins on

Massive NEON Project
College of Science Dean Jim MacMahon, trustee professor of biology, chairs first-of-its-kind, NSF-funded ecological observatory. Read more...  
See also Deseret News article.

 

  


 

Willard L. Eccles Undergrad

Research Fellows Experience

'Thrills, Bumps, Bruises' of Research
College of Science students Bailee Binks, Amy Crandall, Sean Hunt, Gavin Johnson, Linsey Johnson, Mark Noble, Charlie Sim and Brian Tracy busy this summer with diverse research pursuits. Read more... 

 

 


 

USU Biochemists Reveal

New Twist on Old Fuel Source
An article by biochemistry doctoral student Zhi-Yong Yang and faculty mentor Lance Seefeldt is featured as the "Paper of the Week" in the June 3 issue of Journal of Biological Chemistry. Yang is highlighted as an "up-and-coming" young researcher. Read more...

  

 

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