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Oct 1, 2009

In Utah State University computer scientist Daniel Bryce’s classroom, students use two objects often found in children’s toy boxes to learn about sophisticated planning concepts: a slider puzzle and a Rubik’s Cube.

Sep 25, 2009

USU Chinese graduate students have received a $665,000 grant for their research in organic chemistry.

Sep 24, 2009

After nearly two decades, a partnership between USU and China's Nankai University has grown into a cooperative research and a collaborative graduate program supported by the National Science Foundation.

Sep 22, 2009

Seven College of Science students were among the recipients of Utah State University's "A" Pin awards for Fall 2009.

Sep 18, 2009

Utah State University trustee professor and internationally renowned ecologist Jim MacMahon is returning as dean of the College of Science - a position he previously held at the university for nearly 11 years.

Sep 9, 2009

A Utah State University dean has been tapped to take a leadership role that places increased emphasis on global engagement for students at USU.

Sep 3, 2009

It’s not every day you receive a special delivery and certainly not one from outer space. But Utah State University physicists are eagerly awaiting the arrival of an experiment they built that’s been flying on the International Space Station since March 2008.

Aug 19, 2009

Questions involving adaptation and genetic mutation have new answers through the work of USU alum Chris Feldman, research scientist in the University of Nevada, Reno and peers from Utah State University and the University of Virginia.

Aug 7, 2009

Utah State University researchers have found that two species of garter snake have also developed resistance to the toxin in a newt that they eat.

Aug 6, 2009

Utah State University researchers have long studied the garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis that has evolved with an amazing resistance to a powerful neurotoxin found in the innocuous-looking newt, Taricha — a favorite food of the snake.