Though not selected as a 2009 Rhodes Scholar, physics and math major Sydney Chamberlin calls opportunity to participate in prestigious competition and represent USU "a privilege."

USU Water Fellow Sam Hochhalter studies effects of invasive species on stream nutrient dynamics and food web composition.

USU's Physics Department offers the use of a Hitachi S-4000 SEM for varied research applications.

College of Science alum Lars Peter Hansen '74 received the 2008 CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) Group-MSRI Prize in Innovative Quantitative Applications.

The USU Society of Physics Students chapter's homecoming street painting design is featured on the society's national Web site.

Laura Swift, who earned a bachelor's degree in physics teaching from USU in 2004, received a Smart Women Grant to upgrade Utah State's StarLab portable planetarium and initiate presentations at local schools.

Biologist Brian Gall, Chemists Boris Averkiev and Robert Willis; Computer Scientists Chinthaka Weerakoon, Yao Yao and Ming Zhang; and Inga Maslova and Andrejus Parfionovas of Mathematics/Statistics are scholarship and fellowship recipients.

Professor Mike Taylor and postdoc researcher Jonathan Snively board NASA jet to record re-entry images of Jules Verne Automated Transfer vehicle.

Yale University's William Jorgensen discusses computational methods for design of novel pharmaceutical agents on campus Oct. 22.

Visit the USU Research Office Web site for information about upcoming undergraduate research opportunities.