We prepare graduate researchers for careers that integrate science, management, and policy, while advancing Climate Adaptation Science for the threatened landscape of the Interior West.
The Climate Adaptation Science (CAS) Program is a 9-credit interdisciplinary graduate specialization that is available to MS and PhD students at Utah State University. The program provides students with direct experience in actionable science through internships and research.
According to the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine's 2018 Consensus Study Report “Graduate STEM Education for the 21st Century,” the skills emphasized in the CAS program align with that of an “ideal, student-centered STEM graduate education system.” This revitalized graduate STEM education program gives students the opportunity to acquire broad technical literacy, encounter various points of view about science, have multiple mentors (including those from beyond academia), communicate their results to different audiences, think about broader impacts, work on team projects, and explore career options in a context where nonacademic careers are not stigmatized.
Forecasts and climate science rely on creating models from a mind-boggling amount of data. It’s the sort of “big data” problem that artificial intelligence tools should be great at solving, but a team of researchers found there are important limitations t...
To beat an enemy you have to know it — but cheatgrass makes that tough.
After nearly six years of service as director of the Utah Water Research Laboratory, David Tarboton has announced his decision to step down from this administrative role.
With a grant award from the American Mosquito Control Association Research Fund, Norah Saarman and her students are using morphology, DNA testing and machine learning to develop an efficient, cost-effective and accurate identification method to mitigate t...
