Office of Research and Graduate Studies

USU faculty learned from their colleagues’ successes and pitfalls at a panel discussion on NSF funding opportunities, held during Research Week last month.

As part of USU’s commencement exercises on Saturday, 16 Undergraduate Research Fellows will graduate from Utah State University.

Economics professor Christopher Fawson was named USU’s International Professor of the Year for his involvement in international education.

Allen and Alice Stokes established the Martin Luther King Graduate Fellowship Endowment Fund for African Americans at Utah State University in 1968 to assist deserving African American students to pursue graduate degrees at USU.

USU’s Office of Research and Graduate Studies is launching Summer Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunities (SURCO), a new grant program for undergraduate students that funds summer work on research or creative projects.

Layne Coppock, associate professor in USU’s department of environment and society, presented his research on how a USU-led project improved the lives of tens of thousands in southern Ethiopia by catalyzing a skill-development process that improved incomes, assets and well-being.

USU’s Commencement and Hooding ceremony will be held this Friday, May 4, at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum on the USU campus. There will be more than 600 students participating in this year’s commencement.

The CI-WATER project is a partnership between The University of Wyoming, Brigham Young University, the University of Utah and Utah State University.

Out-of-state research funding at Utah State University creates a total economic impact of $250 million on Utah State, as well as Utah’s overall economy, according to a report released by USU’s Office of Research and Graduate Studies.

USU’s radioactive material license, which is renewed every five years, allows USU researchers to make use of radioactive material and radiation-producing devices. USU has recently renewed this license.