January 22, 2003 News Releases
Released 1/17/03 & 1/21/03
THIRD
ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CELEBRATION
LOGAN – State officials will once again have the opportunity
to see firsthand some of the finest students in Utah.
Students from Utah State University and the University of Utah
will exhibit their undergraduate research projects at the rotunda
of the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, Thursday, Jan.
23, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The third annual “Posters on the Hill: A Celebration of
Undergraduate Research,” will give elite students who
attend Utah State and the U of U the opportunity to discuss
the importance of research education and present their unique
research projects to state legislators.
“Since Utah State opened its doors in 1890 to 139 students,
it has been engaged in developing citizen-scholars,” said
Utah State President Kermit L. Hall. “The tradition of
hard-working students, over more than a century, has fueled
the unprecedented economic success of Utah.”
“The future of our national and state economies is inextricably
linked with the future of our research universities,”
said Brent Miller, vice president for research at Utah State.
One-half of the nation’s basic research is conducted at
universities, concluded Miller.
Utah State and the U of U have good reason to want to show off
their students and their research; they are paving the way for
future research. By promoting and advancing research, our nation’s
universities are providing expertise and innovation to almost
every facet of the economy, said Miller.
Joyce Kinkead, vice provost for undergraduate studies and research,
strongly promotes research opportunities for students. Kinkead
contends that working on research projects helps students develop
skills in problem solving, communication, teamwork and technology.
These essential developments will benefit research students
in their future careers and lives.
“We are proud to shine the spotlight on these students
who were nominated and selected to participate in our third
Posters on the Hill event,” said Kinkead.
For more information, call Kinkead (435) 797-1706.
January 21, 2003
Contact: Joyce Kinkead (435) 797-1706
Writer: Debra Crowther (435) 797-1350
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURE: NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL
LOGAN — “What’s the best way to preserve
soil for future generations?” Utah State University Professor
Philip Rasmussen asked a crowd during his speech on sustainable
agriculture in the west. “Answer: three feet of concrete.”
Even though it probably is the best way to ensure proper soil
for future generations, it’s obviously not practical to
cover it with concrete for protection. In addition, it reduces
productivity to zero. But Rasmussen said the nation has to do
something to protect this critical resource on which the nation
ultimately depends for its food source.
“We want to produce as much in 2050 as we are producing
now with the same natural resource base,” Rasmussen said.
Rasmussen, regional director of Sustainable Agriculture Research
Education (SARE), said SARE is taking great strides to expand
knowledge about and adoption of sustainable agriculture practices
that are environmentally sound and socially acceptable.
Utah State operates the Western region of SARE, including 13
states and U.S. trust territories in the Pacific. In fact, SARE
distributes over $4.2 million to the region each year in grants
for research and education, and for experimentation and development
by farmers and ranchers.
“We thought it would be easy,” Rasmussen said. But
obviously it’s a big job with many responsibilities.
Over $20 million has been distributed since SARE was headquartered
at Utah State in 1994 and roughly 599 projects have been administered
in order to sustain agriculture and protect the environment.
SARE is not typical among organizations either. Its reputation
is “Not Business as Usual.”According to Rasmussen,
it is more open to innovative research programs and welcomes
new ideas and inventive ways of doing things.
SARE’s key to success: being productive while conserving.
It is striving to make the most efficient use of nonrenewable
and on-farm resources and, when possible, integrate natural
biological cycle controls.
Additional program information can be found at www.ag.usu.edu.
Date: January 21, 2003
Writer: Shalee Sucher, 797-1350, Shalee@cc.usu.edu
Contact: Philip Rasmussen, 797-3394, philip.rasmussen@cc.usu.edu
UTAH STATE NEWS RELEASES FOR 01-17-03
UTAH STATE ENGINEERING
DEAN NAMED PRESIDENT-ELECT FOR IEEE LEOS
LOGAN — Scott Hinton, dean of the College of Engineering
at Utah State University has been chosen as the 2004 President
of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Lasers and Electro-optics Society (LEOS). IEEE-LEOS is an international
organization of approximately 10,000 engineers and scientists
whose field of interest includes lasers, optical devices, optical
fibers, lightwave technologies and their applications in systems
and subsystems.
“This is a wonderful opportunity to help lead a professional
organization that is creating the future foundation technologies
for the telecommunications, computing, medicine and sensor industries,”
said Hinton. “These technologies will be important enablers
for tomorrow’s information-based economy.”
Hinton has been involved with IEEE-LEOS for the past 15 years
where he has served on numerous technical committees, an elected
member of the Board of Governors, and vice president of conferences.
January 17, 2003
Contact: H. Scott Hinton (435) 797-2775
CELEBRATING CERAMICS
AT UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY’S MUSEUM
LOGAN — As part of the 20th Anniversary Celebration
at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University,
pieces from the museum’s extensive ceramics collection
will be featured.
The ceramic exhibition features 200 of the 1,250 works in the
museum’s permanent collection. The exhibit includes a
little something for everyone — from a fantastic teapot
that looks like a cactus to wheel-thrown vases three feet tall,
said Victoria Rowe, interim director of the Nora Eccles Harrison
Museum. The exhibit represents a historical overview of studio
ceramics and pottery throughout the Western states within the
last 80 years.
Utah State University’s museum bears the name of Nora
Eccles Treadwell Harrison, a ceramic artist and noted collector
of ceramic works, Rowe said. Harrison was also a generous patron
of the visual arts, and part of the museum’s anniversary
is in honor of her gift to this museum. It is through her generosity
that the genesis of the collection was begun, said Rowe.
The exhibit begins with an area devoted to the directors and
artists of the Archie Bray Foundation and the 50 years of its
existence as an artist’s colony.
Rowe said the Archie Bray Foundation, an artist residency in
Helena, Mont., has generated a significant influence in the
creative evolution of American ceramics. The Bray was founded
in the early 1950s in Montana as a nurturing setting in which
resident artists could explore their craft unthreatened, said
Rowe. The Bray’s influence is well documented by the works
found in the Nora Eccles Treadwell Harrison ceramics collection,
and many of the artists have taught workshops at Utah State.
Additional displays in the exhibit explore the broad variety
of techniques used at Utah State University as part of the ceramics
curriculum.
One of these techniques, the woodfire process, has become well-known
at Utah State, Rowe said. This woodfire process was first employed
at Utah State by art department professor John Neely in 1984
and uses wood rather than the traditional coal method to fire
ceramics. This unique process creates wood clouding and smoking
effects that give character to the pieces. The wood fire process
has been imitated and replicated around the world, bringing
international acclaim to Utah State’s department of art,
said Neely.
“The strength of our ceramics gallery is in the quality
and variety of expression based upon form, shape and surface
design,” said Rowe. “With more than 200 ceramic
works on display, this is a unique opportunity to see so many
vessels at one time. We invite all to come and explore the beauty
and creativity that this exhibit reveals.”
The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State is open
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday
10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday noon to 5 p.m. The museum
is closed Mondays and holidays. For more information contact
Rowe at (435) 797-0164 or visit the museum’s Web site
at www.artmuseum.usu.edu.
January 17, 2003
Contact: Victoria Rowe (435) 797-0164
Writer: Rachel von Niederhausern
CANDLELIGHT
VIGIL RECOGNIZES MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY
LOGAN — The Black Student Union and the office of Multicultural
Student Services at Utah State University are sponsoring a candlelight
vigil in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day Tuesday, Jan. 21,
at 6 p.m. The vigil will be held in the Sunburst Lounge of the
Taggart Student Center on the Utah State campus.
“The vigil is an opportunity for people of different cultural
backgrounds to unite and celebrate the advancement of human
rights,” said Christine Christensen, activities/leadership
coordinator for Multicultural Student Services.
The evening will promote awareness of Martin Luther King’s
dream and will honor other individuals who strive for racial
equality, she continued.
Speakers at the candlelight vigil include Darnel Haney, an artist
and facilitator from Ogden, and Utah State students Safiyyah
Ballard, Doug Beazer, Jamal Jaber and Gabe Carter. The audience
will also have the opportunity to light a candle in honor of
Dr. King and the continued efforts he inspired.
Attendance at the event has grown over the past three years.
“In my two years living in Logan, I have seen a growth
in the interest of multiculturalism,” said Ballard, president
of the Black Student Union. “Events like this give everyone
the opportunity to partake of the changing demography of this
community while commemorating an awesome individual. ”
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information contact USU Multicultural Student Services
at (435) 797-1733.
January 17, 2003
Contact: Christine Christensen (435) 797-2326
Safiyyah Ballard (435) 764-9111
UTAH LAMBING
SEMINAR COMING FEBRUARY 22
LOGAN — The Pipestone Lambing short-course will be held
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Ellsworth Building on the
Brigham Young University campus in Provo. The feature presenters
are by Dr. Jay Bobb and Mike Caskey.
The sessions include pregnancy diagnosis, effective vaccination
programs, treating hypothermic lambs, evaluation of lambs, treating
pregnancy toxemia and hypocalcemia, carcass evaluation of lambs
and when and how to administer colostrum and electrolytes.
The seminar is sponsored by Utah State University Extension,
the Utah Woolgrowers Associations, Brigham Young University,
Far West Bank and the Steve Regan Company.
Seminar cost is $20 for individuals or $30 per couple. College
student and spouses, FFA members and 4-hers will be admitted
free except for the $5 lunch cost. To register, call (435) 797-1882
by Feb. 18. The course is available for college credit. Contact
Lyle McNeal at 435-797-2150 or by email at sheepman@cc.usu.edu.
January 17, 2003
Writer: Dennis Hinkamp 435-797-1392
Contact: Clell Bagley 435-797-1882
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