Student Spotlight

Her journey at USU began in the College of Science with a focus on pure mathematics, but she found her true passion at the intersection of math and biology, leading her to switch to a math and statistics composite major.

Idaho native says lessons learned at home, overseas and as a river guide taught him to embrace hard work, lead by example and build confidence in others.

Physics and math major, Honors student and Aggie First Scholar Agustina Peck, who conducts research with postdoctoral mentor Ivana Molina, is set to present findings at the Student Research Symposium during USU Research Week, April 8-11.

Honors student Tristen Teeples, who conducts research with faculty mentor Nick Dickenson, prepares to present findings at the Student Research Symposium during USU Research Week, April 8-11.

In Biologist Justin Jones' Lab, students Jackson Morley, Oran Wasserman and Mary-Kate Williams study bee silk.

Pursuing NSF-funded research, Soukaina Filali Boubrahimi, Pouya Hosseinzadeh and colleagues publish findings in AGU's 'Water Resources Research' journal.

Undergraduate Research Fellow Rachel Tong, with Biology faculty mentor Sara Freeman, studies the brain's responses to emotional stress.

Atmospheric Waves Experiment Science Team hones communications skills while participating in research-project-of-a-lifetime.

In the Hevel Lab, Bella Lonardo and Zaharah Rossi are exploring the roles of enzymes and proteins in intracellular communication.

Undergrad physics researcher Joseph Cooney is among Aggies ascending Utah's Capitol Hill Jan. 18, to present to state legislators and the public. Cooney developed a computer simulation to study atmospheric ice nuclei under different electric fields.

According to a newly published study in ZooKeys Journal, the discovery was made at the Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve by scientists from the University of Turku in Finland who have researched biodiversity in the area for over 20 years.

Doctoral student Alexandra DiMonte studies shallow creep events along the southern segment of the sliding boundary between the Pacific and North American Plates.

Janna Cook applies occupational health and safety principles during Texas Instruments internship.

2023 Joe E. Whitesides Award recipient Reagan Hoopes is building an information technology career through the competitive Palace Acquire program.

Doctoral candidate Savannah Adkins discusses soil carbon cycling at the 2023 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.

Jessica Murray publishes in the journal 'Geoderma'; presents at Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.

The undergrads present at the 2023 Ecological Society of America annual meeting Aug. 6-11.

Recent USU graduate Hannah Domgaard is the lead author on a Jackson Lab paper in a peer-reviewed journal.

Four Aggies are awarded scholarships in American Industrial Hygiene Association's competitive national selection process.

USU Blanding undergrad Antonio Richards, center, learns from biology/ecology doctoral candidate Jack Phillips, left, and faculty member Molly Womack, right, how the USU scientists use 3D modeling software to study amphibians.

Tolonqua Nakai studies the social behavior of coyotes at USDA predator research facility.

From field to lab, NASMP participant Kailee Tohonnie learns techniques for investigating organic pollutants affecting Utah's forests.

USU URCO grant recipient Madison Patch, left, demonstrates a 3D-printed prosthetic hand she designed to Computer Science faculty mentor Mario Harper, right. The application period for the grant opens June 1.

USU Geosciences alumna Heather Upin MS'20 collects a microbial sample from Aguas Calientas Pinaya in Peru’s southern Andes. She and faculty mentor Dennis Newell published findings about microbial diversity in Peruvian hot springs.

The oSTEM student club welcomes all LGBTQIA+ students and allies in STEM fields.

At a field research site near Delta, Utah, USU Honors scholar Michelle Norman pauses during a three-day trip to study a section of the Great Basin Drumian Carbon Isotope Excursion (DICE) in the Drum Mountains.

Scholars Emmaline Haderlie and Christen Ellis, with faculty mentor Erin Bobeck, study interactions in the brain, with a goal of exploring pain therapies to lessen the risk of opioid addiction.

In a rare feat, doctoral student Thomson Hallmark and faculty mentor Ryan Jackson publish tandem papers in 'Nature.'

Doctoral student Nikolay Tkachenko, right, with USU Chemistry and Biochemistry Department Head Lance Seefeldt, was named "Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year" by the Utah Chapter of the American Chemical Society.

First-Generation college student Karla Sandoval Rodriguez is the student coordinator for USU's Aggie First Scholars program. The Biological Sciences Teaching major plans a career as a high school science teacher.

Undergraduate Teaching Fellow Heather Stout says her degree program combines her love of geosciences and teaching. The southern Utah native is a 2022 recipient of a College of Science Scholarship

Parker Hicks experiences the frontlines of pandemic care, undertakes overseas humanitarian mission

Honors student and Aggie First Scholar Owen Graham, a physics and mathematics major, says he's grateful for scholarship support that’s enabled him to pursue his academic dreams.

Undergrad researchers, student leaders, advisers and faculty share tips for incoming students.

Peak Fellow, Undergraduate Research Fellow and Honors student Zachary Zito, left, meets with faculty research mentors Brittany Gentry, postdoctoral fellow in USU's Philosophy group, and Physics Professor Charlie Torre.

In a USU Physics lab, undergrad researcher Heather Allen adjusts the control unit of an electron flood gun she's built to study simulated lunar dust. Allen is among USU’s 10 2022 Peak Summer Research Fellows.

students at USU Uintah Basin have the chance to participate in hands-on paid internship experiences as wildlife technicians studying wildlife ecology in the region.

Utah State University scholars are reacting with excitement to images from outer space, released this week by NASA, from the James Webb Space Telescope.

USU Blanding undergrad Rex Harvey inspects a bee he net-collected at the USDA-ARS Pollinating Insect Research Unit Experimental Research Garden in Cache Valley. Harvey and fellow NASMP scholars present research Tuesday, June 14.

USU Blanding scholar Jullian Crank, left, and Computer Science faculty mentor Soukaina Filali Boubrahimi discuss space weather. Crank is among nine students participating in USU's four-week Native American Summer Mentorship Program in Logan.

USU Computer Science undergrad Canyon Bryce, center, helps participants in USU STARS! GEAR UP's Biology Camp assembles a bioreactor. Bryce was awarded a URCO grant to develop activities for the teen campers.

Having grown up around horses, cattle, sheep and goats, Utah State University Blanding scholar Shailyn Parrish has few qualms around large animals.

Using a stereoscope, Geosciences doctoral student Emma Armstrong, seated, and faculty mentor Alexis Ault examine zircon grains.

College of Science Valedictorian Porter Ellis conducts structural biology research in the microbial pathogenesis lab of faculty mentor Nick Dickenson in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He will pursue graduate studies at Duke University.

USU alumna Alexandra Lish, pictured adjusting Petri dishes in a lab at USU, is among nine Aggies named 2022 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows. Seven USU scholars received honorable mention in the competitive STEM graduate program searc...

USU Ecology doctoral student Jessica Murray, at a field site in Costa Rica's Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Preserve, is a 2022 recipient of the Ecological Society of America’s Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award.

Undergrad Trace Taylor uses a vacuum chamber in Physics Professor J.R. Dennison's lab to study materials flown on NASA’s LDEF satellite. Taylor is among Aggies presenting at Research on Capitol Hill Feb. 8 in Salt Lake City.

Utah State University’s Get Away Special Team CubeSat successfully deployed Jan. 26 from the International Space Station. It’s alive, well and communicating with Earth.

Members of USU's 2021-22 Get Away Special Team traveled to Florida’s Kennedy Space Center to witness the Dec. 21 launch of the team’s cube satellite to the International Space Station. The team now eagerly awaits deployment of the satellite from the ISS....

Manuel Santana, left, Science Council vice president of undergrad research involvement, and Science Senator Jonathan Mousley, pictured at Science Week 2021, invite all Aggie STEM undergrads to the Dec. 7 NSF Summer Research Opportunity Workshop.

USU's 2021 Science Valedictorian Nikki Anderson performs a flying sidekick. A devotee of Taekwondo, Anderson says martial arts have taught her confidence, respect, and determination. She enters the University of Utah School of Medicine this fall.

2021 College of Science award recipients include, from left, USU's Graduate Mentor of the Year J.R. Dennison, Doctoral Student Researcher of the Year Spencer Hudson, and Peak Prize Undergraduate Researcher of the Year Noah Braeger.

Utah State University undergraduate Natasha Gunderson is among eight scholars selected nationally, this year, for the American Mathematical Society’s Waldemar J. Trjitzinsky Memorial Award...

An unprecedented three Utah State University doctoral scholars were selected last spring for highly competitive internships, for summer 2020...

Utah State University geosciences graduate students excelled in the Geological Society of America’s 2020 Graduate Student Research Grant competition, with 10 Aggies receiving grants to support thesis and dissertation research...

Five Utah State University College of Science graduate students are among 12 recipients of the USU School of Graduate Studies’ and the Office of Research’s most recent cycle of Graduate Research and Creative Opportunities (GRCO) grants.

Eleven Utah State University science majors are recipients of College of Science Undergraduate Research Minigrants for the 2020-2021 academic year...

Initiated in 2014, Utah State University’s Native American Summer Mentorship Program was created with the express purpose of bringing scholars together to experience hands-on research.

Idaho native, 2020 Human Biology graduate and aspiring surgeon excels in cross country, academic and research.

Alex Lyons has always shown courage and determination in everything he did, and applying for Science Senator at Utah State University was no different. Even now, at the end of his term, Lyons has taken

Eight Utah State University scholars are honorees of the prestigious 2020 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship search. The Aggies, whose awards are collectively valued at about $828,000, are among nearly 2,000 students selected from mo...

Undergrad researcher Anna Figgins to present genomics research to legislators on Utah’s Capitol Hill Feb. 18.

Undergraduate Research Fellow and Honors Student Rachel Sagers is among Aggies presenting study findings to legislators on Utah’s Capitol Hill Feb. 18.

Even though she was well on her way to finishing high school with a 4.0 GPA and was among the Top 10 students in her class, Karina Hernandez wasn’t seriously considering attending college after graduation in the spring of 2014.

Firearms constructed with 3D-printed parts aren’t suited for the long haul. After firing a few rounds, barrels warp, break and they’re ready for disposal. And that’s what provides advantages to criminals.

Makenzie Breitenbach, a biology undergraduate student at Utah State University (USU) Uintah Basin, was awarded the Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunity (URCO) grant to perform research on local emissions and air quality. She is working with the...