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Utah State University senior Shahaley Brandt brings bold color and everyday moments to life in works currently featured in USU’s Undergraduate Exhibition at the Tippetts Gallery.
Being brief can be a challenge for people knee-deep in a science topic. Being brief and engaging? That’s a taller order still. But participants in this year’s Rapid Fire Research event were up to the task, delivering synopses of wide-ranging research topics with just four slides in four minutes or less.
When Utah State University English professor Travis Franks came across an 1846 issue of the Arkansas State Gazette, he didn’t expect to find anything groundbreaking. Scholars already believed they knew the earliest published works of writer John Rollin Ridge, widely recognized as the first American Indian novelist.
Student Spotlights
Chris Williams
Bachelor of Arts in Music Lets Guitarist Customize College Experience
Chris Williams, a singer and guitarist at Utah State University, is carving his own path. Rather than following the traditional route of the Bachelor of Music program, he has chosen to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in Music, setting himself apart from many of his peers.
Sam Barker
Wash Your Hands: USU Biochemist Studies the Molecular Mechanisms of Food-Borne Illness
As opportunities for shared holiday meals approach, doctoral graduate Sam Barker reminds revelers of harmful microbes passed along the fecal-oral route (eww), and delves into the molecular level of a bacterial culprit recently promoted by the World Health Organization to Priority-2-High pathogen.
Nowrin Fatema
Rooted in Purpose: Utah State University Graduate Finds Voice Through Research, Community
Nowrin Fatema’s work bridges the gap between academia and community, policy and lived experience, offering a human lens on environmental justice. It’s this work that earned her the 2025 USU Community-Engaged Student Presidential Award.
