🔬 Ready for Science Week 2022? 🍩 👀

The October 2022 College of Science Faculty & Staff Newsletter

Celebrate Science Week Oct. 31-Nov. 4

Your student-led Science Council has a GREAT line-up of activities packed with learning, fellowship, treats and fun. Join us!

Learn more about Science Week 2022

4 Minutes, 4 Slides, BIG Ideas

on Thursday, Nov. 3

Mark your calendar for Rapid Fire Research, a showcase of student research ideas Thursday, Nov. 3, at 6 p.m. in LSB 133. Undergrads and grad students are invited to apply to present by Oct. 30. Hear scholars from diverse disciplines describe innovative ideas – in four minutes with four slides! All are welcome.

Learn more about Rapid Fire Research

Science Unwrapped Explores

‘Chemical Commuters’ Oct. 21

Science Unwrapped, the college’s public outreach program, welcomes USU environmental chemist Kimberly Hageman as featured speaker Friday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. in ESLC 130. Inquiring minds of all ages are welcome to this free event, which includes post-talk learning activities. Also, mark your calendar for Nov. 4: Featured Science Unwrapped speaker is USU physicist Rob Davies.

Learn more about Science Unwrapped

David Brown is Honors ‘Last Lecture’ Speaker Oct. 25

All are invited to USU’s 47th Annual Honors Last Lecture, Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 3-4 p.m. in the Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall. Featured speaker is 2022 Honors Outstanding Professor David Brown of Mathematics and Statistics, who presents “Our Sixth Sense: Math.”

Learn more the Annual Honors Last Lecture

EXPLORE: Teaching Excellence

for Grad Students

We congratulate the college’s most recent recipients of USU’s ‘A’ Pin, one of the university’s oldest and most prestigious academic honors for undergraduates. Honorees have earned 4.0 GPAs, while undertaking at least 15 graded credit hours for two consecutive semesters.

View the Spring 2022 Honorees

Oct. 31 Deadline for Annual

Compliance Trainings

Are you up-to-date on mandatory compliance trainings? All annual training requirements, including Title IX training for your specific role, need to be completed by Monday, Oct. 31. Communications about these requirements are being sent to your official USU email account.

Learn about USU’s Compliance Training Cycle

Empowering Teaching Excellence at USU

Learn about opportunities offered through the USU Provost Office’s program to promote teaching excellence. Resources are available to all USU instructors, regardless of role statement or location.

Learn about ETE Opportunities

Encourage Students to Present Research

Nov. 1 is the deadline for undergrad researchers to apply to present at USU’s Dec. 8 Fall Student Research Symposium, as well as the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research Conference on Feb. 17, 2023 at the University of Utah.

Learn about student presentation opportunities

OER Benefiting USU Students

USU students are saving money and benefiting from use of open educational resources (OER) –Thank you, College of Science Faculty, for your efforts in making these tools available.

Learn about OER at USU

Making a Research Poster?

No need to re-invent the wheel! USU’s University Marketing and Communications Office offers attractive, effective, university brand-compliant poster templates (and templates for other communications materials) to aid you and your students’ communications efforts.

Learn about Research Poster Templates