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Overcoming Institutional Challenges To Building The Pipeline Of Women And Girl Leaders, Jennifer Martineau, Abeer A. Alharbi, Cathleen E. Clerkin, Regina Eckert, Susan R. Madsen

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

More and better leadership, quickly. These five words say it all, but how? Answers are complex. Making the challenge more difficult is that females — 51% of the world’s population — still fill only a small percentage of executive leadership positions. The intent of this session is to uncover the institutional barriers and opportunities for girls and women in leadership. Panelists from four countries will illustrate, drawing from research and practice, the ways in which institutions act to narrow the pipeline of women moving into leadership roles and — more importantly — will emphasize opportunities to broaden and fill this …

Paper Urging Monitoring Of Vitamin D, Jolynne Lyon

Blog Posts

Blog post about is about how Utahns are deficient in Vitamin D, with potential consequences for mothers and children.

Mechanism Of Photochemical N2 Reduction, Lance Seefeldt

Funded Research Records

No abstract provided.

Impaired Latent Inhibition In Gdnf-Deficient Mice Exposed To Chronic Stress, Mona Buhusi, Colten K. Brown, Catalin V. Buhusi

Psychology Faculty Publications

Increased reactivity to stress is maladaptive and linked to abnormal behaviors and psychopathology. Chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) alters catecholaminergic neurotransmission and remodels neuronal circuits involved in learning, attention and decision making. Glial-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is essential for the physiology and survival of dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra and of noradrenergic neurons in the locus coeruleus. Up-regulation of GDNF expression during stress is linked to resilience; on the other hand, the inability to up-regulate GDNF in response to stress, as a result of either genetic or epigenetic modifications, induces behavioral alterations. For example, GDNF-deficient mice exposed to chronic stress exhibit …

"This Is Fine", Courtney Muse

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

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The Grey To Green Infrastructure Transition - An Historical Shift In The Modern Infrastructure Paradigm, Ryan Dupont

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Living In The Journey' | College Of Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering

College of Engineering News

Civil Engineering alumna Megan Montgomery never thought she’d be a valedictorian. She hadn’t even considered a degree in engineering.

The Motivation Behind Stem | College Of Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering

College of Engineering News

It’s hard not to get excited about science and engineering after a weeklong, research-themed summer camp in the mountains.

Viticulture From Space: Usu-Nasa Study Analyzes Vineyard Water Use | College Of Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering

College of Engineering News

In drought-prone Central California, grape producers are looking for new ways to improve crop production with less water.

I Make Their Dream A Reality' | College Of Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering

College of Engineering News

During construction, the steelworks for USU’s Maverik Stadium renovation rose into the air and then branched off left and right, leaving whole sections of the shimmering new building floating in mid-air.

Shush! Aerospace Engineers Working To Hush Sonic Booms | College Of Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering

College of Engineering News

If supersonic flight is to take hold in commercial air travel, aircraft designers will need to overcome a noisy problem: sonic booms.

Miniaturizing America's Tallest Dam | College Of Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering

College of Engineering News

When heavy winter rains filled Northern California’s Lake Oroville earlier this year, the torrential outflow tore apart the dam’s spillway, sending public safety officials and engineers scrambling for answers.

Life At 12,800 Feet | College Of Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering

College of Engineering News

Engineering students spent part of their summer break in Southern Peru investigating contaminated water supplies and helping local alpaca farmers solve an ongoing problem.

Priming Plants To Tolerate Drought | College Of Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering

College of Engineering News

Food growers are facing a difficult reality: climate change is expected to intensify drought conditions, and expanding urban populations are competing for arable land and water supplies.

Between The Lines: Tree Rings Hold Clues About A River’S Past | College Of Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering

College of Engineering News

USU hydrologists are looking centuries into the past to better understand an increasingly uncertain water future.

Faculty Senate Agenda, October 2, 2017, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC September and Annual Report
• Honors Program Annual Report
• Parking Committee Annual Report
• Libraries Advisory Council Annual Report

Interpersonal Communication: One Smile Away From A Lifetime Of Success, Alexander Anthony Johnson

Tutor's Column

The reason I chose to write my tutors column on interpersonal communication is the application it has in every tutoring scenario. Without effective interpersonal communication skills, you might not be able to develop the feedback that is most beneficial to your peer. Instead of helping them uncover their voice and passion for writing, you might become a broken record, repeating grammar issues that they knew they had but were too lazy to fix prior to the session. As a tutor, we are expected to be masters of the English language. We can catch problems in a paper that most students …

Marginalia No. 39, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University

Marginalia

• Students are the lifeblood of the Library, Page 2
• Circulation Department, Page 4
• Library Peer Mentors, Page 5
• Kelli Morrill, Munk-Arrington Internship, Page 6
• Cody Patton, Elsner Curatorial Intern, Page 7
• Teal Assistantship and Digital Initiatives & Cataloging, Page 8
• Library Welcomes New Faculty, Page 9
• Memento Mori, Page 10

Technology Tips And Traps In Your Relationship, Kailee Hansen, David G. Schramm

All Current Publications

This fact sheet will help you be aware of some of the positive and negative effects of technology and how to protect your marriage from being swamped by it

The Beauty Of Fluid Dynamics | College Of Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering

College of Engineering News

Tadd Truscott is an MIT-trained engineer of fluid dynamics – a profession steeped in dizzying mathematics and complex physics.

Star Light, Star Blight | College Of Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering

College of Engineering News

Humans have been rocketing themselves and their stuff into space for more than half a century.

Usu To Lead $4m Collaborative Water Research Initiative | College Of Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering

College of Engineering News

Utah State University hydrologists are revolutionizing the way scientific data is stored and shared among scientists around the globe.

The Utah Statesman, September 26, 2017, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Humans As Prey: Coping With Large Carnivore Attacks Using A Predator-Prey Interaction Perspective, Vincenzo Penteriani, Giulia Bombieri, José María Fedriani, José Vicente López-Bao, Pedro José Garrote, Luca Francesco Russo, María Del Mar Delgado

Human–Wildlife Interactions

The number of attacks on humans by large carnivores in North America is increasing. A better understanding the factors triggering such attacks is critical to mitigating the risk of future encounters in landscape where humans and large carnivore co-exist. Since 1955, of the 632 attacks on humans by large carnivores, 106 (17%) involved predation. We draw on concepts and empirical evidence from the Predator-Prey Interaction Theory to provide insights into how to reduce predatory attacks and, thus, improve human-large carnivore co-existence. Because large carnivore-caused mortality risks for humans are comparable to those shown by other mammal species in response to …

Using Resident-Based Hazing Programs To Reduce Human-Coyote Conflicts In Urban Environments, Mary Ann Bonnell, Stewart W. Breck

Human–Wildlife Interactions

Abstract The concept of hazing (aversive conditioning) is often promoted as a tool for reducing human-coyote (Canis latrans) conflicts in urban environments. Little scientific evidence exists on the effectiveness of hazing, particularly hazing applied by residents (i.e., community-level hazing). Wildlife professionals question if residents will properly and consistently apply hazing techniques and if hazing impacts coyote behavior over short- and long-term periods. We describe two separate efforts designed to encourage residents to haze coyotes in the Denver Metro Area; a citizen-science program and an open space hazing trial. Both efforts were intended to be management techniques that either …

Evaluating Lethal And Nonlethal Management Options For Urban Coyotes, Stewart W. Breck, Sharon A. Poessel, Mary Ann Bonnell

Human–Wildlife Interactions

Human-coyote conflict in urban environments is a growing issue in cities throughout the United States with the primary problem being the development of problem individuals that are overly bold and aggressive with people and pets. Little research has focused on management options to deal with this conflict. We better define lethal and nonlethal management strategies associated with proactive and reactive management of coyotes with an emphasis on management of problem individuals. We then provide data from research in the Denver Metropolitan Area (DMA) that focused on reactive lethal removal of problem coyotes and reactive nonlethal hazing (i.e., community-level hazing, a …

Coyote Attacks On Humans, 1970-2015: Implications For Reducing The Risks, Rex O. Baker, Robert M. Timm

Human–Wildlife Interactions

Beginning with the emerging pattern of urban and suburban coyotes (Canis latrans) attacking humans in southern California in the late 1970s, we analyzed information from reported attacks to better understand the factors contributing to changes in coyote behavior. We subsequently used updated data collected largely in urban and suburban environments in the United States and Canada during the past 30 years to develop strategies to reduce the risk of attacks. In the 1990s, increased incidents of coyote attacks were reported in states beyond California and in Canadian provinces. We documented 367 attacks on humans by coyotes from 1977 …

How To Rate A Book: Goodreads, Taste, And Reading In The 21st Century, Dylan Burns

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

“What shall the individual who still desires to read attempt to read this late in history?” asks Harold Bloom. Writing at the end of the 20^th century, Bloom’s quote anticipates the information explosion that the age of the internet brought to the reader (even if his emphasis is on the unpopularity of reading rather than the explosion in options). Social media sites like Goodreads prove that reading is still popular, yet Bloom’s question of what does someone read is still salient. More than ever, reading is a social activity, to be shared, debated, and justified between millions of would …

Access To Healthcare: Impact Recommendation Report, Erin Jemison, Susan R. Madsen

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

Participants: Laurie Baksh (Dept. of Health), Senator Luz Escamilla, Vicky Fuentes (Comunidades Unidas), Erin Jemison (YWCA Utah), Becky King (Division of Substance Abuse & Mental Health), Jenifer Lloyd (AUCH), Susan Madsen (Utah Women & Leadership Project, UVU), UVU), Jessie Mandle (VUC), Jean Millar (Intermountain Healthcare), Kyl Myers (U of U), Jessica Sanders (U of U), Sara Simonsen (U of U), Heather Stringfellow (PPAU), Micah Vorwaller (UHPP)

Swedish Transportation Officials Visit Usu’S Electric Vehicle And Roadway Research Facility | College Of Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering

College of Engineering News

Authorities from the Swedish Transport Administration were in Logan on Sept. 18 to see the latest electrified vehicle and roadway research underway at Utah State University.