USU Eastern alum and member of the Navajo Nation Bud Frazier, a registered nurse, is coordinator of NavajoStrong, a grassroots effort to collect and distribute critical supplies across the Navajo Nation.

Biology Department Undergraduate Advisor Dani Lawrence was chosen as the winner of the 2020 Outstanding New Advisor Award - Primary Advising Role by the NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising.

Giant hornets that destroy honey bee hives are very unlikely to threaten Utah. Biology Professors Lori Spears and Joseph Wilson agree that Utah is too dry and too elevated for the hornets to survive.