It begins with a generous person standing in a store aisle searching through rows of colorful yarn until she finds just the right two matching skeins. She buys them, goes home, pulls out her crochet hook or knitting needles or loom and begins to create a scarf or hat, driven by the thought of ...

One of the features of working in a department of physics and astronomy is that I’m always learning new things. A conversation in the hallway and I have a new appreciation for static charge. A question in class makes me reconsider what I know about the chemical change in a kernel of popcorn ...

Family serves as the foundational unit of society and a vital source of what is called social capital—the value created through social relationships, networks, and shared norms that enable people and groups to work together effectively. It is the benefit obtained from human connections. Its ...

Questions about the value and purpose of higher education are swirling in national discourse. This is not new. At the institutions we lead, we have been asking things like: “How can we ensure that our students are prepared for the jobs of today and tomorrow? What barriers to ...

Utahans looking at the multiple rainbow colored redistricting maps currently before Judge Dianna Gibson in the litigation challenging the shapes of Utah’s four U. S. congressional districts could easily wonder if they were experiencing the sunspot afterimages one sees after looking at the ...

So, my husband, Dave, is a doctor, as in he has a PhD. I’m very proud of him, but he’s the wrong kind of doctor. He should have become an actual medical doctor.  He says that he doesn’t like needles and blood. I say, “Fine. Be a physical therapist then,” because somehow, he just ...