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There is a science behind ice cream. (Photo Illustration - Maddy VanOrman/Graphic Stock) Photo credit: Maddy Van Orman

It’s science — it’s cold — it’s dessert

Leah Higginbotham July 10, 2017

Ice cream is a deceptively complex mixture. One would think it’s roughly what’s in the name — frozen cream. While that may have been true in the days before freezers, deeper understandings...

As part of the March 31 SheTech Explorer Day, attendes participate in a tech challenge: each team brainstorms and design a way of shopping in the future, one which allows consumers to have the convenience of online shopping and tangible benefits of brick and mortar stores. (Joshua Wineholt / The Signpost)

All-female STEM conference blazes trail for women in STEM

Kellie Plumhof April 4, 2017

Weber State University transformed from college campus to STEM central on March 31, while over 400 high school girls, volunteers and mentors flooded the campus for the first ever all-female STEM conference:...

Women make up 26% of STEM related fields, according to United States Department of Labor. SheTech, an upcoming conference at Weber State University looks to encourage high-school-aged girls to get involved in STEM. (Source: Tribune News Service)

SheTech, first all-female STEM conference debuts at Weber

Kellie Plumhof March 26, 2017

The United States Department of Labor reported in 2016 that 57 percent of women participated in the workforce, and that women make up nearly half of the entire workforce. Despite the large number of...

Devan Rogers stands next to his poster about biofuel at the Ritchey Science and Engineering Fair at Weber State University in Spring 2015. WSUSA Senate met to discuss the funding of the science fair on Feb. 13. (The Signpost Archives)

Senate decides to help high school competition

Chris Nichols February 15, 2017

The Weber State University Student Association Senate met on Feb. 13 and discussed Senate funding of an upcoming high school science and engineering competition.The Ritchey Science and Engineering Fair...

Parents and daughters test their drawbridges at Weber State Universitys Parent-Daughter Engineering Day in the Shepherd Union on Nov. 19. The annual event hopes to encourage women to pursue STEM fields. (Dalton Flandro / The Signpost)

Event helps emphasize importance of women in STEM

November 20, 2016

Teams of parents and their daughters spent Nov. 18–19 learning to problem solve and work together to find creative engineering solutions. The 6th annual Parent-Daughter Engineering Day was held at...

Matt Naparlo and Lila Tomlinson attend Parent-Daughter Engineering Day at Weber State University in fall 2014. (The Signpost Archives)

Calling all future women engineers

Emilee Atkinson November 15, 2016

The focus of Weber State University’s annual Parent-Daughter Engineering Day is to bring in successful female engineers to encourage seventh- and eighth-grade girls with an interest in engineering....

Kari Byron, former Mythbusters host, in July 2010. Byron speaks to Weber State University students at the Tech Expo on Oct. 18. (Source: User YGX / Wikimedia Commons)

Former ‘Mythbusters’ Kari Byron keynotes Tech Expo

Leah Higginbotham October 23, 2016

Members of the Weber State University and Ogden communities got the chance to hear Kari Byron — former "Mythbusters" host, current host of "Headrush" and the upcoming host of the "White Rabbit Project"...

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Unsolicited Advice: Your anger says more about you than the critics

Cole Eckhardt September 23, 2016
You didn't ask. We didn't listen.
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Utah artisans uphold age-old cheese making tradition

Doug Manifold June 20, 2016

Utah is home to several artisan cheese making companies that ship their products all across the country.Beehive Cheese Company near Ogden produces cheese, mostly by hand, in the artisan tradition. There...

Students at WSU PREP are given a number of lives to complete a ropes course as a team without touching the ground, or lava. (Emily Crooks / The Signpost)

WSU program sharpens kids’ science skills

Jasmine Pittman June 13, 2016

The College of Engineering, Applied Science and Technology is partnering with the College of Science to offer a seven week long math and science focused summer school.WSU Pre-Freshman Program, known as...

A balony wraps around an upper level of Tracy Hall Science Center, overlooking the buildings atrium. (Emily Crooks / The Signpost)

Tracy Hall Science Center undergoes finishing touches

Cole Eckhardt April 5, 2016

  It may not exactly look like the Tracy Hall Science Center is nearing the final stage of completion, but according to Celestia Carson, principal at VCBO Architecture, the construction crews...

Trek Kryger demonstraing how to make various foods dishes using molecular gastronomy.  (Ariana Berkemeier / The Signpost)

Fresh chef brings molecular gastronomy to WSU

Kellie Plumhof April 3, 2016

Science has found a way into almost every aspect of daily life and is now starting to become a part of food in the form of molecular gastronomy.Molecular gastronomy can be described as a type of food science...

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