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Gunkel, scheduled to speak on campus, never appeared at the event. Similarly, the WSU staff responsible for organizing it  offered no updates or notices of the events apparent cancellation, online or in person. (Photo from Amazon.com)

Can and should robots have rights? We’ll never know

Caitlyn Nichols March 11, 2020

Students gathered outside of the locked Hetzel-Hoellein Room in the Stewart Library on March 10, waiting to listen to a speaker talk about robot rights. But half an hour after the event was scheduled to...

Students participate in the Coding Boot Camp Saturday at WSUs main campus. (Robert Lewis / The Signpost)

Coding, creativity and bridging the divide between art and science

Aubrielle Degn February 6, 2020

During Richard Fry’s high school experience in the 1980s, he said that he often felt like the odd one out. Computers were first coming onto the market, and Fry said he could finally be creative and...

WSU Student Service Center Ogden Campus (Robert Lewis / The Signpost)

WSU introduces policy about policy

Tori Waltz January 4, 2020

When Stephanie Bell Hollist sleeps at night, she dreams — an “umbrella term” for nightmares, as her colleague Patrick Thomas puts it — about policy at Weber State University. That’s...

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Preparing Students for Industry 4.0

David Morris November 8, 2019

In 2016, Faculty and staff returned from an Adobe sponsored event excited to share what they learned with their peers and students – Weber State University organized a Digital Fluency Council to...

Students working doing various farm chores at Truelove Farms for Community Service Day.

From generation ‘me’ to generation ‘we’

Tori Waltz August 29, 2019

“The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age.” At first glance, this sounds like something parents and grandparents would say about...

From left to right:  Dr. Mark Stevenson, Julia Panko, Dr. Ahmed Bouzid, Molly Morin and Dean David Ferro. (Joshua Wineholt / The Signpost)

Lingofest hosts the voices of the future

Kainoa Nunez February 7, 2019

Representatives from Amazon, Comcast, Google and several other telecom companies gathered at Stewart Stadium on Feb. 1 and 2 for Weber State University’s annual Lingofest, a tech conference exploring...

Former WSU student offers business advice

Former WSU student offers business advice

Joe Traub April 11, 2018

Throughout the spring semester, Weber State University hosted a series featuring four different speakers from the Peterson Leadership in Technology group. The series culminated on April 9 when John Wolthuis...

The big topic at CES this year is 5G, which Xu Zhijun of Huawei speaks about here on Dec. 3, 2017 at the Fourth World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, China. (Zheng Huansong/Xinhua/Zuma Press/TNS)

The future’s so bright, you’ve got to wear VR glasses

Chris Nichols January 10, 2018

The International Consumer Electronics Show, also known as CES, is a technology trade show held annually that gives the public an opportunity to see soon-to-be released gadgets. The event this year is...

Technology Human Think Board Face Display Dummy

Robots, internet and online shopping: Upcoming technology in 2018

Chris Nichols January 6, 2018

Technology trends can display the awaited realization of predicted products from the past as well as objects users did not know they needed until it was released. In 2017, virtual reality headsets rose...

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Disconnected

Daryn Steed October 14, 2017

On the day my grandpa died, I was in the middle of a game of League of Legends. My mom got a call from my grandma. I didn’t know what my grandma said, but my mom yelled for us in a tone that made...

A student speaks to representatives of the Zions Bancorportation booth. (Joshua Wineholt / The Signpost)

Step up to STEM

John Wise October 5, 2017

Over 300 students visited the Shepherd Union ballrooms between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to attend the STEM Fair on Sept. 27.Forty-seven groups were on site to meet prospective students interested in the fields...

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Michelle Obama speaks at tech conference in Salt Lake City

John Wise September 22, 2017

Former first lady Michelle Obama was greeted by a standing crowd of 1,500 on Thursday in the Grand America Hotel’s Grand Ballroom in Salt Lake City as Beyonce’s “All the Single Ladies”...

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