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When Professor Michael Garrison, the Cass Gilbert Centennial Teaching Fellow in Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin, thinks about how students are pushing the cutting edge in design, three developments come to mind. First, said Garrison, who will participate in the “Form Follows Performance” panel at the upcoming Facades+Dallas conference, is a heightened attention to materiality. “Our students are keen on new materials, the embodied energy of materials, smart materials,” he explained. This new awareness is largely the result of students’ exposure to the school’s University Co-op Materials Lab, a multidisciplinary space for hands-on exposure to more than 27,000 materials samples.

Second is the question of craft. “We find it very interesting that naval architects and NASA call their works craft, but we in architecture don’t know such things,” said Garrison, recalling Buckminster Fuller’s question, “How much does your house weigh?” Thanks to developments in digital design and fabrication, he said, “the old idea of tool and die mass production characteristic of modern thinking in the twentieth century has really changed. Students are able to make something of a more unusual shape.” Parametric design is the new normal in the design-school classroom.

Finally, Garrison points to a “new and profound” evolution away from “the hermetically sealed box of the Seagram Building era” to a focus on “thick skins.” These multi-layered facades typically involve a sunshade or other external component, which “creates an interstitial space between the traditional envelope and the new envelope,” said Garrison. Increasingly, students are focused on incorporating adaptive technology into building envelopes, often patterning facades along biomimetic lines. “Whereas the first two decades of the twenty-first century were about unusual shapes, [with] parametric design, we are now moving toward intelligent shapes that are more responsive,” he concluded.

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UT researchers were among a group that discovered almost 500 ancient ceremonial centers dating before the Classic Age of the Maya Civilization in southern Mexico.

University researchers, along with others from the University of Arizona, University of Houston and various Mexican institutions, worked together using laser mapping data to uncover hundreds of sites dating back from about 1,050 B.C. to 400 B.C., said Thomas Garrison, a geography and environment assistant professor. These sites can be used to set up research projects for decades to come, Garrison said. The researchers began on-site data collection in 2017 and published their findings Oct. 25 of this year.

“Archaeological projects usually focus on individual sites,” Garrison said. “With the discovery of hundreds of new sites, each one could be the target of a future excavation project.”

Timothy Beach, a co-author of the study at the University, said researchers beamed laser pulses down to the ground to penetrate through small areas and vegetation, allowing them to map the ground surface and find ancient buildings underneath the tropical forests.

Garrison said the Maya civilization occupied many different parts of ancient Mexico and Central America during 1000 B.C. The Mayans are famous for having the most sophisticated calendar in the New World and a written language during their time, he said.

“At the time the Spanish arrived, the Maya could track the phases of the moon and the phases of Venus more accurately than (what) could be done in Europe,” Garrison said.

Despite the collapse of the Mayan government, there are still over six million people that speak Mayan dialects as part of the modern Maya culture across Central America , Garrison said.

The ancient sites were found in the tropical regions of Tabasco and Veracruz after using the light detection and ranging technology over 85,000 square kilometers of land, said Takeshi Inomata, anthropology professor at the University of Arizona and lead author of the study.

Researchers are interested in learning about the Maya civilization because it can help inform society’s past, present and future, Inomata said.

“As we study the origin of these civilizations, we are looking at the change in society in terms of its subsistence,” Inomata said. “Those are the problems we face today. Inequality that exists in today’s society, the environmental problems that we face in today’s society, particularly in the tropical regions of third world countries, those issues are pretty important.”

Beach, a geography and environment professor, said since the ancient sites were found in the tropical parts of South America, the discovery tells researchers the history of the tropics, how civilizations were able to live and populate in these regions for so long and how they were able to adapt to large-scale environmental changes.

“It also gives us hope for the present and future with all of our climate changes and our hazards that are going on, that humans have historically persisted,” Beach said. “I’m not taking away the existential threat of climate change to humanity right now … but what it underscores is that humans have done it in the past and they are going to be able to do it again.”

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The Bruins are set for a regular-season finale against the conference leader.

UCLA men’s tennis (12-7, 3-4 Pac-12) will compete at home against No. 19 Utah (20-3, 5-1) on Saturday, giving the former a chance to end the regular season at .500. The Utes will be the second straight ranked opponent for the Bruins, after a 4-0 loss to No. 11 USC on Wednesday.

Despite this week’s loss to its crosstown rival, UCLA has swept opponents in three of its last four competitions. Additionally, the Bruins remain undefeated in home contests since March 18th as they prepare to enter the final match of conference play.

Coach Billy Martin said he hopes the team’s loss on Wednesday propels them towards a win this weekend.

“We’ve got a huge match coming up on Saturday, I’m hoping this will get us really prepared to play Utah, who is leading our conference right now,” Martin said. “We’ve got them at our place, it’s not going to be easy for them to come and play us.”

Sophomore Giacomo Revelli and junior doubles teammate Timothy Li were ranked for the first time this week at No. 60. Martin said the tandem has played well despite not having played many matches with one another.

“I don’t want to sound too surprised, but that’s because they haven’t played a ton of matches together,” Martin said. “They have beaten some good teams in the last week and that got them moved up there.”

Li is coming off of a multi-win day last weekend against Oregon, winning in both singles and doubles play before picking up another singles win against UC San Diego on Monday.

Li said the key to securing a victory Saturday will be coming out physical against Utah.

“We will need to be more physical and fit out there, just keep fighting while staying mentally tough,” Li said. “Really just improving and getting better every day.”

Freshman Gianluca Ballotta was the only Bruin to win his first singles set against USC on Wednesday, before his match was left unfinished despite holding a 4-1 advantage in the second.

Ballotta said he hopes to replicate the positives of his performance earlier this week against Utah.

“Utah is going to be a great match and it’s very important to the team,” Ballotta said. “It’s the last match at home so I just want to play like I did today (Wednesday).”

UCLA’s 2023 dual-match finale at the Los Angeles Tennis Center will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday against Utah.

Opening Tips • Danny Sprinkle was named the head men's basketball coach at Utah State on April 7, 2023. Sprinkle is 81-43 (.681) in four years as a head coach at Montana State and has 23 years of collegiate coaching experience.

• Utah State is one of just three teams in the nation returning zero points to its 2023-24 roster, joining New Mexico State and Northwestern. The Aggies also have the second-fewest returning rebounds (0.004 percent) and are tied for the second-fewest returning assists (0.003 percent), both behind NMSU.

• Utah State is tied for fourth in the nation with 13 newcomers on its 2023-24 roster, including graduate senior guard Darius Brown II, a Montana State transfer, graduate wing Max Agbonkpolo, a Wyoming transfer, senior guard Ian Martinez, a Maryland transfer, junior wing Great Osobor, a Montana State transfer, junior guard Josh Uduje, a Coastal Carolina transfer, junior forward Jackson Grant, a Washington transfer, junior forward Kalifa Sakho, a South Plains College transfer, sophomore guard Javon Jackson, a Southern Nazarene transfer, sophomore forward Nigel Burris, an Idaho transfer, and four freshmen in guard Garrison Phelps, guard Jaxon Smith, wing Dallin Grant and forward Karson Templin.

• Utah State returns just three players from its 2022-23 roster, including two redshirts in sophomore center Isaac Johnson and freshman guard Mason Falslev. Sophomore guard Landon Brenchley is the only current USU player who has recorded any stats in an Aggie uniform prior to the 2023-24 campaign.

• Friday's game will be the first Utah State exhibition game since the Aggies defeated College of Idaho 103-66 on Oct. 30, 2019.

• USU won the rebounding battle in all but 10 games last season.

• In total, Utah State outrebounded opponents 1,243-1,103 last season.

• Utah State logged more defensive rebounds than all but eight of its opponents last season.

• The Aggies were 24-2 last season when shooting better from the field than their opponent.

• Utah State was 25-6 last season when at least three Aggies scored in double figures.

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In this episode, the Utah baseball team’s junior pitcher Micah Ashman sat down to talk about his recent baseball accomplishments, and how he is preparing for the upcoming baseball season.

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By Stevie Shaughnessey and Kyle Garrison

February 27, 2024

Transcript:

Kyle Garrison: Welcome back to the Home Stretch, The Daily Utah Chronicle’s sports podcast. I’m your host, Kyle Garrison, and today we’re going to be interviewing Micah Ashman, the junior left-handed pitcher for the Utah men’s baseball team. Welcome to the podcast, Micah.

Micah Ashman: Yeah. Thanks so much for having me. I’m really excited to be here and be able to represent the Utah baseball team.

Kyle Garrison: Love that, man. So after making the Pac-12 all-conference team and recording nine saves last year, what did you do this off-season to prepare for this upcoming season?

Micah Ashman: Yeah, I mean, a lot of what I did was, I took a, took a decent amount off. I think it’s always good to give your arm a little bit of a break, especially when you’ve been playing for such a long season as we do. But then I was able, able to go play summer ball up in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Shout out the Rox, great program, super fun, and I was able to get up there, really work on my craft, kind of work on my off speed to be able to add more tools kind of to that tool belt and be able to just have something else to go to.

Kyle Garrison: For sure. So I saw that you led the team in ERA at 3.63 last year. How do you prepare as a reliever to come in and kind of deliver in such high leverage situations?

Micah Ashman: Yeah, a lot of it is kind of, kind of what you do before it’s, it’s, it’s not so much what you do in the moment, but how you kind of get ready for that moment. So, a lot of visualization. You’re able to kind of go in there and know what you can do and not let the situation kind of get the best of you, and just be able to go out there and trust what you’ve put so much time into and what you put all your work into.

Kyle Garrison: So with Jaden Kiernan graduating, you guys are going to have a new catcher this year. How does that chemistry with the catcher affect you when you’re out on the mound?

Micah Ashman: It’s just a lot of building that kind of one day at a time. It takes, it doesn’t take a whole lot of time, a lot of a lot of baseball guys really kind of know the same thing and really want the same thing. So, a lot of guys’ mindsets are kind of the same thing. So, just taking it one day at a time being able to build that that relationship, get to know the guys, get to know where they’re from, not so much just on a baseball level, kind of on a personal level, because you really want to trust that guy, and you really want him to trust you. So, it’s a big, big trust thing and I think we got really lucky with the catcher who brought it in. Their skills are really well behind the dish. [He’s] kind of one of my favorite catchers to throw to right now really is the kind of main core that we have. So I’m really excited.

Kyle Garrison: Awesome to hear. I love that. So kind of adding on to that, so what kind of things do you guys work on in the offseason when you have a new catcher kind of coming into that everyday starting role or have several catchers that are kind of gonna go into that role?

Micah Ashman: Yeah, it’s just kind of you kind of go into it one day at a time. Being able to create that chemistry and that bond is like, I think one of the biggest ones on a baseball diamond really. I mean, every play interacts with the catcher and pitcher. So, to be able to build that bond and trust with them is huge. So, just kind of taking it one day at a time getting to learn who they are, where they’re from, and just kind of their backstory really.

Kyle Garrison: Love that. So congratulations, by the way, on being selected to the preseason all-American third team. When you’re receiving praise like that on a national level, what are some things that you do to kind of stay level headed and focused going into such a long season?

Micah Ashman: Thank you, it was pretty cool. It kind of came out of nowhere. I got a lot of texts and stuff. It was, it was really cool. I’m glad I was able to receive that. Very thankful. You know, it’s kind of you just kind of got to take it one day at a time, and I mean, it’s awesome that I got it, but in the back of the mind, you kind of just have to go out there and show why you got it and be able to work for it. So, I just kind of [think] “work starts now”. Honestly, like, ‘got to go perform.

Kyle Garrison: That’s an excellent mentality. So, what are you most looking forward to this upcoming season? It’s a long season, you got a lot of games, anything in particular?

Micah Ashman: A lot of new guys, it’s, I’m really excited to get out on the field with a lot of new guys. I mean, there’s nothing better in my mind and then going to play baseball with your friends and like your best friends and being able to create that bond on the, on the baseball field is, is something I’ve never really been able to find in other sports. It’s a real, real fun, different kind of chemistry that you are able to build, and I mean, traveling with the guys are with them pretty much for four straight months and it’s just, it’s a great time. Honestly, I love it.

Kyle Garrison: I mean, those are your brothers, man. I love that. Yeah, and then last question, kind of a fun one. Is there anyone currently in the MLB that you’d like to model your game after or just watch in general?

Micah Ashman: I mean, I love watching kind of big lefties. That’s kind of who I like to watch. Kershaw‘s a huge dude. I mean, I’ve always watched him since I was a little guy. I really like watching Chris Sale, haven’t been able to see much of him lately, but that dude just just goes out there and dominates. It’s real fun to watch those guys. I mean, when I was a little kid, one of my favorite guys was watching Jered Weaver, just the Angels guy. One of my favorite, favorite programs to watch and I mean he never went out there and really threw hard or was overpowering but like he just got, got the job done. It was fun to watch him.

Kyle Garrison: Yeah, for sure. So, Micah, thanks so much for coming on. We really appreciate you taking some time out of your day to hop on the podcast. This has been the Home Stretch, The Daily Utah Chronicle sport’s podcast. Thank you for listening. Tune in next week for another episode.

Transcribed by https://otter.ai

Producer: Stevie Shaughnessey — [email protected] | @steviechrony

Host: Kyle Garrison — [email protected] | @Kylegarr23

Guest: Micah Ashman – junior studying communications | Utah Baseball Team

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, Home Stretch Producer, Host

Stevie is a junior transfer student at the U who is majoring in communications with an emphasis in journalism, and minoring in documentary studies. In her free time, Stevie likes to take part in many different activities, such as dirt bike riding, snowboarding and photography.

Kyle Garrison, Sports Writer

Kyle garrison grew up in Spring Lake, Michigan. He moved to Salt Lake City to pursue a degree in communications with an emphasis in journalism. Kyle plans on pursuing broadcast journalism as a career once graduating from the University of Utah. Kyle started with the Chronicle this fall and has loved every minute of working with the team.

Mary Allen, Design Director

(she/her) Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Mary is thrilled to be here at the University of Utah studying graphic design. She feels very lucky to get to rub shoulders with the talented people that make up the team here at the Chronicle and is learning a lot from them every day. Other than making things look cute, Mary’s passions include music, pickleball, Diet Coke, wildlife protection, and the Boston Red Sox.