Elainna Ciaramella is a business journalist and writer living in St. George. Elainna interviews business owners, researchers, university leaders, and c-suite executives from all over the country.
By Elainna Ciaramella
As industries across the nation changed gears from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, a dramatic shift led by public and private partnerships has been strategically simmering in St. George, one that will catapult southern Utah into a living, breathing, innovation machine—Utah Tech University’s
By Elainna Ciaramella
Michael Harper is an associate professor in digital media at Utah Valley University (UVU). In a recent discussion about UVU’s Extended Reality & Simulations track and the future degree the university is working on (projected to be finalized by the fall of 2024), he says, “I’
By Elainna Ciaramella
Homelessness is not the effect of a life of crime or addiction, it’s much deeper than that. According to Joseph Grenny, chairman of the board of The Other Side Village, a master-planned neighborhood heading to Salt Lake City providing permanent housing for men and women
By Elainna Ciaramella
In the 2022 Annual Data Report on Homelessness, Tricia Davis, assistant director of the Utah Office of Homeless Services stressed how Utahns are experiencing housing instability at higher rates, which often leads to homelessness. Davis also shed light on the challenges brought on by Covid-19 and
By Elainna Ciaramella
Shadman Bashir hails from the tribal regions of northwestern Pakistan. He obtained a law degree in his home country and came to the U.S. in 2000 to obtain a master’s in competitive law with an emphasis on telecommunications from the California Western School of Law.
By Elainna Ciaramella
On Thursday, May 26, Cryptopia is taking place at Slopes EVNTS in Draper. It's a Web3 event launched by Utah Business Magazine, of which Mountain America is the title sponsor. There’s a lot of excitement surrounding Cryptopia. It brings individuals and companies together under
By Elainna Ciaramella
On Sunday, May 15, 2022, Dixie State University (DSU) in St. George, Utah, issued a press release revealing Utah Tech University and its new logos in advance of the university’s July 1 name change, and to share the inside story, TechBuzz News caught up with Richard
By Elainna Ciaramella
Utah is the birthplace of numerous tech startups that have put the Beehive state on the map as a high-tech hub, rivaling Silicon Valley as an epicenter for technology and innovation. Now, Utah isn’t only incubating some of the best technology companies in the world,
