of its kind in the nation (after MIT). In 2021, it was named the "Best Undergraduate Research Program in the Nation" by the Council on Undergraduate Research.
=== Animal and veterinary sciences ===
Since 2022, Utah State has been home to the only college of veterinary medicine operating in Utah.
A team of USU and University of Idaho researchers were the first in the world to successfully clone an equine. The baby mule, named Idaho Gem, was born May 4, 2003.
USU researchers made headlines in 2011 after breeding transgenic goats. Utah State University professor Randy Lewis' "spider goats," the milk of which contains spider silk, are being studied for uses including human muscle tissue and light-weight bulletproof vests.
=== Research farms ===
Utah State owns and operates 14 separate research farms as well as several equestrian, agricultural, ecological, and botanical centers located throughout the state.
=== Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter ===
In 2010, Utah State received ownership of the more than $30 million …
