University of Idaho Librarian Receives Prestigious “Mover & Shaker” Award
Posted: Tuesday, March 19
MOSCOW, Idaho – University of Idaho librarian Ben Hunter has been named a “Mover & Shaker” in the library industry by the national publication, “Library Journal.” The journal identified 50 outstanding professionals committed to providing excellent service to meet the needs of the people they serve. Hunter, who leads the University of Idaho Library’s Catalo...
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Alumni to Inspire Art and Architecture Students Futures
Posted: Friday, March 8
MOSCOW, Idaho – Helping students prepare for life beyond the classroom, the University of Idaho’s College of Art and Architecture will host a day-long symposium on Wednesday, March 20 to provide insight and advice for students seeking their first post-college job in an increasingly more interdependent and complex world, or contemplating their fields of interest and passions while in co...
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Art & Architecture | Architecture | Rula Awwad-Rafferty | Mark Hoversten | Alumni | News Release | Interior Design | Architecture | Interior Design

U-Idaho Women’s Center Celebrates Women with Award-Winning Films at LUNAFEST
Posted: Friday, March 8
MOSCOW, Idaho – The U-Idaho Women’s Center will celebrate its eighth anniversary of hosting the only national touring festival of short films by, for and about women. The LUNAFEST Women’s Film Festival will take place in Moscow on Thursday, March 21, 2013. LUNAFEST™, produced by LUNA, The Whole Nutrition Bar for Women?, provides a national platform for independent women fi...
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News Release | Diversity and Human Rights | Diversity | Equality

U-Idaho Semester in the Wild™ Helps Students Study and Go Wild
Posted: Thursday, March 7
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho is helping students answer the call of the wild and receive course credit with a new program, Semester in the Wild. The opportunity allows students to live and learn in the great outdoors for the fall semester and gain valuable skills. “After their Semester in the Wild experiences, students will return to their programs, energized and engaged,&r...
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News Release | Natural Resources | McCall Outdoor Science School | Central Idaho | Rocky Mountains | Taylor Wilderness Research Station | environment | Recreation | CNR | Recreation

Filling a Void: U-Idaho Announces Renewable Materials Program
Posted: Thursday, March 7
MOSCOW, Idaho — With the market for green products on the rise, the need for employees with skills and experiences in developing and marketing green products is becoming critical. The University of Idaho’s recently renamed College of Natural Resources Renewable Materials program is uniquely suited to develop future professionals to meet this need. “This is an exciting, new oppo...
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Natural Resources | Forest Products | Renewable Materials | Forest Products | News Release | Forest Products | Renewable Materials | Forestry | environment | Tom Gorman | Renewable Materials | Renewable Materials | CNR

Idaho’s Youth Create Tomorrow’s Inventions
Posted: Wednesday, March 6
MOSCOW, Idaho – Idaho’s creative, young minds will turn ideas into innovations during the annual Invent Idaho State Finals March 8-9 at the University of Idaho. Invent Idaho hosts over 100 young inventors in grades one through eight on the Moscow campus and celebrates student creativity and innovation, while teaching inventive thinking in an interdisciplinary curriculum. Regional ev...
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Science | Engineering | Education | News Release

U-Idaho President Named Finalist For Texas Tech President’s Job
Posted: Friday, March 1
MOSCOW, ID – University of Idaho President M. Duane Nellis has been selected as the sole finalist for the presidency at Texas Tech University. The Texas Tech University System Board of Regents will have a final vote on this in late March following a 21-day waiting period required by Texas law. “When Ruthie and I made the move to the Northwest and the University of Idaho almost four y...
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News Release | Office of the President | Duane Nellis | President's Office | Office of the President

University of Idaho to Showcase Legal History Exhibit
Posted: Friday, March 1
BOISE, Idaho – The University of Idaho College of Law and the Idaho State Law Library will sponsor the Idaho Legal History Exhibit honoring Sen. William E. Borah. The exhibit opens at the Idaho State Law Library at the Idaho Water Center in Boise on Tuesday, March 5 and will be on permanent display. The exhibit will include photos, documents and other historical artifacts related to Sen. Bo...
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Law | University of Idaho Boise | News Release

University of Idaho to Continue Education and Support for Military Students
Posted: Thursday, February 28
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho, nationally recognized as a veteran friendly institution, will continue to provide quality education and support for military students on and off campus with the signing of the Department of Defense’s new Voluntary Education Partnership Memorandum of Understanding this week. The new MOU is mandatory for all colleges and universities that wish to...
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News Release | Veterans | Student Affairs

New Digital Collection Documents 70 Years of Priest Lake, Idaho Area History
Posted: Wednesday, February 27
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho Library’s Digital Initiatives department announces the online release of the Priest Lake Museum Association Collection, a digital collection of historical photographs of Priest Lake, Idaho and the surrounding area. The 380 images span the years 1880 to 1950, documenting the area’s waters, boats, buildings, landscape and people. “Thi...
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Gaudette Joins University of Idaho Communications Team in Boise
Posted: Wednesday, February 27
BOISE, Idaho – The University of Idaho welcomes award-winning journalist Gemma Gaudette to its media relations team in Boise as the new Regional Integrated Communications Officer. Gaudette will focus on communications and media initiatives in southern and eastern Idaho for the university, with particular emphasis on media outlets in the Treasure Valley, Twin Falls and Idaho Falls. &ldquo...
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University of Idaho Boise | News Release | Advancement

Cruise the World in a Day
Posted: Tuesday, February 26
MOSCOW, Idaho – Take in the sights, sounds and tastes from around the world during this year’s University of Idaho Cruise the World event on Saturday, March 2 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. in the Student Union Building Ballroom. With booths from nearly 30 countries, Cruise the World, hosted by the University of Idaho International Enrichment Program, allows students from different count...
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News Release | Diversity and Human Rights | Diversity | International

Waste Not, Want Not: Solid Waste Management and Wastewater Treatment is the Focus of U-Idaho’s President’s Sustainability Symposium
Posted: Monday, February 25
MOSCOW, Idaho – Changing regulations and the prospect of fewer federal dollars mean wastewater treatment and solid waste management are critical concerns for today’s city planners, commercial developers, elected officials and facilities operators nationwide. That’s why the University of Idaho’s President’s Sustainability Symposium is focusing on “Community Stewa...
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Priscilla Salant | Environmental Science | Research | News Release | Sustainability | Southern Idaho | Twin Falls | Office of the President | Duane Nellis | environment | Environmental Science | President's Office | Office of Community Partnerships

Avista and Water Resources Program Announce Annual Scholarship Winners
Posted: Thursday, February 21
Written by Alecia Hoene MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho Environmental Science and Water Resources Program is proud to announce the recipients of the 2013 Avista-Waters of the West Scholarship. Ricardo Sánchez-Murillo, a doctoral student working with Jan Boll and Erin Brooks of the biological and agricultural engineering department will be awarded $3,000. He is researching th...
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Engineering | Biological and Agricultural Engineering | Jan Boll | Environmental Science | Biological and Agricultural Engineering | Environmental Science | Water Resources | Research | News Release | environment | Environmental Science | Biological and Agricultural Engineering | Water Resources

McClure Symposium on Federal Fiscal Issues
Posted: Thursday, February 14
BOISE, Idaho – The University of Idaho will host the McClure Symposium on Federal Fiscal Issues on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at the Idaho State Capitol Auditorium. Idaho Public Television will air the program live from 8-10 p.m. MT/ 7-9 p.m. PT on the IdahoPTV World Channel (subchannel 4). The program will provide regional and national focus on our nation’s fiscal condition and possible soluti...
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University of Idaho Boise | News Release

President Nellis Announces the Creation of Two Task Forces
Posted: Thursday, February 14
MOSCOW, Idaho – University of Idaho President M. Duane Nellis continues to demonstrate his commitment to reassuring campus safety. As part of this commitment, he announced today the formation of two task forces to evaluate university policies regarding alcohol and substance abuse among students university-wide and to examine the university’s relationship with fraternities and sororitie...
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News Release | Office of the President | Student Affairs | Duane Nellis | Dean of Students | Office of the President

2013 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Offers Workshops with Artists and Educators
Posted: Wednesday, February 13
MOSCOW, Idaho – The 2013 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, which runs from Feb. 20-23 in Moscow, Idaho, will offer workshops by world-class jazz educators, musicians and University of Idaho faculty. In addition to music focused workshops, the festival offers numerous dance workshops and interdisciplinary “Thinking About College” workshops that explore the relationships between the ...
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Lionel Hampton School of Music | Music | News Release | Jazz Festival | Music | Music

What’s New at the 2013 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
Posted: Wednesday, February 13
MOSCOW, Idaho – For 46 years, the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival has inspired futures through jazz. Some of the highlights of this year's festival include: Lionel Hampton Youth Jazz Orchestra Vibraphone player Warren Wolf will appear with the Lionel Hampton Youth Jazz Orchestra on Saturday, Feb. 23. Wolf was selected as the vibes player for this year’s festival, upholding the traditi...
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Lionel Hampton School of Music | Music | News Release | Jazz Festival | Music

Street and Parking Restrictions for the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
Posted: Friday, February 8
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho will host thousands of visitors for the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Feb. 20-23, and many will be transported via bus or van. Due to the high amount of vehicular traffic and pedestrians on campus, some streets and parking lots will have restrictions during the festival. Traffic and parking restrictions during the festival include: Deakin Ave. and Stu...
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U-Idaho Theater Offers Two Evenings of Entertainment Before Upcoming Tour
Posted: Thursday, February 7
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho Department of Theatre Arts is packing up for a road trip later this month. The department’s fall production, “Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter” by Julie Marie Myatt, has been invited to compete at the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival. The set, cast and crew will travel to the festival held in Sacramento, Calif., Feb. 18-22....
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U-Idaho Nuclear Engineering Program Director Recognized for Statewide Contributions
Posted: Thursday, February 7
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – The Partnership for Science and Technology is recognizing Akira Tokuhiro, director of the University of Idaho’s Nuclear Engineering Program, for his energetic role in moving nuclear initiatives forward in the state. Tokuhiro will receive the 2012 Individual Energy Education Advocate Award at the Partnership for Science and Technology/Idaho Section of the American ...
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Engineering | Idaho Falls | News Release | Akira Tokuhiro | Eastern Idaho | engineering | Nuclear Engineering | Nuclear Engineering | Safety

Three Benefit Performances of “The Vagina Monologues” Scheduled for Feb. 14-16
Posted: Thursday, February 7
MOSCOW, Idaho – Promoting awareness and an end to violence against women and girls, the University of Idaho Women’s Center is presenting their annual V-Day benefit production of Eve Ensler’s celebrated play, “The Vagina Monologues,” Feb. 14-16 at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in downtown Moscow. The global V-Day campaign includes the performance of creative ev...
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News Release | Diversity and Human Rights | Diversity

Service and Commitment Beyond Graduation: U-Idaho Ranks 7th in Peace Corps Rankings
Posted: Wednesday, February 6
By Amanda Cairo MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho has a long-standing tradition of opening doors for students to the world, and this year, that effort is being recognized as the university ranks seventh on the Peace Corps’ 2013 Top Colleges amongst medium-sizes schools. “We are proud of taking our tradition of service learning and the spirit of helping others worldwide,&r...
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University of Idaho Students Gain Cultural Knowledge with Black History Month
Posted: Tuesday, February 5
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho will celebrate Black History Month during the month of February with an art exhibit at the Prichard Art Gallery featuring art work by Jeffrey Henson and the 10th annual Shades of Black show. The University of Idaho will be hosting Shades of Black on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 5 p.m. with special host, comedian, Alvin Williams. This year, the show is titled ...
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News Release | Diversity and Human Rights | Multicultural | Leathia Botello | Office of Multicultural Affairs

Sustainability Center Helps Create Student-Led Sustainability Opportunities
Posted: Tuesday, February 5
By Wieteke Holthuijzen MOSCOW, Idaho – Helping University of Idaho students become more active by reducing their carbon footprint and showing how climate change will impact Idaho recreation, the University of Idaho Sustainability Center is supporting two student-led sustainability projects with grants totaling more than $4,500. Ryan McGrath, a doctoral student in exercise science with rese...
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News Release | Sustainability | Grants | environment

U-Idaho Job Fair Making Greater Employer, Employee Matches
Posted: Monday, February 4
MOSCOW, Idaho – Whether you’re looking ahead to a career, seasonal work, graduate school or an internship, the University of Idaho’s Job, Internship and Grad School Fair has plenty of opportunity this year on Wednesday Feb. 6 from 2-6 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. Organizers are hoping to match more job seekers with employment opportunities this year by bringing in the mos...
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News Release | Career Center | University of Idaho

Seattle Philanthropists Create Endowed Chair and More at U-Idaho
Posted: Friday, February 1
MOSCOW, Idaho – A Seattle couple has donated $3.3 million to the University of Idaho to benefit faculty, students and facilities. The gift, from husband and wife Tom Alberg and Judi Beck, will establish the university’s first fully funded endowed chair, a pair of graduate student fellowships, establish a separate faculty excellence fund and pay for costs associated with the constructio...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Natural Resources | Anthony S. Davis | Research | News Release | Donor | Funding | Fellowships | Duane Nellis | Kurt Pregitzer | Advancement | CNR

Turning of the Wheel: A Digital Collection of Humanities Events released by U-Idaho Library
Posted: Thursday, January 31
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho Library announces the release of Digital Initiatives' latest collection, The Turning of the Wheel Collection: A Digital Collection of Humanities Events. The Turning of the Wheel Collection is a compilation of videos, photographs and transcripts documenting over 30 events that took place as part of the Turning of the Wheel Humanities Colloquium Series,...
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News Release | Colloquium

Prichard Art Gallery Exhibit to Showcase Vandal Atmospheric Science Team Work
Posted: Monday, January 28
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho’s Prichard Art Gallery, in collaboration with Vandal Atmospheric Science Team, presents the exhibit titled, “VAST: To Infinity and Beyond” to run Jan. 29 – Feb. 10. A closing reception and silent auction will take place on Friday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. in the Prichard Art Gallery. Looking at Earth from a different perspective, the e...
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Engineering | Art & Architecture | Architecture | Roger Rowley | News Release | Architecture | Ed Galindo | engineering

FAFSA Help Days at the U-Idaho Financial Aid Office
Posted: Friday, January 25
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho Financial Aid Office is offering students and parents help with completing the FAFSA financial aid application for 2013-14. Expert staff will be available to assist with the completion of the FAFSA and answer questions about the process on Tuesday, Jan. 29 and Wednesday, Jan. 30 from 4-7 p.m. both nights. The FAFSA Help Days will be held in the Financ...
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Nellis Outlines U-Idaho’s Statewide Impact, Continuing Partnership with State Legislature
Posted: Thursday, January 24
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho is partnering with the Idaho legislature to support and inspire the future of Idaho’s citizens. That’s the message that M. Duane Nellis, university president, delivered to members of the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on behalf of the state’s land-grant university. “This legislative investment also benefits 36,000 stu...
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News Release | Office of the President | Duane Nellis

U-Idaho Ecologists Offer Plans on Preserving Nation’s Biodiversity
Posted: Wednesday, January 23
By Jill Maxwell The protected areas network within the continental United States is often viewed as one of the country’s best tools for securing vegetation communities and the species they support into the future. Yet, the current network of protected U.S. lands does not fully capture the entire range of the country’s vegetation communities or ecological systems. The failure to ade...
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Natural Resources | Research | News Release | Soil

Jazz Fest Unveils 2013 “Lionel Hampton Youth Jazz Orchestra”
Posted: Wednesday, January 23
MOSCOW, Idaho – Under the vision and guidance of artistic director John Clayton, the University of Idaho Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival is pleased to bring together the Lionel Hampton New York Big Band with the talent of youth to create the Lionel Hampton Youth Jazz Orchestra. Each year the Lionel Hampton Big Band is one of the featured acts at the festival. This year, after a rigorous audit...
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Letters, Arts & Social Sciences | Music Education | Music | News Release | Jazz Festival | Music Education | Music

Guggenheim Fellow, Rebecca Solnit, to Read at University of Idaho on Jan. 30
Posted: Wednesday, January 23
MOSCOW, Idaho – Rebecca Solnit, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, will read from her work and sign books Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Law School Courtroom at the Menard Law Building on the University of Idaho campus. “Time and again, Rebecca shows us that hope still exists,” said Doug Heckman, University of Idaho MFA in Creative Writing program director...
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English | History | History | News Release | Doug Heckman | History | English

Richard LeBaron, Former U.S. Ambassador, to Deliver U-Idaho’s Distinguished Visiting Practitioners of International Affairs Lecture
Posted: Tuesday, January 22
MOSCOW, Idaho – In its ongoing effort to educate and inform students and the public about international issues with profound, immediate and long-term impacts, the University of Idaho’s Martin Institute has established the Visiting Distinguished Practitioners of International Affairs lecturer series. Richard LeBaron, former U.S. diplomat and the 2013 Visiting Distinguished Practitione...
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International Studies | Bill Smith | International Studies | News Release | Colloquium | International | International Studies

Mosaic Concert Offers Greatest Hits and Rising Stars Feb. 1
Posted: Tuesday, January 22
MOSCOW, Idaho – Piecing together 75 unique and outstanding student musicians from the University of Idaho Lionel Hampton School of Music, the Feb. 1 Mosaic Concert will compose the big picture of music in a seamlessly choreographed, fast-paced performance. The Mosaic Concert is set for 7:30 p.m. in the Haddock Performance Hall. The event is orchestrated by second-year voice professor Kyle...
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Lionel Hampton School of Music | Torrey Lawrence | Music | News Release | Kyle Ferrill | Music | Music

Jazz Festival Buttons to Allow Entry to Select Festival Workshops and Support Young Artists Concerts
Posted: Friday, January 11
MOSCOW, Idaho — The University of Idaho Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival announces the return of the commemorative button program in celebration of the 2013 festival. Buttons will be honored at regional outlets Jan. 15 – March 15 and will be required for entry into select festival workshops. Purchasing the button – priced at $3 – not only covers the admission to selected high...
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News Release | Jazz Festival

Idaho Geological Survey and U-Idaho Explore for Geothermal Energy
Posted: Thursday, January 10
MOSCOW, Idaho – In an effort to provide the most accurate assessment of high-temperature geothermal energy potential in the region, the Idaho Geological Survey recently drilled new wells in southeastern Idaho. “These new thermal gradient wells will provide the first accurate picture of the heat flow regime beneath this important volcanic province,” said project leader John Welha...
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Geology | Geology | Research | News Release | Eastern Idaho | Geology

Borah Symposium to Address Relationship Between Sports, War and Peace
Posted: Thursday, January 10
MOSCOW, Idaho – Looking deeper into the international landscape and the concept of sport, this spring’s University of Idaho Borah Symposium will focus on Beyond the Battlefield: Sports, War and Peace. Events will take place April 1-3 on the Moscow campus and are free to the public. “With the recent summer Olympic Games in London, including performances by former Vandal student-...
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News Release | Borah Symposium

University of Idaho Boise Delayed Today
Posted: Thursday, January 10
MOSCOW, Idaho – Due to inclement weather, the University of Idaho Boise has delayed the start of classes for today, Thursday, Jan. 10. The University of Idaho Boise expects to be open at 10 a.m. # # # About the University of Idaho The University of Idaho inspires students to succeed and become leaders. Its land-grant mission furthers innovative scholarly and creative research to grow Idaho...
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University of Idaho to Honor Extraordinary Alumni Jan. 23 in Boise
Posted: Wednesday, January 9
By Ryan Paul BOISE, Idaho — The University of Idaho Alumni Association will honor two individuals with its 2013 Silver and Gold Awards the evening of Jan. 23 in Boise. Recipients are Tim Woodward ’71 and Brent Keeth ’82, ’96. Honorary Alumna Recognition will be awarded to employee Sandy Larsen for providing 17 years of faithful and distinguished service to the university, ...
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U-Idaho to Host Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration
Posted: Wednesday, January 9
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with an on-campus showing Tuesday, Jan. 22 at 12:30 p.m. of his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech, filmed in 1963. The screening will take place in the Teaching and Learning Center, attached to the Idaho Commons, in its Student Diversity Center, room 229. He delivered his stirring remarks on Aug. 28, ...
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News Release | Diversity | Multicultural | Leathia Botello | Office of Multicultural Affairs

U-Idaho Professor Paul Joyce Tapped as Permanent Dean of the College of Science
Posted: Wednesday, January 9
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho has appointed Paul Joyce as dean of the College of Science. Joyce, a professor of mathematics, statistics and bioinformatics, has served as interim dean since June 2012. “I am pleased Dr. Joyce has accepted this appointment as dean. Paul has long demonstrated leadership on our campus and will now have an opportunity to demonstrate his leadershi...
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Science | Paul Joyce | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | News Release | Provost | Duane Nellis | Bioinformatics and computational biology

Foltz Named U-Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Interim Dean
Posted: Wednesday, December 26 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho has named John Foltz as the interim dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. “John has a broad understanding of the college, its people and its mission, which will be vital in making the transition to a new dean,” said M. Duane Nellis, president of the University of Idaho. Foltz has served since 2004 as associate dean and d...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology | Agricultural Economics | News Release | Duane Nellis | Agricultural Economics | Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology | Agricultural Economics | Economics | John Foltz

Regents Give Go Ahead For New U-Idaho Research Complex
Posted: Tuesday, December 18 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho Board of Regents at its monthly meeting last week in Coeur d’Alene gave the university the go ahead to invest $3.6 million in planning and preparation for the Integrated Research and Innovation Center. This work will prepare the way for building to begin in 2014 with a target completion date of fall 2016, making it the first academic building co...
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Research | News Release

Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Honored with Magrath Exemplary Program Award
Posted: Monday, December 17 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival was recently honored with a C. Peter Magrath University Community Engagement Exemplary Program Award. Since 2006, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and the National Outreach Scholarship Conference, with support from the W.K Kellogg Foundation, have partnered to recognize the outreach scholarship...
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Priscilla Salant | News Release | Jazz Festival | Office of Community Partnerships

Morrill Act Contest Winners Announced
Posted: Tuesday, December 11 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – FFA members from Meridian, sixth graders at Idaho Falls Rimrock Elementary and high school seniors at Meridian took top honors in a University of Idaho video contest to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the law that created the U.S. land-grant university system. Elementary students from Marsing, Lewiston and Kootenai won top prizes in a poster contest focusing on education....
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Rangeland Livestock Symposium to Address Issues Facing Ranchers
Posted: Tuesday, December 11 2012
TWIN FALLS, Idaho – Rangeland and animal science extension faculty with the University of Idaho Rangeland Center will offer the 2013 Intermountain Rangeland Livestock Symposium and Technical Training Jan. 10-11 at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls, Idaho. Collaborative sponsors include the Idaho Section of the Society for Range Management and the Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission...
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Natural Resources | Natural Resources, Ph.D. | News Release | Natural Resources, M.S. | Amanda Gearhart

U-Idaho Project to Monitor Wilderness Ecosystem as it ‘Breathes’
Posted: Monday, December 10 2012
By Jill Maxwell TAYLOR WILDERNESS RANCH RESEARCH STATION, Idaho – Trudging up a steep mountainside to dig holes in rocky soil doesn’t seem like professorial work. But for Katy Kavanagh and Tim Link – faculty members in the University of Idaho Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences Department – it was all in a recent weekend’s work. Mundane as the task may seem, the hol...
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Natural Resources | Katy Kavanagh | Natural Resources, Ph.D. | News Release | Natural Resources, M.S.

“Learning Doesn’t Stop After You Get Your Degree:” U-Idaho Library Dean Offers Lessons to Graduates
Posted: Saturday, December 8 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – Lynn Baird, University of Idaho dean of library services, shared today a few lessons she’s learned since receiving her own bachelor’s degree with fall commencement graduates. Perhaps most important, she said is “learning doesn’t stop after you get your degree.” “I want to share with you my journey from student to dean,” said Baird. &...
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New Year will Bring Change in Ag Dean
Posted: Friday, December 7 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – John Hammel will close out his time as the dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences this month after nine years in the position to pursue full-time teaching and research opportunities. “I have greatly appreciated the time that I have served as dean – in spite of some challenging times, we have seen advances with our partners around the state. I look...
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Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Reaches Out to Regional Schools
Posted: Friday, December 7 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – World renowned jazz bassist, composer, arranger, conductor and educator John Clayton will visit select Spokane, Wash., schools in early December, prior to the 2013 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. In 2011, the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival started a new initiative, the Intensive Mentorship Program. The program allows for a select number of band programs each year to receive more...
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News Release | Jazz Festival | Music | Music

University of Idaho Engineering Capstone Program Recognized as One of Nation’s Best
Posted: Tuesday, December 4 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – The National Academy of Engineering has recognized the University of Idaho College of Engineering’s capstone design program as one of the best in the nation. The capstone program is among 29 engineering education programs chosen for their achievements, and one of only seven capstone programs highlighted in the National Academy’s report, “Infusing Real-World...
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Engineering | Larry Stauffer | News Release | engineering

Faculty Art Exhibit Opens at Prichard Art Gallery Dec. 7
Posted: Monday, December 3 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho Prichard Art Gallery will present its annual faculty art exhibit, which is a celebration of faculty members' creative contributions in the community. The exhibit will be on view from Dec. 7 through Jan. 26, with an opening reception on Friday, Dec. 7 from 5-8 p.m. Works by faculty from the university's College of Art and Architecture are featured in t...
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Architecture | Roger Rowley | News Release | Architecture

U-Idaho Biologist Investigates a Common Virus’ Damaging Effect on Cells
Posted: Thursday, November 29 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho - University of Idaho biologist Lee Fortunato’s innovative new research method reveals how a virus responsible for birth defects co-opts a cell’s ability to repair itself. Fortunato, an associate professor of biological sciences, has spent more than 15 years studying human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), and her recent research was published today in the Public Library of Scien...
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Science | Biological Sciences | Research | News Release

Transportation Institute Receives $3.4 Million in Further Research Funding
Posted: Thursday, November 29 2012
The extension of a federal grant will allow researchers at the University of Idaho to continue their work to improve the nation’s transportation system for people and the environment. The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the University of Idaho’s National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology, or NIATT, a total of $3.4 million to run a Tier 1 University Transportat...
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Engineering | Ahmed Abdel-Rahim | Research | News Release

Tickets for Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Available Dec. 3
Posted: Wednesday, November 28 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival will celebrate its 46th year with a stellar lineup of artists at the four-day winter festival in Moscow, Idaho, Feb. 20-23, 2013. Festival tickets go on sale to the general public Monday, Dec. 3. Tickets are available for all nights with prices ranging from $25-$50/ night, and special discounts as low as $7 for youth and ...
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Lionel Hampton School of Music | News Release | Jazz Festival

Engineering Student Receives President’s Award for Minority Doctoral Candidates
Posted: Wednesday, November 28 2012
In an effort to promote diversity within graduate education and recruit the best and brightest in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the University of Idaho’s President’s Doctoral Scholars Award helps minority students continue their studies and research. President M. Duane Nellis has named mechanical engineering student Anthony Rey DeLeon the recipient of...
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Science | Engineering | Research | News Release | Diversity | ibest | engineering | Office of the President

University of Idaho Fall Commencement Takes Center Stage Dec. 8
Posted: Tuesday, November 27 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – As the fall semester draws to a close, 831 graduates will celebrate their eligibility to walk across the stage and receive University of Idaho diplomas during the 2012 fall commencement ceremony. The event will take place on Saturday, Dec. 8, at 12:30 p.m., in the ASUI-Kibbie Activity Center. All degree candidates participating in the ceremony must line up for the processio...
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News Release | Student Affairs | Registrar | Duane Nellis

U-Idaho Library Partners with Moscow Public Library for “Let’s Talk About It, Idaho!” Series
Posted: Monday, November 26 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho Library and the Moscow Public Library are joining forces to provide the educational and entertaining series, “Let’s Talk About It, Idaho!” to residents of Moscow and the surrounding area. The five-part series of book discussions brings adult reading groups together with humanities scholars to discuss fine literature. The 2013 series ...
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U-Idaho Receives $3 million Grant to Develop Teaching Methods, Classroom Technology
Posted: Monday, November 26 2012
Boise, ID – The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation is seeking to equip and train the next generation of teachers to help improve student achievement by awarding a $7.3 million grant to establish a pair of Doceõ Centers for Innovation and Learning at two Idaho universities, one public and one private. The University of Idaho and Northwest Nazarene University will establish centers ...
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Education | News Release | Duane Nellis

News Faces, New Expertise: University of Idaho Foundation Announces New Leaders
Posted: Tuesday, November 20 2012
BOISE, Idaho –The University of Idaho Foundation Inc. has elected two new members to its board of directors. The new directors will add to the current board comprised of leaders from Idaho and around the nation. Their terms run for three years. New board members are: • Valerie “Val” Heusinkveld (’81), of Boise, is the chief financial officer of CradlePoint. She has m...
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News Release | Corporate and Foundation Relations

Rolling with the Beat
Posted: Friday, November 16 2012
The University of Idaho’s newest marching band member has three legs, 30 flashing LED lights and an electronic brain. The Human-Assisted Robotic Drumset, nicknamed the Band-Beesten, is the newest star of the Sound of Idaho. It’s a joint project between students and faculty in mechanical engineering, computer science and music – and there’s nothing quite like it anywhere el...
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Science | Engineering | Computer Science | Mechanical Engineering | Lionel Hampton School of Music | B.S. Mechanical Engineering | Music | News Release | Music | Computer Science

Longtime U-Idaho Music Professor Receives National Teaching Award
Posted: Thursday, November 15 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – After dedicating nearly 35 years to teaching and inspiring generations of music students, the University of Idaho’s Dan Bukvich is receiving the 2012 U.S. Professor of the Year Award in the state of Idaho. “Winning this award is humbling. Whenever people win these awards, it means a lot of people behind the scenes did a lot of work. So I’m very appreciativ...
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Music Education | Music | Master of Music | News Release | Jazz Festival | Katherine Aiken | Graduate | Duane Nellis | Music Education | Music

Prichard Art Gallery to Hold “Acts of Chairs” Tournament
Posted: Friday, November 9 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – As part of the Prichard Art Gallery’s current art exhibit, “Acts of Chairs,” the gallery will hold the Prichard Chair Tournament on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in the gallery. The tournament will pit teams head-to-head competing for the best chair arrangement. Each bracket of four or five teams will be judged by the audience to determine which teams make it to the n...
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Art & Architecture | Roger Rowley | News Release | Architecture

Taking North Idaho/Spokane Recreation and Tourism International
Posted: Friday, November 9 2012
By Donna Emert COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – The distant island of Taiwan commenced visa waiver status Nov. 1. That development will likely reverberate on the shores of Coeur d'Alene Lake and in the streets of Spokane: It is expected to double the number of visits from Taiwan to the U.S. Karen Ballard, administrator of tourism development for the Idaho Department of Commerce, wants recrea...
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Recreation | Coeur d' Alene | News Release | Recreation | Recreation | Recreation | Recreation | Recreation

Competition Bridges Two of Idaho’s Greatest Natural Resources: Students and Forest Products
Posted: Wednesday, November 7 2012
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Natural Resources | Architecture | Forest Products | Forest Products | News Release | Architecture

University of Idaho Events for Nov. 12-18
Posted: Friday, November 2 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – The following is a list of University of Idaho sponsored events for the week of Nov. 12-18. Events will take place in Moscow, and are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Tuesday, Nov. 13 Malcolm R. Renfrew Interdisciplinary Colloquium 12:30-1:30 p.m. Idaho Commons, Aurora Room This lecture series features distinguished University of Idaho faculty and staff member...
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News Release

Native American Culture Celebrated During Annual Heritage Month
Posted: Friday, November 2 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – In honor of Native American Heritage month, the University of Idaho will celebrate with events Nov. 7-9. All events are free and open to the public. The festivities will open with “According to Coyote,” traditional Nez Perce stories written by John Kauffman and brought to life by Carlotta Kauffman at 7 p.m. Nov. 7 in the KIVI Theater. The following day, one of Indian Country’s to...
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News Release | Diversity and Human Rights | native american alumni group

Taking in the Big Picture
Posted: Thursday, November 1 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho — The University of Idaho American Indian Studies Program presents the 12th Annual Distinguished American Indian Speakers Series at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 9 in the Haddock Performance Hall at the Lionel Hampton School of Music. The evening will feature Kiowa/Choctaw artist and filmmaker Steven Paul Judd, who will speak on “Putting and Keeping Indians in the Picture.” A reception and...
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Interdisciplinary Programs | News Release | native american alumni group

Volunteers Needed for the 2013 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
Posted: Wednesday, October 31 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival is seeking volunteers to help during the 2013 festival, which takes place Feb. 20-23. Volunteer registration opens Saturday, Nov. 3. Each year, approximately 500 volunteers are needed to help manage student performance sites, transport artists and assist with general setup during the four-day event. “Volunteering at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festiv...
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Music | News Release | Jazz Festival | New | Music | volunteer

Regional Livestock Processing Forum Supports Local Meat Sales
Posted: Friday, October 26 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho is promoting the distribution and sale of local livestock products through its Regional Livestock Processing Forum on Monday, Nov. 5 from 8-11:30 a.m. in the Great Room at the 1912 Center, 412 E. 3rd St. in Moscow. Following the forum, a lunch and keynote speech presented by Arlie Sommer, from Idaho’s Bounty, and Brett Donnelly, from the USDA Rural Develop...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | News Release

U-Idaho Retiree Carol Grupp to be Honored as 2012 Treasure Award Recipient
Posted: Tuesday, October 23 2012
By Ryan Paul MOSCOW, Idaho - The University of Idaho Retirees’ Association will honor Carol Grupp with its 2012 Idaho Treasure Award at a Nov. 8, noon luncheon at Moscow’s University Inn Best Western. Grupp retired from the university in 2000, after 25 years of service, but she did not stop working. Rather, she moved right on to become an instrumental leader of the UIRA. “Prior to Carol’s r...
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Alumni | News Release | Alumni

Talking About War
Posted: Monday, October 22 2012
U-Idaho theater play gives insight to life as a veteran; Playwright visits U-Idaho campus Nov. 8 MOSCOW, Idaho — According to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, there are more than 22 million veterans in the United States — one million were deployed since Sept. 11 alone. So many lives are affected by war, yet for some it’s just a blip on the radar, said playwright Julie Marie Myat...
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Letters, Arts & Social Sciences | News Release | Teddy Crecelius

Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Award-Winning Poet, to Read at University of Idaho Nov. 7
Posted: Friday, October 19 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – Gabrielle Calvocoressi, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist, will read from her work and sign books Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Law School Courtroom, located in the Menard Law Building on the University of Idaho campus. “Gabrielle’s poems focus on people and places that most of us recognize,” said Doug Heckman, University of Idaho MFA creative writing program directo...
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English | News Release | Doug Heckman | English

WWAMI Medical Students Lauded for Participation in Rural Idaho Training Program
Posted: Friday, October 19 2012
BOISE, Idaho –Idaho’s medical education program, which trains students from Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho, has received the 2012 American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation’s Outstanding Program Award for the Rural/Underserved Opportunities Program (R/UOP). The award was presented Oct. 17. R/UOP is a specialized program that allows medical students opportunities to work in r...
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News Release | WWAMI

U-Idaho Enrollment Positive Under New Reporting Guidelines
Posted: Thursday, October 18 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – University of Idaho official enrollment stands at 12,493 students using the new Oct. 15 ‘census’ date and reporting guidelines set by the Idaho State Board of Education. The new SBOE guidelines replace the traditional 10th day of the fall semester reporting date with Oct. 15. They also limit all Idaho higher education institutions to reporting enrollment numbers for students in c...
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News Release | Study Abroad | Diversity | Duane Nellis | International | President's Office

U-Idaho Event to Focus on Media’s Coverage of Political Campaigns
Posted: Wednesday, October 17 2012
BOISE, Idaho – One of the nation’s best-known media critics will dissect election season journalism at this year’s University of Idaho Oppenheimer Ethics Symposium, Oct. 19 in Boise. Kelly McBride, lead ethicist at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, will deliver the symposium keynote titled “Politicians vs. the Press: A Social Media Cage Fight.” She will examine ethical challenges facing tr...
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Journalism and Mass Media | Kenton Bird | Journalism | News Release | Katherine Aiken | Journalism

New Idaho Geological Survey Map a Boon to State’s Economic Development
Posted: Wednesday, October 17 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – Map enthusiasts, geoscientists and resource managers this week will welcome the Idaho Geological Survey’s first release in 35 years of an all-encompassing geologic map of the Gem State. Geologic maps – in addition to showing regular features like mountains, rivers, plains, towns and roads – include details on the distribution, nature and age relationships of rocks, faults and stra...
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Science | Geology | Geology | Research | News Release | Geology

Idaho Showcases its Best Research through IBEST Institute
Posted: Tuesday, October 16 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – Some of the University of Idaho’s best researchers will showcase their research at a free, day-long information session on Thursday, Oct. 18. This event is open to the public. All work is linked to the Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies – or IBEST – which was formed as a grassroots group over 10 years ago and was formalized as an institute in 2011. Researchers a...
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Science | Larry Forney | Biology | News Release | International | ibest | Biology

U-Idaho Helping to Build the Best Defense Against a “Cyber Pearl Harbor”
Posted: Monday, October 15 2012
By Donna Emert POST FALLS/COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho -- American intelligence agencies have concluded that Iran is behind a recent barrage of network attacks on computers across the Saudi oil industry and US banks. In light of the attacks, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the US risks a “cyber Pearl Harbor.” In the 21st Century, cyber security breaches are one of the greatest threats to government...
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Science | Computer Science | News Release | Northern Idaho | Post Falls | Computer Science

New English Faculty Bring Department to Forefront of Literature and Environment
Posted: Wednesday, October 10 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – The recent addition of two new faculty members has vaulted the University of Idaho English department into a leadership role in the field of literature and the environment.  Professors Scott Slovic and Erin James joined the U-Idaho faculty this fall. Their publications and international recognition will help build the English department’s environmental focus.  Slovic, o...
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English | News Release | English

Acts of Chairs Exhibit to Open at the Prichard Art Gallery
Posted: Friday, October 5 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – The Prichard Art Gallery’s latest exhibit, Acts of Chairs, sets out to tell the stories a chair might have in its lifetime through an interactive installation. The exhibit will run Oct. 12 – Dec. 1 at the Prichard Art Gallery. An opening reception will be held on Friday, Oct. 12 from 5-8 p.m. at the Prichard Art Gallery. Michael Hosaluk will lecture about his work on Thursday, Oc...
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Art & Architecture | Architecture | Roger Rowley | News Release | Architecture

Growing Recreation and Tourism in North Idaho
Posted: Tuesday, October 2 2012
By Donna Emert COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Idaho overnight visitors statewide spent more than $1.8 billion in 2008, and in Kootenai County alone, recreation and tourism employs nearly 14 percent of the work force.  To support this growing sector of the region’s economy, University of Idaho Coeur d’Alene is introducing a Recreation and Tourism Speaker Series this October, featuring experts with i...
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Coeur d' Alene | News Release | Northern Idaho | Kootenai County | Recreation | Recreation

“Postures of Power” Exhibit Examines Women’s Footwear and Feminism
Posted: Friday, September 28 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – The Prichard Art Gallery from Oct. 2-7 will feature “Postures of Power: Higher and Higher,” which explores how women’s shoes came to define and redefine the feminist movement. Through a series of two- and three-dimensional works, including a video, the weeklong exhibit will confront the feminist-feminine dichotomy and scrutinize the conflation of power with choice. In essence, th...
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Art & Architecture | Architecture | Roger Rowley | News Release

Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Announces 2013 Artist Lineup
Posted: Thursday, September 27 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival will celebrate its 46th year with a stellar lineup of artists during the four-day winter festival in Moscow, Idaho, which runs Feb. 20-23, 2013. This year’s theme, Inspiring Futures Through Jazz, complements the University of Idaho’s “Inspiring Futures” capital campaign and also speaks to the core mission of the Jazz Festival. ...
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Lionel Hampton School of Music | Music | News Release | Jazz Festival | Music

Record Number of Employers to Recruit at Idaho’s Job and Internship Fairs
Posted: Wednesday, September 26 2012
By Brenda Berkey and Jessica Berwick MOSCOW, Idaho – Job seekers at the upcoming Oct. 1 and Oct. 3 Job and Internship Fairs at the University of Idaho’s Moscow campus can expect more employment opportunities as a result of the first increase since 2008 in the number of participating, potential employers, according to organizers.  A total of more than 95 organizations will converge on campus...
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News Release | Career Center

There’s an App for That?
Posted: Tuesday, September 25 2012
U-Idaho guest artist offers piano soul music and world premiere of composition using the app ForScore as finale By Donna Emert MOSCOW, Idaho — Pianist, conductor and director, Linda Holzer, brings soul music and cutting-edge technology together, seamlessly, in a performance slated for 7:30 p.m., Thurs., Oct. 18, in the Haddock Recital Hall, 1010 Blake Ave., on the University of Idaho campus, Mos...
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Letters, Arts & Social Sciences | News Release

U-Idaho Bellwood Memorial Lecture Features Chief Architect of 9/11 Victims’ Compensation
Posted: Friday, September 21 2012
MOSCOW/BOISE, Idaho---The University of Idaho College of Law’s Sherman J. Bellwood Memorial Lecture will feature keynote speaker Kenneth R. Feinberg, the nation’s leading authority on mediating disputes and administering compensation in mass injury cases. Feinberg has served as the chief architect of legal compensation for the nation’s most daunting, contemporary tragedies, including 9/11, Agent...
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Law | Juris Doctor | News Release

Succeeding “In the Kingdom of Men:” Kim Barnes’ latest novel earns high praise
Posted: Thursday, September 20 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho -- University of Idaho creative writing professor Kim Barnes’ latest novel, “In the Kingdom of Men,” released last May, continues to earn critical acclaim. The novel has landed on many must-read lists, including the Christian Science Monitor’s "15 summer 2012 novels we think you'll like," Vogue magazine’s "Hit List: Six Summer Novels” and Publisher’s Weekly’s "PW Picks.”  The ...
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English | Kim Barnes | English, M.A.T. | Creative Writing, M.F.A. | English, M.A. (TESL) | English, M.A. | News Release | Doug Heckman | Creative Writing, M.F.A.

NASA Chief Scientist Waleed Abdalati to Give Lecture at the University of Idaho
Posted: Thursday, September 20 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – Waleed Abdalati, NASA chief scientist, will give a lecture at the University of Idaho on Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 3:30 p.m. in the College of Law Courtroom. Abdalati is the principal adviser to Charles Bolden, NASA administrator, on agency science programs and strategic planning. His visit is sponsored by the University of Idaho’s College of Natural Resources. Abdalati presentation ...
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Lee Vierling | Environmental Science | Environmental Science | News Release | Natural Resources | Environmental Science

National Agricultural Teachers Group Honors U-Idaho Dairy Professor Ahmadzadeh
Posted: Wednesday, September 19 2012
MOSCOW -- Amin Ahmadzadeh, a University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences professor of dairy science, received the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Teacher Fellow Award during the group’s annual conference recently. “Your selection as a NACTA Teacher Fellow is an international recognition of your excellence in teaching and your commitment to the scholarship of...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Research | News Release | Extension | Animal & Veterinary Science: Dairy | Animal Science | Amin Ahmadzadeh

U-Idaho McCall Outdoor Science School Earns ID21 Award for Innovative Teaching
Posted: Wednesday, September 19 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho’s College of Natural Resources McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS) is one of six recipients of the ID21 Awards from the J.A. & K. Albertson Foundation for 2012. As one of the recipients from a pool of 167 nominees, MOSS will receive $50,000 and be honored at the foundation’s award ceremony on Oct. 16 at the Boise Egyptian Theater. “This prestigious aw...
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Natural Resources | Environmental Science | Environmental Science | Presidents Office | News Release | Office of the President | Duane Nellis | McCall Outdoor Science School | environment | Environmental Science

A True Performer: Olympian, U-Idaho grad Angela Whyte joins cast in satirical comedy
Posted: Wednesday, September 19 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho — For Angela Whyte, track and field is an individual’s sport. The benefits of working hard are reaped by the athlete, she said, and a lot of the motivation comes from within.   Whyte’s level of motivation is apparent in her resume — a long list of accomplishments including ranking sixth in 100-meter hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the first of three Olympic competitions in ...
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Letters, Arts & Social Sciences | News Release | Teddy Crecelius

Vietnam Veterans and Other Military Members to be Honored by University of Idaho
Posted: Tuesday, September 18 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho will honor veterans and current military members at the annual Military Appreciation Day Vandal football game against University of Wyoming on Saturday, Sept. 22. First, veterans and the general public are invited to attend an open house at the James F. Amos Veterans Center from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 21 in the Idaho Commons. Visitors also may vis...
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News Release | Operation Education | Veterans | ASUI | Office of the President

U-Idaho Counseling Programs Earn Highest Marks
Posted: Monday, September 17 2012
By Donna Emert COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — If student success is the ultimate measure of the effectiveness of a degree program, then counseling programs at the University of Idaho are definitely measuring up. In the most recent round of testing completed this fall, the University of Idaho’s Rehabilitation Counseling, Counseling and School Counseling program students collectively achieved a 100 perc...
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Education | News Release

U-Idaho Has Your Back at the Inaugural Katy Benoit Safety Forum
Posted: Friday, September 14 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho — Reinforcing the concept of Vandals taking care of each other, the University of Idaho will kick off the “I Got Your Back” campaign during the inaugural Katy Benoit Safety Forum on Sept. 19. The campaign and forum will be followed by several safety-related activities that will be held through Sept. 27. All will be aimed at raising student awareness of high-risk behaviors and situa...
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Presidents Office | News Release | Dean of Students | Office of the President

Person with a Disability: New Book Teaches that All the Other Complicating Adjectives of Personhood Still Apply
Posted: Thursday, September 13 2012
                                                By Donna Emert COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho -- When Susan Stuntzner was nineteen and injured her spine, there was not much...
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Coeur d' Alene | News Release

Accreditation Advances Landscape Architecture Degree Programs
Posted: Thursday, September 6 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – Landscape Architecture Accrediting Board of the American Society of Landscape Architects has awarded initial accreditation status to the University of Idaho’s College of Art and Architecture’s Master of Landscape Architecture professional degree. This is a positive step for the university’s revolutionary seamless BSLA/MLA program -- the second in the nation – and for students afte...
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Art & Architecture | News Release

U-Idaho Climbs in Washington Monthly Ranking; Doing More for Students
Posted: Tuesday, September 4 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho — The University of Idaho has climbed the rankings in Washington Monthly’s list of top colleges and universities across the nation. The publication placed University of Idaho at number 65 after posing the question, “What are colleges doing for their country?” The University of Idaho has answered that question well. Taking into account student impact and experience, the rankings also...
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Presidents Office | News Release | Office of the President | Duane Nellis | Office of the President