Tours explore Idaho’s surprising diversity
Posted: Wednesday, March 14 2012
Idaho may not have as much diversity among its residents as California and New York, but the University of Idaho Extension’s eight popular “Journey for Diversity” tours—hosted since 2005—continue to surprise participants with Idaho’s colorful past. The next tour Oct. 4-5 will explore diversity in the Twin Falls to Pocatello region. One tour “helped me teach students that Idaho not only...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Family and Consumer Sciences | Idaho Falls | Twin Falls | Extension

Boosting women’s strength in 6 weeks
Posted: Wednesday, March 7 2012
Can strength training twice a week improve people’s health and daily abilities? Yes, believes the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It set a goal for 30 percent of American adults in the U.S. to weight train twice a week to retain muscle mass and reduce fall-related injuries compared to adults who do not work with weights twice a week. A 2004 National Healt...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Family and Consumer Sciences | Extension | Ada County

Robots help University of Idaho dietetics students in North Idaho
Posted: Wednesday, March 7 2012
Simulation robots that talk back are helping University of Idaho dietetics students gain experience with problems like cardiac care and renal failure. The novel approach to clinical education is proving its worth as the third group of dietetics students progresses through their clinical rotations in hospitals across southern Idaho and the Idaho Panhandle this spring. The robot exe...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Family and Consumer Sciences | Dietetics | Extension