U-Idaho’s Holthuijzen Selected as Udall Scholar
Posted: Monday, April 1
MOSCOW, Idaho — University of Idaho junior, Wieteke Holthuijzen, has been selected as a 2013 Udall Scholar, only one of 50 in the nation and the only Idaho scholar this year. “It is such an honor to be selected for this scholarship; I don’t think that it has really sunk in yet,” said Holthuijzen, from Boise. “To receive this level of recognition really means a lot- i...
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Letters, Arts & Social Sciences | Environmental Science | Environmental Science | News Release | Sustainability

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

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

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

U-Idaho Professor Takes on Leadership Role in Global Effort to Preserve Biodiversity
Posted: Wednesday, April 4 2012
By Donna Emert MOSCOW, Idaho – Dennis Geist, professor of geology at the University of Idaho, has been studying the volcanoes of the Galápagos Islands since 1981. This January, he was named President of the Charles Darwin Foundation, which is dedicated to research in support of conservation in the Galápagos Islands. “Dennis is the Board’s only PhD and practicing scientist,” ...
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Science | Geological Sciences | Environmental Science | Geology | News Release

Princeton Review Names U-Idaho Professor One of America’s 300 Best
Posted: Wednesday, April 4 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – On Tuesday, the Princeton Review named Karen Harpp, associate professor of geochemistry at the University of Idaho, one of the 300 best professors in the U.S. Formerly of Colgate University, Harpp was chosen out of over 42,000 professors nationwide using student data collected by the Princeton Review and RateMyProfessor.com.     An engagi...
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Science | Geological Sciences | Geology | Environmental Science | Geology | News Release | Karen Harpp

Dylan Hedden-Nicely, University of Idaho Graduate Student, Awarded the Avista-Waters of the West Scholarship
Posted: Tuesday, February 7 2012
Written by Alecia Hoene MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho Environmental Science and Water Resources Programs are proud to announce Dylan Hedden-Nicely as the 2012 recipient of the Avista-Waters of the West Scholarship. Hedden-Nicely, ’12, is in his final year of a concurrent law degree and a master’s degree in water resources. He said the Avista-Waters of the West Scholar...
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Law | Environmental Science | News Release | Sustainability

PEEP Show Diorama Exhibition
Thursday, April 21 2011 at 9:00 AM
Students enrolled in Environmental Science 101 created dioramas on environmental themes using Peeps the candy chicks) this semester. 170 of these dioramas will be on display in the Idaho Commons Clearwater room on Thursday at 9 a.m. Some of the environmental issues displayed in these dioramas include: over-population, lack of food, water pollution, nuclear disasters, air pollution, global warmin...
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Environmental Science | Environmental Science

University of Idaho Internship Builds Student Skills, Helps Local Business Owners
Posted: Monday, March 21 2011
MOSCOW, Idaho – Six University of Idaho interns are building valuable, real-world skills for the emerging green economy by providing energy efficiency evaluations for small businesses in Northern Idaho. The university’s Sustainability Center and the Environmental Science Program are partnering with the Idaho Small Business Development Center and Avista Utilities to deliver the internship program....
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