Faculty Features
Playing with fire and ice – and potatoes
Karen Harpp's geoscience education and outreach methods class shows fifth-grade students the fun of science.
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Karen Harpp's geoscience education and outreach methods class shows fifth-grade students the fun of science.
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Sciences Makes Waves at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival had a new feature this year: academic-themed workshops for for visiting high school students. Faculty from Physics and Mathematics conducted workshops highlighting connections between music and the fields they teach.
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The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival had a new feature this year: academic-themed workshops for for visiting high school students. Faculty from Physics and Mathematics conducted workshops highlighting connections between music and the fields they teach.
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Proposed AVIATR Project Captures the Scientific Imagination
Jason Barnes of the Physics Department is the lead scientist on an exciting proposal for unmanned exploration of Saturn's moon Titan.
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Jason Barnes of the Physics Department is the lead scientist on an exciting proposal for unmanned exploration of Saturn's moon Titan.
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NASA Fuels U-Idaho Scientist’s Research of Outer Space
Physicist Jason Barnes studies Titan, one of Saturn’s moons
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Physicist Jason Barnes studies Titan, one of Saturn’s moons
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Chasing a Virus Through Mathematical Models
Paul Joyce, Holly Wichman and Craig Miller, faculty in the College of Science, have set out to discover what the next move of the mutation process is going to be through mathematical models.
» Learn about mutating viruses and mathematics
Paul Joyce, Holly Wichman and Craig Miller, faculty in the College of Science, have set out to discover what the next move of the mutation process is going to be through mathematical models.
» Learn about mutating viruses and mathematics
Idaho Sparkles: New Mineral Named for Geology Professor
Geology Professor Mickey Gunter received one of the greatest honors that a mineralogist can receive. The International Mineralogical Association named a newly discovered mineral Gunterite.
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Geology Professor Mickey Gunter received one of the greatest honors that a mineralogist can receive. The International Mineralogical Association named a newly discovered mineral Gunterite.
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Flying to New Heights
Judy Parrish’s CORE science class focused on the romance of aviation.
» Taking Students Above the Horizon
Judy Parrish’s CORE science class focused on the romance of aviation.
» Taking Students Above the Horizon
The Science of Historic Nuclear Weapons
Karen Harpp’s CORE science class, The Advent of the Atomic Bomb, is making science interesting and much more interactive.
» The Advent of the Atomic Bomb
Karen Harpp’s CORE science class, The Advent of the Atomic Bomb, is making science interesting and much more interactive.
» The Advent of the Atomic Bomb
Setting Students on the World Stage
Statistical Sciences Department head Rick Edgeman and colleagues in the University of Idaho’s College of Business and Economics are creating a new joint graduate-level certificate program with the Aarhus School of Business in Aarhus, Denmark that will connect students from both countries for a greater learning opportunity.
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Statistical Sciences Department head Rick Edgeman and colleagues in the University of Idaho’s College of Business and Economics are creating a new joint graduate-level certificate program with the Aarhus School of Business in Aarhus, Denmark that will connect students from both countries for a greater learning opportunity.
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Celebrating a Century:
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Malcolm Renfrew
Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter proclaimed Oct. 12, 2010, to be Malcolm M. Renfrew Day in Idaho, recognizing Renfrew’s “highly successful career."
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Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Malcolm Renfrew
Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter proclaimed Oct. 12, 2010, to be Malcolm M. Renfrew Day in Idaho, recognizing Renfrew’s “highly successful career."
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Idaho “Nose” Explosive Detection: Grant Helps Develop Electronic Sniffer
University of Idaho researchers are nose-deep in sniffing out explosive vapors thanks to a recent $900,000 three-year grant from the Department of Defense for the detection of explosives.
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University of Idaho researchers are nose-deep in sniffing out explosive vapors thanks to a recent $900,000 three-year grant from the Department of Defense for the detection of explosives.
» Read more about Professors Hrdlicka & McIlroy's explosive detecting device.
Researchers: 1, Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: 0
University of Idaho Researchers Aim to Unlock Plasmid Transfer Secrets
In an effort to take the resistance out of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, University of Idaho researchers are getting down to the genetic level
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University of Idaho Researchers Aim to Unlock Plasmid Transfer Secrets
In an effort to take the resistance out of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, University of Idaho researchers are getting down to the genetic level
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V is For…The Word We're Afraid to Speak
Changing Women's Health at the Global Level
Increasing understanding about normal vaginal microbiota – or bacteria – so that physicians can better identify conditions that make women prone to infections and other diseases, and avoid the development of health problems.
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Changing Women's Health at the Global Level
Increasing understanding about normal vaginal microbiota – or bacteria – so that physicians can better identify conditions that make women prone to infections and other diseases, and avoid the development of health problems.
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It’s Not Only the Gene That Counts, But How You Use It
How lizards learned to change their pants
Scientists discover not only that different species can use the same gene to adapt to a new environment, but slight differences in its use can have important consequences.
» Learn about Erica Rosenblum's research in White Sands, New Mexico
How lizards learned to change their pants
Scientists discover not only that different species can use the same gene to adapt to a new environment, but slight differences in its use can have important consequences.
» Learn about Erica Rosenblum's research in White Sands, New Mexico
Judith Totman Parrish Recognized for Lifetime Achievement
The Association of African Women Geoscientists (AAWG) has awarded Judith Totman Parrish a certificate of lifetime achievement.
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The Association of African Women Geoscientists (AAWG) has awarded Judith Totman Parrish a certificate of lifetime achievement.
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Trout + Trout = Salmon?
Research in the Department of Biological Sciences
Joe Cloud, professor of biological sciences, is attempting to use rainbow trout as surrogate parents to increase the sockeye salmon population in Redfish Lake.
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Research in the Department of Biological Sciences
Joe Cloud, professor of biological sciences, is attempting to use rainbow trout as surrogate parents to increase the sockeye salmon population in Redfish Lake.
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Bioinformatics
Building Core Power
Zaid Abdo, assistant professor of mathematics, statistics and bioinformatics
» 5,600 trials and counting
Building Core Power
Zaid Abdo, assistant professor of mathematics, statistics and bioinformatics
» 5,600 trials and counting