Student Features

More Power: Taking Education Up a Notch
One computer just wouldn’t cut it for Larz White's research. Larz found fellow physics graduate Chris Mirabzadeh with an interest in computer to help with his plan. Together they built Dirac, a supercomputer.
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Saturn's Moon Enceladus: An Ocean Deep and Wide
Graduate student Alex Patthoff and Professor Simon Kattenhorn find evidence that an ocean may flow below the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus. "Water provides the key ingredient for a habitable environment, and thus astrobiological potential— the ability to support life— which is why the search for liquid water elsewhere in the solar system has been one of the primary directives for NASA,” said Kattenhorn.
» Learn about Enceladus and the important discovery

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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Out-of-this-World Research
Jacob Bow, a 2011 Goldwater Scholar and a National Merit Scholar, spends his spare time mapping the surface of a Saturn moon and researching nanomechanics.
» Follow Jacob's Journey

Math-Biology undergraduate education boosted by NSF grant
Robin Baker participates in a NSF-funded program to encourage interdisciplinary Mathematics and Biology undergraduate programs at the University of Idaho and Washington State University.
» Read about Robin's research project

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

Arctic Adventurer Studies Changing Atmosphere
Geography student Chris Cox Cox will be taking atmospheric, climate and precipitation measurements from a mobile science facility on skis at Summit Station in Greenland during a project aimed at understanding how climate change is affecting the ice sheet.
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Journey and Learning Never Stops
“What I’ve been taught at the University is the ability to learn. Now it’s up to me to find out what I am capable of doing with that knowledge.”
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Painting a Different Picture
Stripes on Mars Research Gains Momentum
Few undergraduate students find their work referred to in Nature Magazine and Popular Science, but for Vandal alumnus Daisuke Kobayashi that dream became a reality.
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Uncorking The Past
Bottle Analysis Shakes Up Chemistry and Anthropology
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Looking Back to Predict Environmental Changes
Dan Joswiak analyzes the atmospheric chemical composition in ice cores from the Tibetan Plateau.
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William Godsoe – Biology Graduate Student
Hear from one of our top Biology P.hD students who is currently involved in two projects including one investigating the role of insects in shaping the evolution of plants in nature.
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Our Students Get Out and Explore!
Hear from Geological Sciences Undergraduate Student About Her Research in Antarctica.
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Lisa Heuvel ─ Neuroscience Graduate Student
Hear how Lisa was inspired to study neurology after her brother was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, a neurobiological disorder.
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Roxanna Hickey: Research in Women's Health
As a junior studying molecular biology and biochemistry, Roxanna Hickey is already in the lab studying important women’s health issues.
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Undergraduate Research Key to Shaping Vandal Futures
Research influences undergraduate education at the University of Idaho
Two students investigate the effects of exercise training on performance and gene expression
» Featuring Matt Racine and Roxana Hickey