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REGIONAL BENEFITS:
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Active involvement in local communities. Faculty, staff and students partnered with local communities on service projects that brought fresh produce and nutrition information to rural food banks and senior centers; restored a Moscow wetland; and improved access for disabled citizens.
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Nationally ranked transportation research. The University's National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology is one of 10 centers in the country to receive honors from the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Research and Innovative Technology Administration for finding innovative solutions to transportation challenges.
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Leading biomedical research. The IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE), a collaborative program between 10 Idaho institutions led by the University of Idaho in Moscow, solves health problems through groundbreaking discovery and research.
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Youth programs to advance STEM. The University’s elementary Chemistry Club; LEGO robot-building competition; Idaho Junior Engineering, Math and Science (JEMS) summer program; and other activities encourage students in local schools to pursue the disciplines of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
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An engaged university to better rural Idaho. The Horizons program, which works to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable prosperity in Idaho’s small rural and reservation communities, helped Riggins establish a local public transportation bus service, creating jobs and increasing residents’ access to shopping and health care.
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Advanced training for utility leaders. The Utility Executive Course, the only course of its kind in the nation, has provided professional training for more than 2,200 leaders in the evolving utility industry.
Consider these
important University of Idaho facts as you spread the word about the vital impact of higher education in the state of Idaho:
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$1 billion annual economic impact. Higher education is critical to the state’s economic viability, the quality of life of its citizens, and the future progress of the state in a global economy. The University of Idaho’s activities – including competitive research dollars -- pump nearly a billion dollars into the state each year.
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72 percent of state’s funded research. As the state’s only national research institution, the University leads research in areas like water resources, agriculture and next-generation energy to solve global problems and advance industry for the state.
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70 locations throughout the state. Through outreach, research and teaching, the University of Idaho – the state’s flagship university and only land-grant institution – is woven into the very fabric of the state with a strong presence in every county in Idaho.
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37,500 alumni in Idaho and 95,000 alumni worldwide. We produce the leaders of our state and nation: prominent U.S. senators, Olympic gold medalists, former U.S. Vice presidential candidate, Idaho Supreme Court justice, NASA astronaut, Commandant of the U.S. Marines, one-in-four members of the current state legislature, and others.