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The University of Idaho partners with corporations in many ways. The Office of Corporate Relations is the front door to U of I for business and industry. We can match your needs with the U of I’s expertise and capabilities to help you reach your business goals. Whether you are looking to grow your brand visibility, recruit interns and employees, collaborate with scientists and researchers, incubate your business idea, offer your workforce education and engagement opportunities or advance your corporate citizenship agenda, we can connect you with the resources you need.
As a national land-grant and premiere research institution, we seek partnerships with corporations to bring real-world experiences to our students and to help industry partners gain access to top research faculty in world-class laboratories.
We are proud of our institution and its capabilities in partnering with industry. We look forward to having a conversation with you in the near future. Learn More >>
News Releases
Story of 2016 Murder, Idaho LGBTQ Rights Told in “Gotts Point” Documentary Aug. 23
Posted Wed, 15 Aug 2018 17:42:00 -0700
A University of Idaho associate professor’s documentary that explores the 2016 murder of a gay man in southern Idaho, “Gotts Point,” will be screened Thursday, Aug. 23, in Moscow.
Steven Nelson, an openly gay man and U of I alumnus, was lured to Gotts Point near Lake Lowell in Canyon County, Idaho, in May 2016, where he was robbed, beaten and left for dead. He died shortly thereafter from cardiac arrest, but not before getting help and identifying his assailants to Canyon County sheriff’s investigators.
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Prichard Art Gallery Exhibit Explores Suppressed Queer Culture in Vintage Photography
Posted Mon, 13 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0700
Artists Garth Amundson and Pierre Gour explore how historical photos suppressed queer culture in an exhibit that begins Thursday, Aug. 9, at the University of Idaho Prichard Art Gallery. In several of the exhibit’s installations, Amundson and Gour manipulate vintage photos by removing subjects’ faces or eyes. They invite viewers to project themselves into the images to consider their own gender construction. In another installation, the artists combine portraits of two men, with one turned on his head, to disrupt conventions and consider what historical photography omits. Read more
Advertising Executive, U of I Alumna Michelle Aragon Speaks at Convocation
Posted Tue, 07 Aug 2018 12:03:00 -0700
University of Idaho alumna Michelle Aragon will commemorate the return of fall classes at U of I with a welcome back message Thursday, Aug. 16, during the University Convocation address at the ASUI-Kibbie Activity Center. A graduate of U of I’s College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences, Aragon is the senior vice president of business solutions for MAGNA Global, a business unit of the advertising conglomerate Interpublic Group. The first person in her family to attend college, Aragon graduated from U of I in 1997 with a bachelor’s degree in communication and advertising from the School of Journalism and Mass Media (JAMM). While at U of I, she was a GEM of the Mountains yearbook editor and a member of JAMM’s National Student Advertising Competition team and the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. More information on Aragon is available on the convocation website. Read more