Feature Stories

Science in Virtual Worlds

Jon Waterhouse combines modern and indigenous science with VR technology to communicate about water health.

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In Search of the Light

Outdoors, South African Shantytowns Inspire Architectural Student’s Designs

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Drawing on Global Experiences

Matt Brehm has been studying and sketching in Europe for decades, and now leads students to do the same.

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Freedom to Grow

Design Student Creates Concepts for Youth Incarceration Facility that Underscore Rehabilitation, Not Confinement

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Connecting Art History to New Media

Johanna Gosse studies the links between experimental art and the popular media we consume every day.

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Bettering Her Community

Chelsey Flores, first-generation college student, uses art to inspire respect for diverse viewpoints.

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Building Experiences Through Architecture

U of I Boise student’s career dreams come true.

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Adventure in the Great Wide Somewhere

With inspiration from animated films and a Vandal education, Lyndsey Vincent helped design Disney’s most ambitious theme park to date.

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Choosing a Future

Students, faculty help Idaho’s Magic Valley proactively plan for changing landscapes.

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Mining Their Craft

Students design Minecraft video game mod to protect kids from lead contamination

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Taking Flight

Art and design student Riley Helal, a self-described introvert, is inspiring discovery and personal growth through her artwork, which engages audiences at TEDxBoise 2019.

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Engaging the Palouse

Casey Doyle designed a sculpture of two giant engagement rings, powder coated with a reflective shimmer to emulate diamonds, to raise awareness of LGBTQ issues.

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Animating a Hero

Cameron Perry’s work with video games will take him to a job building virtual reality environments.

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Designing Affordable Housing

Yanira Saldana grew up in a low-income neighborhood in Garden City, now she wants to revive it.

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A Space of Their Own

Students gut and re-design basement for business students

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The Classroom Evolves

New Technology Offers More Virtual Engagement

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Alumni Success

Shogo Ota (BFA '07)

Ota has worked on everything from posters to hand-painted murals for Starbucks, but nothing as far-reaching as the nationally-distributed green holiday cup.

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