Learning Minerals Through Minecraft
Geology Faculty Turn to Online Technologies to Teach Field Course
Understanding Wilderness
The Confluence Lab Tackles Environmental Issues
Sustaining Our Waters
Researchers Preserve Water Quality Across Idaho
Vandals Deliver
Students Build Assistive CPR Device to Help Save Lives
Handpicked by NASA
Team Is Finalist in Nationwide Project to Send Research to the ISS
‘The Vandal Theory’
Explore the World of U of I Research with New Season
It Takes a Village
U of I Works With Communities in Response to COVID-19
Threading Sustainability
CALS Student Researches Alternative Uses for Hops Bine
A Unique Blend
CALS Student Combines Interests Into Three Degrees
University of Idaho News
News Releases
Women’s Center Awarded Nearly $300,000 for Violence Prevention
Posted 1/19/2021 7:54:00 PM
MOSCOW, Idaho — Jan. 19, 2021 — The University of Idaho Women’s Center received the continuation of a $299,944 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women to fund the Campus Violence Prevention Project. Read more
Auditorium Chamber Music Series Offers Spring Events
Posted 1/15/2021 7:12:00 PM
MOSCOW, Idaho — Jan. 15, 2021 — The University of Idaho’s Auditorium Chamber Music Series (ACMS) will present events this spring featuring world-renowned artists St. Lawrence String Quartet and Chanticleer. Read more
Confluence Lab, Partners Address Pacific NW Justice Issues with $4.5 Million Grant
Posted 1/14/2021 10:02:00 PM
MOSCOW, Idaho — Jan. 14, 2021 — The University of Idaho Confluence Lab, University of Oregon and Whitman College were awarded a three-year $4.52 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to launch the Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute (PNJFI) that will address racial and climate justice issues. Read more
Faculty and Staff
VandalStar Expands Online Referral Options to Help Students
Posted 1/15/2021 7:56:00 PM
Faculty and staff now have six ways to connect students in a timely and virtual way to free campus resources and services. This is by using the VandalStar referral feature. The six programs onboard and ready to serve students using this online referral system are: Academic Tutoring, Academic Coaching, Pre-Health Professions, Career Services, BEAMS and Student Support Services-TRIO. Read more
Learn About Communicating Your Policy Analysis; Register by Jan. 25
Posted 1/12/2021 10:06:00 PM
Individuals interested in science policy are invited to participate in a two-part Idaho Science and Technology Policy Fellowship professional development seminar on “Communicating Your Policy Analysis.” This interactive workshop will take place over two 1.5-hour sessions beginning from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27. In this session, learn how to develop a policy elevator pitch and a policy brief. Read more
COVID-19 Relief Money Coming for Spring 2021 Students
Posted 1/12/2021 10:02:00 PM
Students enrolled in the Spring 2021 semester will receive money from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) to help provide relief for COVID-19-related costs. While the details and timeline for the release of the funds is still being determined, eligible students can expect to see funds released in a similar manner as last spring. Read more
JAMM’s Dane Claussen Is Nominated for VP of International Scholars Organization
Posted 1/13/2021 10:44:00 PM
Dane S. Claussen, lecturer of strategic communications in the School of Journalism and Mass Media, is one of two official nominees for vice president of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). AEJMC, with 4,000 members in 80 countries, is the primary U.S.-based professional organization for faculty and graduate students in journalism (on all platforms), mass communication, media studies, public relations, advertising and photojournalism. Read more
U of I Professor’s Paper on Research Tools Selected as Best of 2020 by Geoscience Group
Posted 1/12/2021 10:10:00 PM
Jason W. Karl, a professor in the College of Natural Resources, was awarded the 2020 Best Paper Award for a paper published in the Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. Read more
U of I in the News
New U of I Degree Program Works to Fill Demand for Cybersecurity Professionals
Posted 1/13/2021 12:44:00 AM
This story was produced by Doug Nadvornick of Spokane Public Radio and published on Jan. 10. Russia’s recent hack of United States government agencies and private companies has brought the spotlight back to America’s cybersecurity vulnerabilities. It also brought a spotlight to the reality that the U.S. doesn’t have nearly enough qualified people who work in the cybersecurity field. The University of Idaho is working to fill the demand with a new bachelor’s degree program. Read more
Idaho Moose Research Shows Potential Causes of Recent Declines
Posted 1/7/2021 6:03:00 PM
University of Idaho scientists in collaboration with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game — which manages the state’s Shiras moose and sets hunting regulations — are exploring why some Idaho moose populations are on the decline. Read more
In Memoriam
Moriah Lenhart-Wees
Posted 12/10/2020 11:54:00 PM
Moriah Lenhart-Wees passed away Dec. 9 in Boise. Moriah was a programming and advising specialist for the University of Idaho Confucius Institute and College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences from August 2016 to January 2019. While working for the Confucius Institute in Boise, she welcomed and embraced Chinese instructors, took them around Boise, introduced them to their new co-workers and promoted their cooking, language and culture classes. Read more
Russell C. Biggam
Posted 10/16/2020 8:47:00 PM
Russell C. Biggam passed away Oct. 12 in Moscow. After graduating from the University of Idaho in 1972 with his Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture, he worked as an aquatic entomologist at the university until he retired in 2008. Read more