Research and Scholarship in the News, February 2017

Flooding raises Idaho crop disease concerns  
17/02-2017  (Capital Press)

, rhizoctonia and snow mold. Complicating matters, a University of Idaho crop pathologist recently confirmed pythium from a southeast Idaho

Potato breeders fry hundreds of experimental lines in trial  
13/02-2017  (Capital Press)

Press Brian Schneider, an agricultural research technician at the University of Idaho Aberdeen Research and Extension Center, records notes

UI to grow nuclear potato seed program  
13/02-2017  (Capital Press)

UI has plans to expand the program’s production. MOSCOW, Idaho — University of Idaho has hired a new director for its nuclear seed potato

Dairy farmers rally against deporting immigrants and say it will mean jobs for robots  
13/02-2017  (Miami Herald)

. Philip Watson, associate professor of agricultural economics at the University of Idaho, published a study in 2012 along with colleagues

Dairy farmers rally against deporting immigrants and say it will mean jobs for robots  
13/02-2017  (Tri-City Herald)

born workers in Idaho who are undocumented, according to a 2012 University of Idaho study Nederend needs more immigrant workers, not fewer,

Dairy farmers rally against deporting immigrants and say it will mean jobs for robots  
13/02-2017  (Idaho Statesman)

born workers in Idaho who are undocumented, according to a 2012 University of Idaho study Nederend needs more immigrant workers, not fewer,

Fiber-degrading enzymes increase dairy cow milk production  
10/02-2017  (WATTAgNet.com)

of Delaware results contrast with those of another experiment conducted at the University of Idaho. Milk production was enhanced…

Mind change lags climate  
9/02-2017  (The Lewiston Tribune)

the University of Idaho, came to a conclusion Thursday with scientists from all three schools and others gathered at the University of Idaho

At Love Your Farmer, Love Your Food, locavores can connect with small farms and share the bounty  
8/02-2017  (Inland360.com)

Mayes, the small farms and horticulture extension educator for the University of Idaho. According to agriculture statistics, there are more

Organic hay – is it right for you?  
8/02-2017  (Progressive Forage Grower)

production. Glenn Shewmaker is an extension forage specialist with University of Idaho. Email Glenn Shewmaker. References omitted but are

Idaho agriculture growing faster than U.S. ag overall  
8/02-2017  (Capital Press)

faster rate than U.S. agriculture as a whole, a University of Idaho agricultural economist told lawmakers. Buy this photo BOISE — Total

Water quality affects pesticide performance  
6/02-2017  (Capital Press)

this photo Carol Ryan Dumas/Capital Press Ronda Hirnyck, University of Idaho pesticide coordinator, demonstrates how minerals in water act

REACCH has final meeting Thursday  
3/02-2017  (The Lewiston Tribune)

change will be Thursday beginning at 8 a.m. at University of Idaho Commons. The Regional Approaches to Climate Change in Pacific Northwest

Potato growers prepare for new sustainability audit  
2/02-2017  (Capital Press)

or expert. “This is something to work toward,” said University of Idaho Extension potato storage specialist Nora Olsen. “The whole point of

Spore samplers give farmers an early warning system against crop diseases  
2/02-2017  (Capital Press)

to the issues farmers are facing.” A proactive approach University of Idaho Extension cereals pathologist Juliet Marshall now has to take

UI-led Climate Project Concludes Its Mission to Help Farmers Prepare for Climate Change  
1/02-2017  (Targeted News Service)

MOSCOW, Idaho, Feb. 1 -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: Inland Northwest farmers will be better prepared to

Skittles Make Up Part of a Cow's Diet in Some States, What About in Idaho?  
30/01-2017  (Boise Weekly)

Idaho. Anne Laarman, assistant professor of animal nutrition at the University of Idaho, said apple, potato and brewers grain byproducts are

Winter has harsh impact on Idaho farming  
27/01-2017  (Post Register)

. 7. Krista Shellie, viticulture research horticulturist at the University of Idaho Extension in Parma, said grape growers won’t know until

‘A lot of scared people': Relentless snow collapses hundreds of Idaho roofs, devastates rural county  
26/01-2017  (The Washington Post)

have a disaster. In 2016, a group of researchers from the University of Idaho changed the thirty-year-estimate of Weiser’s ground snow load

Food Startups Flock to ID to Continue State's Tradition  
26/01-2017  (Specialty Food Association)

available to help companies start and scale, such as the University of Idaho Food Technology Center which provides education, support and

Gene editing made simple  
12/02-2017  (Agrinews-Pubs.com)

But for Dr. Juliet Marshall, a pathologist and an agronomist at the University of Idaho, a familiar nursery rhyme would do. “Baa baa, black

Peek at these beautiful homes that won kudos from AIA Idaho for architectural design  
10/02-2017  (Idaho Statesman)

hold an annual Best Use of Idaho Wood design competition for University of Idaho architecture students. “The world is changing quickly with

Brief: UI Visualizing Science exhibit to open  
8/02-2017  (Moscow-Pullman Daily News)

The University of Idaho's Visualizing Science exhibit, a nine-month collaboration between interdisciplinary teams of faculty, art and design

Idaho's lost opportunity?  
18/02-2017  (The Lewiston Tribune)

, such as increased education or infrastructure spending. University of Idaho economist Steve Peterson said this uncertainty leads to a

Reps.: $1B in tax relief didn’t move Idaho forward  
19/02-2017  (Post Register)

, such as increased education or infrastructure spending. University of Idaho economist Steve Peterson said this uncertainty leads to a

Stacking the deck in kids’ favor  
18/02-2017  (Saukvalley.com)

professor of education, said the program, originally created at the University of Idaho, helps children as young as 8 months all the way up

Symposium on drug policy set for March 24  
20/02-2017  (Legal News)

Fellowship. - Shaakirrah Sanders, associate professor of law, University of Idaho College of Law. - Heather Thompson, professor of history

Idaho’s hate crime laws, born of the Aryan Nations, play different role today  
11/02-2017  (Idaho Statesman)

of that,” said Shaakirrah Sanders, an associate law professor at the University of Idaho. “If we just have a larger downward trend in crime,

Silly ‘sanctuary city’ bill solves no Idaho problem  
9/02-2017  (Idaho Statesman)

Macfarlane teaches constitutional law and civil rights litigation at the University of Idaho College of Law. All views are the author’s own.

Idaho judge who gave 'no sex' sentence to teen in statutory rape case blames social media, says he would 'eliminate the internet'  
8/02-2017  (NY Daily News)

it infringes on his constitutional rights," said Shaakirrah Sanders of the University of Idaho College of Law. "I think if he appealed, he

Idaho judge rules 19-year-old rapist can't have sex until he's married  
8/02-2017  (The Pacific Northwest Inlander)

will withstand an appeal. Shaakirrah Sanders, a professor at the University of Idaho College of Law, told the Associated Press that the ban

A Rapist Could Be Legally Forbidden from Having Sex Before Marriage  
8/02-2017  (Glamour)

enforce the no-sex condition. It may not even be legal, University of Idaho College of Law professor Shaakirrah R. Sanders told the Times-

A 19-Year-Old Rapist Was Ordered To Not Have Sex Until Marriage As Part Of His Probation  
7/02-2017  (BuzzFeed)

say. Shaakirrah R. Sanders, an associate professor at the University of Idaho College of Law, told the Associated Press she thinks such a

More Than A Dozen States Are Trying To Stop Cops From Taking Innocent People's Stuff  
7/02-2017  (The Huffington Post)

anyway,” said David Pimentel, an associate law professor at the University of Idaho who has written about the legal issues surrounding civil

What do executive orders actually do?  
27/01-2017  (Yahoo! News)

do they carry? Shaakirraah Sanders, associate law professor at the University of Idaho, says an executive order is a goal or policy the

In latest skirmish of western land wars, Congress supports mining and ranching  
20/02-2017  (San Francisco Chronicle)

Adam M. Sowards, University of Idaho (THE CONVERSATION) Republicans in Congress are enthusiastically using the Congressional Review Act to

Electoral College topic of discussion in Moscow  
18/02-2017  (The Lewiston Tribune)

MOSCOW - University of Idaho professor Katherine G. Aiken will discuss "The Electoral College: How the Numbers Add Up and Why," during the

Nearby History: And then along came Lionel, and the rest is history  
17/02-2017  (Moscow-Pullman Daily News)

events and exhibits. - Darcie Riedner and Ashlyn Velte University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Public events and

Valentine's Day, so lucrative for businesses, has a naughty history  
14/02-2017  (Chicago Tribune)

of her time,” said Katherine Aiken, a history professor at the University of Idaho. “She came up with something that no one else had

Valentine's Day, so lucrative for businesses, has a naughty history  
14/02-2017  (Los Angeles Times)

of her time,” said Katherine Aiken, a history professor at the University of Idaho. “She came up with something that no one else had

UI professor to speak about public lands system  
11/02-2017  (The Lewiston Tribune)

MOSCOW - University of Idaho professor Adam Sowards will discuss "This Land is Our Land: How the Public Lands System Evolved" during the

Asking for a Raise? Science Says Using These 7 Offbeat Tactics Could Help  
5/02-2017  (The Penny Hoarder)

a high anchor and minimize negative reactions from employers,” University of Idaho psychological scientist Todd J. Thorsteinson told Inc.

A Shakespearean (revenge) tragedy  
1/02-2017  (The Lewiston Tribune)

of being or not being. The play opens tonight at the University of Idaho and we talked to director Matthew Brumlow to find out about the

UI Launches First Public Digital Repository of Archaeology from American WWII Internment Camps  
1/02-2017  (Targeted News Service)

MOSCOW, Idaho, Feb. 1 -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: An online database - the first of its kind - is

UI launches digital database of WWII internment camp items  
1/02-2017  (Kivi Tv)

population between 1943 and 1945. Camp led excavations with teams of University of Idaho students at the site in 2010 and 2013, and her

U of I research digs deeper into college ‘go-on’ gender gap  
30/01-2017  (Idaho Education News)

are more likely to attend college than young men. New research from the University of Idaho took a deeper look into the gap, and found one

Pair discuss their book of UI history  
29/01-2017  (Moscow-Pullman Daily News)

Dr. Katherine Aiken, a University of Idaho history professor, and Erin Passehl-Stoddart, head of UI Special Collections and Archives,

Assessing Pre-Spawn Mortality: In Some NW Rivers 90 Percent Of Salmon/Steelhead Die Before Spawning  
10/02-2017  (Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Bulletin)

professor, and Matthew Keefer, research scientists, both with the University of Idaho. The study reviews the ways in which PSM has been

Drones are setting their sights on wildlife  
10/02-2017  (Popular Science)

,” says Sophie Gilbert, an assistant professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Idaho. “Things go wrong with small planes.” In fact

Study predicts global footprint of extreme fires will expand  
9/02-2017  (Myinforms)

led an international collaboration - including researchers from the University of Idaho and South Dakota State University - to compile a

Wildfires Will Only Grow More Routine and Extreme in the Future  
9/02-2017  (Seeker.com)

't have the fuel to power the fire," said John Abatzaglou of the University of Idaho, a co-author of the paper. "But somewhere in between,

Research predicts extreme fires will increasingly be part of our global landscape  
6/02-2017  (EurekAlert!)

led an international collaboration - including researchers from the University of Idaho and South Dakota State University - to compile a

Suburbs Are Increasingly Threatened by Wildfires Due to Climate Change  
9/02-2017  (Scientific American)

, a co-author of the study and associate professor at the University of Idaho. Using MODIS satellite images, the authors created a global

The moon is locked in a death spiral with Earth  
7/02-2017  (Yahoo! News)

… into Earth,” Jason Barnes, a planetary scientist at the University of Idaho, told Forbes. “The energy released in the merging would re-

The moon is locked in a death spiral with Earth  
7/02-2017  (New York Post)

… into Earth,” Jason Barnes, a planetary scientist at the University of Idaho, told Forbes. “The energy released in the merging would re-

Finding the speed of evolution in the study of bird beaks  
2/02-2017  (Daily Courier-Observer (AP))

same major forms, said Luke Harmon, a professor of biology at the University of Idaho who was not involved in the research. It may be that

Earth And Moon May Be On Long-Term Collision Course  
30/01-2017  (Forbes)

collision and accretion onto Earth,” Jason Barnes, a planetary scientist at the University of Idaho, told me We can't be sure, yet, though,

Brief: UI Visualizing Science exhibit to open  
8/02-2017  (Moscow-Pullman Daily News)

The University of Idaho's Visualizing Science exhibit, a nine-month collaboration between interdisciplinary teams of faculty, art and design

University lab supports many disciplines, fields of study  
4/02-2017  (San Francisco Chronicle)

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Researchers at the University of Idaho's new Integrated Research and Innovation Center are developing video games that

University lab supports many disciplines, fields of study  
4/02-2017  (Miami Herald)

MOSCOW, Idaho Researchers at the University of Idaho's new Integrated Research and Innovation Center are developing video games that evolve

University lab supports many disciplines, fields of study  
4/02-2017  (SFGate)

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Researchers at the University of Idaho's new Integrated Research and Innovation Center are developing video games that

University lab supports many disciplines, fields of study  
4/02-2017  (San Antonio Express-News)

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Researchers at the University of Idaho's new Integrated Research and Innovation Center are developing video games that

University lab supports many disciplines, fields of study  
4/02-2017  (The Bellingham Herald)

MOSCOW, Idaho Researchers at the University of Idaho's new Integrated Research and Innovation Center are developing video games that evolve

University lab supports many disciplines, fields of study  
4/02-2017  (The Sacramento Bee)

MOSCOW, Idaho Researchers at the University of Idaho's new Integrated Research and Innovation Center are developing video games that evolve

University lab supports many disciplines, fields of study  
4/02-2017  (The Olympian)

MOSCOW, Idaho Researchers at the University of Idaho's new Integrated Research and Innovation Center are developing video games that evolve

University lab supports many disciplines, fields of study  
4/02-2017  (AP (Hosted))

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Researchers at the University of Idaho's new Integrated Research and Innovation Center are developing video games that

An eye for research — IRIC ribbon cutting ceremony welcomes community into cutting edge facility  
30/01-2017  (The Argonaut)

is a university distinguished professor and has been researching biology at the University of Idaho for the last 30 years. She sat on the

New state-of-the-art Innovation Center on UI campus opens  
30/01-2017  (KLEW TV)

MOSCOW, ID — In Moscow the University of Idaho is getting ready to open up their brand new state-of-the-art facility on campus. The

Univ. of Idaho debuts new $52M research center  
30/01-2017  (Krem.com (AP))

MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho's new research building on campus is on full display Monday as organizers are getting set for its

Univ. of Idaho debuts new $52M research center | NWCN.com  
30/01-2017  (Northwest Cable News)

MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho's new research building on campus is on full display Monday as organizers are getting set for its

Polymorphic Games  
29/01-2017  (The Argonaut)

evolutionary principles to build better video games. Based at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, this highly interdisciplinary team