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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ News: College of Science and Engineering

 

Kayla Pavlick with cockroach

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researchers use cockroaches to search for narcotics

May 2, 2019

POCATELLO – Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researchers, led by biological sciences master’s student Kayla Pavlick, are experimenting with cockroaches to see how well they can be trained to detect narcotics.

Chris Brininger

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ student athlete Chris Brininger earns master’s in chemistry – heading on for Ph.D.

May 1, 2019

POCATELLO – If Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ student and track athlete Chris Brininger hadn’t decided to ride his motorcycle at the St. Anthony Sand Dunes during his junior year of high school, the Boise resident may have never discovered Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and his passion for research.

Jon Stoner, lAC directer, left, and John Longley, radiation safety officer, are shown loading a sample of the medical isotope copper-67 into a container for shipment.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Idaho Accelerator Center announces record production of form of medical isotope copper-67 that will be used in cancer clinical trials

April 30, 2019

POCATELLO – The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Idaho Accelerator Center has increased its production capacity of a highly pure form of the medical isotope copper-67 that can now be more easily used in clinical trials to test its effectiveness in fighting cancer.

Kathryn Hogarth named Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 2018-19 Student Employee of the Year

April 29, 2019

POCATELLO — Kathryn Hogarth,  an Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering employee and student, has received the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 2018-2019 Student Employee of the Year Award and a $2,000 scholarship from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Career Center and Scholarship Office.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ civil and environmental engineering faculty and students with an industry representative at a conference.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering receives $110k grant to offer precast concrete engineering design studio

April 24, 2019

POCATELLO – The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has received about $110,000 to offer a precast concrete engineering design studio.

Dave Huber in the field in a soil pit used for the study.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, USGS dryland soil carbon study at Idaho National Laboratory yields surprising results

April 24, 2019

POCATELLO – The results of a 20-year “drylands” experiment at the Idaho National Laboratory by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researchers and partners has yielded surprising results, including that native sagebrush shrub communities process soil carbon much differently than non-native crested wheatgrass stands.

Twelve alumni honored with Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 2019 Professional Achievement Awards  

April 23, 2019

POCATELLO – Twelve Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ alumni will be honored with Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 2019 Professional Achievement Awards at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Commencement exercises on Saturday, May 4, in Holt Arena.

Dave Patton digging soil pit in desert at Reynolds Creek CZO.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and ARS researchers improve method to measure soil carbon at National Science Foundation Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory in Southwest Idaho

April 23, 2019

POCATELLO – There is two to three times as much carbon in the Earth’s soil than in its atmosphere, which has important implications with regard to the effects of climate change, and scientists working at the National Science Foundation’s Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory in southwest Idaho have developed a better method for estimating soil carbon.

Three Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ faculty members – Schoen, Seiger and Lohse – honored as 2019 Distinguished Faculty

April 17, 2019

POCATELLO – Three Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ faculty will be honored as Distinguished Faculty at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Commencement on May 4 in the Holt Arena. The recipients are Distinguished Teacher Marco Schoen, Distinguished Service Cindy Seiger and Distinguished Researcher Kathleen Lohse.

Poster featuring headshots of all Outstanding Students

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 2019 Outstanding Student Award recipients announced; banquet April 22

April 16, 2019

POCATELLO – Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Alumni Association proudly announce the 2019 Outstanding Student Award recipients who will be honored at Spring Commencement on Saturday, May 4, in Holt Arena.