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Businesses to host local climate summit with workshops at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, Boise State University and University of Idaho

November 6, 2017

POCATELLO – A first-of-its kind statewide summit will bring together Idahoans for an interactive two-day conversation entitled Safeguarding Idaho’s Economy in a Changing Climate - Our Water, Our Land, Our Health, Our Future on Nov. 16 and 17.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ professors receive $50,000 award to create partnerships with prediabetes communities in Idaho’s rural Latino population

November 1, 2017

POCATELLO – Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ professors Mary A. Nies and Cathleen Tarp recently received a $50,000 award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to create partnerships with prediabetes communities in Idaho’s rural Latino population.

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ wins Idaho Innovation Award for medical isotopes project

October 30, 2017

BOISE – Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s Cu-67 technology developed at the Idaho Accelerator Center was named Early Stage Innovation of the Year at the 2017 Idaho Innovation Awards presented by Stoel Rives.

'Genetic Tools for Species Conservation' — Phi Kappa Phi Scholarly Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 26 at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ

October 25, 2017

POCATELLO — Janet L. Loxterman, associate professor and assistant chair of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Department of Biological Sciences, will present the annual Phi Kappa Phi Scholarly Lecture "Genetic Tools for Species Conservation" at 7 p.m. Oct. 26 in the Salmon River Suite of the Pond Student Union on the campus of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, and the community is invited to attend.

Photo of six students who helped with diabetes research.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researchers Robert Holman, Kenneth Rodnick publish research on diabetes

October 20, 2017

POCATELLO – Chemistry Professor Robert Holman and Biological Sciences Professor Kenneth Rodnick, two researchers from Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, conducted interdisciplinary research in order to further understand the early chemical processes involved with diabetic complications.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ nursing professor Mary Nies receives $50,000 award to study prediabetes in Idaho’s Latino population

October 17, 2017

POCATELLO-Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ professor and director of nursing research, Mary Nies, is the recipient of a $50,000 funding award to study diabetes prevention in Idaho’s rural Latino communities.

Photo of Jon Stoner and Tim Gardner, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researchers, with medical isotopes sample.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s Jon Stoner named 2017 Idaho Innovation Awards finalist

October 16, 2017

BOISE — Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s Jon Stoner is among the finalists for the 12th annual Idaho Innovation Awards, which will be presented Oct. 24 at an awards presentation at Boise Centre held during the Idaho Technology Council’s eighth annual Hall of Fame.

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Idaho NSF EPSCoR annual meeting hosted at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ; participants exploring research on how cities grow out into rural areas

October 12, 2017

POCATELLO – Researchers are discussing how mid-sized cities grow out into rural areas at the Idaho National Science Foundation EPSCoR annual meeting being hosted at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ this week.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Keith Reinhardt, right, and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ biological sciences master's student Steven Augustine in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Plant Sciences Laboratory.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Professor Keith Reinhardt contributes, co-authors paper on what kills trees during drought that appeared in journal Nature Ecology and Evolution

September 27, 2017

POCATELLO – Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Keith Reinhardt contributed to and co-authored a paper published in the journal Nature Ecology, and Evolution about what kills tree during drought that received wide spread attention in scientific outlets.

Photo of Peter Sheridan and Black Isaacs, partners in research.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ teams up with partners to protect crops against molds

September 26, 2017

POCATELLO – Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researcher Peter Sheridan and his partners at Idaho Hydro Tech (IHT) and Boise State University are teaming up on green technology to protect stored potatoes and other crops from molds and, potentially, other pathogens.