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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Professor Joshua Swift lead researcher on study on patients choosing drug therapy or psychotherapy for mental health

March 24, 2017

POCATELLO – Joshua Swift, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ assistant professor of psychology, was recently a lead researcher on a study regarding patients’ likelihood to refuse drug therapy more than psychotherapy for mental health.

Researchers eye opening of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s new Research Data Center

January 5, 2017

POCATELLO – Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s research community will soon have access to a new, state-of-the-art Research Data Center (RDC) in the Lillibridge Engineering Building.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ graduate student Larry Leibrock awarded Fulbright Shuman Fellowship

December 15, 2016

POCATELLO – Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s Larry Leibrock, a political science research fellow at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Informatics Research Institute, has been awarded a Fulbright Shuman Fellowship to conduct research and teach for six months at Oxford University, England, starting in January.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ psychology graduate students receive national awards

December 6, 2016

POCATELLO – Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ psychology graduate students Chris DeCou, Colin Mahoney and Ariana Tart-Zelvin have recently received awards from national organizations for their work.

Photo of officials with blown-up Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ check on a sign.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researcher Michael Meyers publishes study showing lower rates of injury for collegiate men soccer players playing on FieldTurf versus natural grass

December 1, 2016

POCATELLO – Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researcher Michael Meyers has published research findings that conclude there is a significantly lower injury rate for collegiate men’s soccer athletes playing on FieldTurf, a type of artificial turf, versus playing on natural grass.

Richardson in the background with his 3-D table in the foreground.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ doctoral student Rick Richardson investigates using 3-D topographic maps to teach spatial thinking skills, measure mental effort

December 1, 2016

POCATELLO – Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Instructional Design and Technology Ph.D. candidate Rick Richardson is investigating the use of topographic maps to teach spatial thinking skills and measure the total amount of participants’ mental effort, known as cognitive load.

Three students in the Sports Science lab, one of whom is riding a stationary bike and being monitored.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Human Performance Lab interns make headway in their research efforts

November 15, 2016

POCATELLO – Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ career path interns in the Sport Science and Physical Education Department are making headway completing research on a variety of projects, testing athletic psychological and physical skills to pain coping skills.

Photo fo the outside of the Idaho Accelerator Center.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, Australian Company Clarity Pharmaceuticals to expand research and commercial applications of Copper-67 medical isotope to fight cancer

November 10, 2016

POCATELLO – The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Idaho Accelerator Center (IAC) and Clarity Pharmaceuticals, a Sydney, Australia, radiopharmaceutical company, have signed a memorandum of understanding to officially launch joint development of commercial applications of the medical isotope Copper 67 produced at the IAC.

A Smithsonian map.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ history professor Paul Sivitz develops map representing Philadelphia in the 18th century

October 27, 2016

POCATELLO – Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ history Professor Paul Sivitz recently developed a map with Montana State University professor Billy G. Smith that is currently on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ graduate Monica Tromp credits CPI program in helping land spot at Max Planck Institute in Jena, Germany

October 4, 2016

POCATELLO – Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ graduate Monica Tromp began post-doctoral work at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, located in Jena, Germany, this fall.