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Jared Vineyard will earn Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's first experimental psychology Ph.D.

May 2, 2016

POCATELLO – Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ student Jared Vineyard will walk across the graduation stage next week as the first Ph.D. student to graduate in experimental psychology from Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, and the first in his family to obtain an advanced degree.

Photo of a volcano with smoke coming out that is on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Geosciences group recounts trip to the volcanic Caribbean Island Montserrat, featuring the ‘Pompeii of the West’

May 2, 2016

Chasing giant frogs, shooing iguanas out of the road and appearing on a national radio show were all part of a nine-day Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ geosciences seminar held this spring on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat, which features an active volcano.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Graduate Research Symposium set April 2 features more than 60 students presenting research

March 24, 2016

POCATELLO – More than 60 students from Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ will have the opportunity to present their academic research at the annual Graduate School Research Day Symposium on Saturday, April 2.

Photo of Donna Lybecker.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s Donna Lybecker travels to New Zealand to speak at University of Otago

March 18, 2016

POCATELLO -- Donna Lybecker, chair of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Department of Political Science, recently traveled to Dunedin, New Zealand, where she spoke to students and faculty at the University of Otago about ecosystems services, the Portneuf River and policy narrative.

Intrepid Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ doctoral student Ariana Tart-Zelvin aims to change a state of mind

March 8, 2016

POCATELLO—Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ psychology doctoral student Ariana Tart-Zelvin has completed a dissertation study to better understand what brain areas are active when healthy adults use a cognitive strategy on a working memory task.

Idaho Academy of Science and Engineering annual meeting, Intermountain Conference on the Environment set March 31-April 2 at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ

March 8, 2016

POCATELLO- The 58th Idaho Academy of Science and Engineering Annual Meeting and Symposium will meet jointly with the 16th Intermountain Conference on the Environment March 31-April 2 at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Pond Student Union.

Image of new levee.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ MILES researchers play key role in City of Pocatello River Vision Study

March 7, 2016

POCATELLO – By providing input and informational tools Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researchers are assisting the citizens of Pocatello to create a new vision and plans for the Portneuf River running through the city.

Families with fighting siblings ages 4-11 sought for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Psychology Clinic study

March 4, 2016

POCATELLO – Families with two or more children ages 4-11 who physically fight on a regular basis are sought for the Sibling Aggression Project clinical study being conducted by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Psychology Clinic.

Travis Helm (MS Geology at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ) scanning a elk's back bone. You can see the digital image on the laptop as the real object is being laser-scanned.

Alumnus Rick Carron contributes to Idaho Virtualization Lab at the Idaho Museum of Natural History at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ

March 2, 2016

POCATELLO — Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ alumnus Rick Carron is helping to make it possible for today’s Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ students to gain experience in a unique and specific field at the Idaho Virtualization Laboratory at the Idaho Museum of Natural History.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Graduate Research Symposium winners announced

POCATELLO — Winners from Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s fourth annual Graduate Research Symposium have been announced.