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ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Ph.D. student Omid Heidari poses with the type of robot that will be used in the IGEM project.

ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø, industry partner House of Design receive $162K IGEM grant to develop application to connect robotics with augmented reality

December 11, 2018

POCATELLO – ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø researchers will work with the robotic systems integration company House of Design in Nampa to enable programmers wearing augmented reality glasses to communicate directly with robots.

Photo of Oliphant and Berian standing in front of their research poster.

ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø study reveals dangerous prescribing practices for Idaho patients on opioids

December 11, 2018

A quarter of chronic users received high-risk drug combinations

ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø announces Glen Nelson is new vice president for finance and business affairs

December 10, 2018

POCATELLO –  ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø President Kevin Satterlee announced that Glen Nelson has accepted the position of vice president for finance and business affairs. 

Political Science Faculty Publish in Journal

December 10, 2018

Four political science faculty members were published in the November 2018 issue of Policy Studies Journal

Rick Tivis and Barbara Gordon Published in Journal

December 10, 2018

Rick Tivis, assistant director, Idaho Center for Health Research and Barbara Gordon, director of dietetic programs, in collaboration with St. Luke’s Cystic Fibrosis Clinic and Boise State, published an “Evaluation of Food Insecurity in Adults and Children with Cystic Fibrosis: Community Case Study” in the journal Frontiers in Public Health

Kris Hilvers Presents at Conference

December 10, 2018

Kris Hilvers, MS, RDN, LD, CNSC, Clinical Assistant Professor in Dietetics, presented "Let’s Get Physical: Nutrition Focused Physical Exam – the Foundation for Pressure Injury Risk Assessment" at the Idaho Pressure Ulcer Prevention Coalition held in Boise.

Kurt Bestor with a horn, sitting on stage with bright lights in background.

Kurt Bestor returns to Southeast Idaho Dec. 18 with a special Christmas special

December 7, 2018

POCATELLO – Kurt Bestor, who has played a dozen or so Christmas specials in Southeast Idaho through the years, is excited about returning to ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18 with his “Peace on Earth Tour” that will feature, among other highlights, stellar musical accompanists.

ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s Colden Baxter receives Jean’ne M. Shreeve NSF EPSCoR Research Excellence Award

December 7, 2018

POCATELLO ­– Colden Baxter, ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø biological sciences professor, is the recipient of the 2018 Jean’ne M. Shreeve NSF EPSCoR Research Excellence Award.

Photo of Ph.D. student Amy Commodore and her advisor Bruce Finney in the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Stable Isotopes Laboratory, pictured with some samples of owl pellets in small jars.

Old piles of bones deposited by owls assist ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Ph.D. student Amy Commendador's research on past climates of the Snake River Plain

December 5, 2018

POCATELLO – To understand changes in the Snake River Plain’s climate and ecosystem over thousands of years, ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø biological sciences doctoral student Amy Commendador has been analyzing the contents of owl pellets using a sophisticated instrument called an isotope ratio mass spectrometer.

Keith Weber sitting at his desk in front of computer screens.

ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø is using its research and proven technologies to aid wildfire efforts in California, across the West

December 3, 2018

POCATELLO – It is early December and wildfire season for ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s Keith Weber, Director of the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø GIS Training and Research Center, is just now winding down – or is it?