POCATELLO—ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø alum Rafi Ahmed will receive the 2017 Robert Koch Award on November 3 at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Berlin. Ahmed will also be receiving 120,000 euros, approximately $135,379, in prize money.
In this Issue
POCATELLO – ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø physics Professor Ed Tatar and his students are participating in a global mega-science experiment involving 1,000 other researchers from 30 countries who are studying neutrinos, which are subatomic particles with most unusual properties.
News Bites
POCATELLO – In June, Bamidele Omotowa, president of Pearlhill Technologies in Idaho Falls, sent a letter to Idaho Sen. James E Risch, in which he expressed thanks to the Idaho Falls Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø for the assistance they gave which resulted in more than $1 million of grant money being awarded to Pearlhill Technologies.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø graduate student Gentry Titus named July CPI of the Month for work in The Bengal Lab
POCATELLO – ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s Gentry Titus, a graduate student pursuing a Master of Science degree in medical lab sciences, has been named the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Career Path Intern (CPI) of the Month for July.
POCATELLO – An ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Career Path Internship assignment at the Idaho National Laboratory opened up a door to a new career for ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø student Tami Musante, who had an internship there this spring that turned into a job this summer.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø art student Tessa Fielding exhibits at Oboler Library
POCATELLO – The Oboler Library at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø is featuring a new exhibition of works on paper by Idaho native Tessa Fielding through September.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø alumnus Spencer Lifferth helps create new company, Motes Audio
POCATELLO – ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø graduate Spencer Lifferth and the company Motes Audio have launched Kadence headphones, the first headphones specifically designed with the needs of school-age children in mind.
Faculty/Staff Updates
POCATELLO – Jeremy Starkey, an undergraduate researcher in the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Department of Biology Sciences, has been researching how the Carrion Beetle has a connection to the development of more nutrient-rich soil.
POCATELLO – ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø College of Education Professor Emerita Beverly Klug has published a new book “Riding on the Sun: Surviving and Thriving with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)” that is a chronicle of her recovery following a traffic accident.
Events
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø TRiO banquet July 26 to recognize its summer scholars
POCATELLO – The ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø TRiO, Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math and Science programs will celebrate their students’ successes at a banquet from 6 to 8 p.m. July 26 in the Pond Student Union Ballroom.
MyVA Rural Veterans Community Forum set Aug. 2 at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø
POCATELLO – The MyVA Rural Veterans Community Forum will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 2 in the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Pond Student Union Ballroom in Pocatello.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Office of Alumni Relations to sponsor Alumni Night at the Museum July 31
POCATELLO – The ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Alumni Association will host Alumni Night at the Idaho Museum of Natural History on July 31 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. that features free admission to the museum and a picnic.