ISU News: College of Science and Engineering

Dr. Timothy Magnuson, biological sciences professor, passes away

October 7, 2019

Dr. Timothy Magnuson, Idaho State University biological sciences professor since 2001, passed away this weekend from natural causes while on a backpacking trip in Yellowstone National Park.

Idaho State University to celebrate the return of the Red Hill “I” on Oct. 10

October 2, 2019

POCATELLO – After more than five years of absence from Idaho State University, the Red Hill “I” icon has returned to campus. The Bengal community will celebrate its return at 4 p.m. on Oct. 10 on the Hutchinson Quadrangle.

Volunteers Needed for the 2019 Haunted Science Lab

September 25, 2019

POCATELLO – Volunteers are needed for the eighth annual Haunted Science Laboratory that is hosted in late October by the Idaho State University Department of Physics and the Kiwanis Club with support from the community.

ISU awarded more than $1 million to build Disaster Response Complex in Pocatello

September 23, 2019

ISU civil and environmental engineering faculty work in collaboration with INL, CAES

Two ISU civil engineering student teams record Top-10 finishes at national PCI Big Beam Competition

September 17, 2019

POCATELLO – Two teams of Idaho State University civil and environmental engineering students finished in the top 10 at the 2019 Precast/Prestressed Institute (PCI) Big Beam Competition.

ISU Geosciences Professor Glenn Thackray honored as Geological Society of America Fellow

September 6, 2019

POCATELLO – Idaho State University’s Glenn Thackray, geosciences professor, has been honored as a Geological Society of America Fellow for his insightful contributions to the understanding of glaciation and climate across the Pacific region. 

ISU’s Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar elected VP/President Elect for American Nuclear Society

September 4, 2019

POCATELLO – Idaho State University’s Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar has been elected vice president and president-elect for the American Nuclear Society.

ISU Department of Biological Sciences hosting ORAU series on biosystems signaling

August 21, 2019

POCATELLO – The Idaho State University Department of Biological Sciences is presenting a four-part seminar series under the theme "From Genome to Exposome: State of Biosystems Signaling in Response to Emerging Environmental Stressors” that begins Aug. 22.

Bengal nation well represented at annual Portneuf River Cleanup

August 19, 2019

POCATELLO – People throw a lot of strange stuff in the Portneuf River – stolen bikes, carpets, a bowling ball, an umbrella, yard waste, cell phones, weird dolls, metal grates, trash of all kinds and hundreds, if not thousands, of plastic bags – and a lot, lot more.

2020 Undergraduate Research STEM travel funds are now available

August 16, 2019