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Regional universities including Idaho State University take part in national cyber competition at INL

November 29, 2018

For the first time, Idaho National Laboratory will host six university teams from across the region, including Idaho State University, taking part in a national cybersecurity competition, according to an Idaho National Laboratory news release.
Chris Tennant in the field standing on a rock setting up a measuring instrument on a tripod.

Idaho State University Ph.D. student Chris Tennant’s research on snowpack measurement recognized

November 20, 2018

Big data equals better forecasting and a boon for water managers
Dave Pearson posing in the mountains.

Petroleum Experts donate MOVE software worth nearly $1 million to Idaho State University geosciences department

November 8, 2018

POCATELLO – Petroleum Experts Limited has donated the equivalent of $980,000 in oil and gas software for use by the Idaho State University Department of Geosciences. The software will be used by ISU researchers working on a National Science Foundation Grant and for teaching of advanced graduate-level geosciences courses.
Sierra Hart photo

ISU sophomore Sierra Hart named CPI of the Month for work with Idaho Department of Fish and Game

November 2, 2018

POCATELLO – Sierra Hart, a sophomore Idaho State University biology and ecology major, has been named the November ISU Career Path Intern of Month by the ISU Career Center for her work with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
Photo of participants at math competition.

Idaho State University math department hosts competition that attracts ISU, prep teams

October 30, 2018

POCATELLO – The team of Idaho State University math students comprised of Caleb Monoran, Alex Gose-Eells and Rosetta Roberts earned an Outstanding Award at the SIMIODE SCUDEM III 2018 Modeling Challenge hosted by the ISU Department of Mathematics and Statistics on Saturday, Oct. 27.

ISU Physics and Pocatello Kiwanis to host a Haunted Science Lab Oct. 27

October 18, 2018

POCATELLO – Idaho State University Physics, the Kiwanis Club of Pocatello and the ISU Society of Physics Students will host a Haunted Science Laboratory exhibit open to the public on Saturday, Oct. 27, from 4 to 9 p.m. in the in the ISU Eames Center.
Hackathon winning team photo

ISU/CAES Professor Leslie Kerby's team wins IEEE Big Data, IEEE Brain Hackathon at international conference in Tokyo

October 11, 2018

IDAHO FALLS – Idaho State University and Center for Advanced Energy Studies Assistant Professor Leslie Kerby was on the winning team of the IEEE Big Data, IEEE Brain Hackathon at COMPSAC 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.

Caleb Renner photo on top of a mountain

 ISU Honors Program student Caleb Renner excels at NASA summer internship

October 1, 2018

POCATELLO – Caleb Renner, a junior in the Idaho State University Honors Program, earned a summer internship at the NASA Ames Research Center in California to work on his project titled “Porosity and Permeability of Basaltic Rocks and their Alteration States: Implications for the Habitability of Microbial Life in Volcanic Rocks on Earth and Mars.”

Volunteers needed for ISU’s 2018 Haunted Science Lab

September 25, 2018

POCATELLO – Idaho State University’s Physics Department is looking for volunteers to help with its Haunted Science Lab Oct. 9 – 27.

A rainbow trout splashing in water after being released by a fishermen whose hand you can see.

$20 Million Idaho research award focuses on genetics of rainbow trout, sagebrush

September 18, 2018

MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho will share a $20 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) with Idaho State University and Boise State University to support research aimed at uncovering and predicting how rainbow trout and sagebrush adjust to changing environments.