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Photo of Jon Stoner and Tim Gardner, ISU researchers, with medical isotopes sample.

ISU’s Jon Stoner named 2017 Idaho Innovation Awards finalist

October 16, 2017

BOISE — Idaho State University’s Jon Stoner is among the finalists for the 12th annual Idaho Innovation Awards, which will be presented Oct. 24 at an awards presentation at Boise Centre held during the Idaho Technology Council’s eighth annual Hall of Fame.
Photo of two student researchers in front of their research poster at EPSCOR meeting

Idaho NSF EPSCoR annual meeting hosted at ISU; participants exploring research on how cities grow out into rural areas

October 12, 2017

POCATELLO – Researchers are discussing how mid-sized cities grow out into rural areas at the Idaho National Science Foundation EPSCoR annual meeting being hosted at Idaho State University this week.
ISU Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Keith Reinhardt, right, and ISU biological sciences master's student Steven Augustine in the ISU Plant Sciences Laboratory.

ISU Professor Keith Reinhardt contributes, co-authors paper on what kills trees during drought that appeared in journal Nature Ecology and Evolution

September 27, 2017

POCATELLO – Idaho State University Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Keith Reinhardt contributed to and co-authored a paper published in the journal Nature Ecology, and Evolution about what kills tree during drought that received wide spread attention in scientific outlets.
Photo of Peter Sheridan and Black Isaacs, partners in research.

Idaho State University teams up with partners to protect crops against molds

September 26, 2017

POCATELLO – Idaho State University researcher Peter Sheridan and his partners at Idaho Hydro Tech (IHT) and Boise State University are teaming up on green technology to protect stored potatoes and other crops from molds and, potentially, other pathogens.
Professor Mashal with students posing at the Structural Laboratory at the Engineering Researh Complex

ISU Structural Dynamics Laboratory can test ability of structures to withstand earthquakes

September 21, 2017

POCATELLO – The Idaho State University Engineering Research Complex’s Structural Dynamics Laboratory can test the ability of structures to withstand earthquakes.
Photo of Jonathon Swift

ISU Department of Psychology secures $50,871 grant to study spirituality and psychotherapy

September 21, 2017

POCATELLO – Idaho State University’s Department of Psychology received a $50,871 grant from Brigham Young University to study psychotherapy with the integration of spirituality in treatment.
Photo from up above of two student researchers in Marsh Creek.

ISU student researchers work to improve Marsh Creek water quality

September 19, 2017

POCATELLO – Two Idaho State University geosciences students, master’s student Graham Meese and undergraduate Jeffery Carpenter, are working with geosciences Associate Professor Ben Crosby on a long-term study of Marsh Creek, a major tributary to the Portneuf River.
Soda Spring Photo

Idaho State University geosciences department stresses very small possibility of strong earthquake following recent Soda Springs seismicity

September 5, 2017

POCATELLO – Although there has been a swarm of earthquakes in Southeast Idaho the likelihood of a strong 7.0 earthquake, although possible, is remote, noted professors in the Idaho State University Department of Geosciences.

ISU awarded AmeriCorps grant to serve children and families throughout Idaho

September 1, 2017

POCATELLO—Idaho State University’s HealthCare for Children and Families AmeriCorps program has received a $345,915 federal grant to provide basic health screenings for children and connect underserved families to community resources that can improve their lives, according to the Idaho Department of Labor and ISU.
Photo of David Pearson with mountains in the background.

ISU Professor Dave Pearson receives National Science Foundation funding to better understand how Idaho, Montana mountains formed

September 1, 2017

POCATELLO – Idaho State University Assistant Professor Dave Pearson is teaming up with collaborators to better understand how mountain ranges in Central Idaho and Southwest Montana formed.