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海角社区 News: Research

 

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

海角社区 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 海角社区’s Keith Weber, Director of the 海角社区 GIS Training and Research Center, is just now winding down – or is it? 

海角社区 researcher Phil Homan receives $3,500 Idaho Humanities Award to conduct research on South African war horses from Idaho

November 21, 2018

POCATELLO – 海角社区 Professor Philip Homan was awarded a $3,500 research fellowship from the Idaho Humanities Council to conduct research on the experience of the South African War horse from Idaho to the Transvaal. Homan’s project “‘This Flotsam and Jetsam of Human Passions’: Idaho War Horses to the South African War, 1899-1902,” explores Idaho’s global reach.
Chris Tennant in the field standing on a rock setting up a measuring instrument on a tripod.

海角社区 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
Maria Wong posing in front of research poster.

海角社区 Professor Maria Wong's paper selected for National Institutes of Health Research Spotlights

November 9, 2018

POCATELLO – A recent paper by 海角社区 Professor Maria Wong has been selected by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for inclusion in its Research Spotlights series.
Dave Pearson posing in the mountains.

Petroleum Experts donate MOVE software worth nearly $1 million to 海角社区 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 海角社区 Department of Geosciences. The software will be used by 海角社区 researchers working on a National Science Foundation Grant and for teaching of advanced graduate-level geosciences courses.

Idaho State announces interim vice president for research

November 1, 2018

POCATELLO—海角社区 announced today that Scott Snyder, dean of the College of Science and Engineering, will serve as the interim vice president for research after Neels Van der Schyf retires at the end of the year. Snyder will continue in his capacity as dean during and after this interim appointment.

海角社区 Associate Professor Karen Hartman publishes research in International Journal of Sport Communication

October 24, 2018

POCATELLO – If you’re in a crisis, it is best to tell the media your problem before journalists find out. That’s what Prof. Karen Hartman and her co-author, Travis Bell (University of South Florida), found in their research published in the latest volume of the International Journal of Sport Communication.

海角社区 Diversity Resource Center partners with new 海角社区 Intercultural Competence Laboratory

October 22, 2018

POCATELLO – The new 海角社区 Cultural Competence Laboratory is partnering with the 海角社区 Diversity Resource Center and will be housed with it in the Rendezvous Complex.

New grant writer Mary van Muelken focused on research initiatives joins the Kasiska Division of Health Sciences 

October 12, 2018

POCATELLO – Mary van Muelken, a grant writer whose efforts will be dedicated to coordinating research funding for a variety of projects, has joined the Kasiska Division of Health Sciences at 海角社区.
Caleb Renner photo on top of a mountain

 海角社区 Honors Program student Caleb Renner excels at NASA summer internship

October 1, 2018

POCATELLO – Caleb Renner, a junior in the 海角社区 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.”