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Water rocket scientists build and launch their creations at the Idaho State University Department of Physics’ Water Rocket Festival on June 28, 2025.

ISU Physics' Water Rocket Festival Scheduled for June 27 and 28

June 15, 2026
A volunteer helps water rocket scientists build their water rocket.

Volunteers Needed for Physics Dept.'s Water Rocket Festival

June 11, 2026
An illustration of a turtle

IMNH, ISU Researchers Upend Understanding of Turtle Origins

June 1, 2026

Thanks to researchers at the Idaho Museum of Natural History, Idaho State University, and their colleagues around the globe, we’ve got the answer to a question perplexing paleontologists for years: What exactly is a turtle?
Mary Lou Dunzik- Gougar

ISU Nuclear Engineering Professor to Serve as Fulbright Specialist in the Philippines

May 18, 2026

 An Idaho State University professor has been selected to help get a country’s nuclear energy aspirations off the ground. 
A photo of Walter T. Smith and a dog named Pinot.

Scholarship Honors Late Idaho State University Biological Sciences Alumnus

May 14, 2026

Bengal Bio Open House Scheduled for May 23

May 7, 2026
A group of students by lava rocks

Eruptive Art: IMNH to Display ISU Student Works Highlighting Idaho’s Volcanic History

May 4, 2026
Junior, a six-foot-wide skull of a Bison latifrons specimen from the Idaho Museum of Natural History, is prepared for shipment to the National Museum of Natural History.

Junior Goes to Washington: IMNH Specimen to Star in Exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History

April 29, 2026

One of the most pristine pieces in the collections of the Idaho Museum of Natural History is heading for the big time.
Idaho State University and NuCube leadership

Idaho State University and NuCube Energy Selected for the U.S. Department of Energy Launch Pad USA Program

April 29, 2026
Crew members perform finishing work on the first Sweetcrete pad. This innovative concrete blend uses less cement and is cheaper to produce while still being as strong as conventional concrete developed at Idaho State University.

From Byproduct to Breakthrough: ISU’s Sweetcrete Hits the Field

April 27, 2026

A novel concrete mix developed at Idaho State University took its first steps out of the lab and into the field. Recently, researchers from ISU poured their first pad of Sweetcrete at a Kloepfer Inc. facility in Burley, Idaho.