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Professor Interrogates Animals in Performance at 2025 ASTR Conference

November 13, 2025
Leif Tapanila, director of the Idaho Museum of Natural History and professor of geosciences at Idaho State University, poses for a photo holding a piece of chert containing spicules.

New Findings Show Ancient Intermountain West was Once Covered in Sea Sponges

November 13, 2025

While they didn’t live in a pineapple under the Phosphoria Sea, it turns out a good chunk of the prehistoric Intermountain West was once blanketed in sea sponges. 
Jesse Wheeler, assistant professor in the mathematics and statistics department at Idaho State University, poses for a photo on ISU’s Pocatello campus.

Not-So-Model Behavior: Researchers Find Errors in Software Used for Data Analysis

November 6, 2025

Some of the models used to forecast everything from financial trends to animal populations in an ecosystem are incorrect, according to an Idaho State University statistician.  

From Silence to Rediscovery: Dr. José Eduardo Villalobos Graillet Uncovers the Censorship Scandal Behind Las melancólicas

October 30, 2025

Students Encouraged to Enter the ISU Student Microscopy Competition

October 30, 2025

ISU Office for Research Leaders Strengthen International Partnerships in Peru

October 16, 2025

Introducing the Support Program for Advancing Research and Creativity

October 13, 2025
Zachary Ellia, graduate student at Idaho State University, examines an exposure of the Great Unconformity in the Teton Range.

Idaho State Among First Institutions to Receive NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program Grant

October 9, 2025

Idaho State University is getting a boost to help recruit and support some of the country’s elite graduate students.
Aerial view of the Lost River Field Camp base

Geology Field Camp 2025: Celebrating 60 Years of Progress

October 2, 2025

Now in its 60th year, the Geology Field Camp experience at Idaho State University has evolved over time, but one thing has remained the same: Idaho’s varying landscape is a uniquely designed puzzle perfect for students learning about the earth’s structural features and geological history. 
Nutrition and Dietetics faculty present research at conference

Running on Empty: Systemic Factors Fuel Food Insecurity Among Collegiate Student-Athletes

October 2, 2025

An ISU research team recently presented findings from the Running on Empty Study at the National Association of Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA) Conference in Denver, CO. This study examines the issue of food insecurity among collegiate student-athletes.