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Professor Pearson in mountains with glacier in the background

Petroleum Experts donate MOVEModeling software worth more than $2.5 million to Idaho State University Geosciences department

January 31, 2020

POCATELLO – Petroleum Experts Limited has donated the equivalent of more than $2.5 million in oil and gas-industry software for use by the Idaho State University Department of Geosciences that will be used by ISU researchers working on a National Science Foundation grant and for teaching of advanced graduate-level geosciences courses.

ISU Civil and Environmental Engineering featured in national publication

January 27, 2020

The ISU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and its precast engineering studio are featured in the January/February 2020 edition of Precast Inc., a national magazine published by the National Precast Concrete Association.

ISU American Fisheries Society to hold ice-fishing derby Jan. 25 at Sportsman's Park

January 7, 2020

POCATELLO – A fishing derby Jan. 25 at Sportsman’s Park on the west side of American Falls Reservoir features a $500 first-place prize for the largest Rainbow trout and a $250 first-place prize for perch.
Peterson running on a trail with her dogs.

ISU OTA Instructor Brittany Peterson is a world-class ultra runner

December 23, 2019

POCATELLO – Idaho State University instructor Brittany Peterson finished second in the 2019 Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run, which can be considered the Super Bowl of ultra-long-distance trail running in the United States.

People at gift ceremony

ICCU gifts ISU College of Technology $450,000 worth of tech equipment

December 4, 2019

POCATELLO – The holidays came early for the Idaho State University College of Technology in the form of information technology equipment valued at about $450,000 that was given to ISU Information Technology Systems program by Idaho Central Credit Union (ICCU) in mid-November.

ISU cosmetology wigs on loan program receives $2,000 donation from Spinderella

November 25, 2019

Wigs available at new wig room ‘The Hair Loft’ that has opening set Dec. 2
Mana Scholarship recipient Joselynn Castillo

ISU student Joselynn Castillo receives $10,000 scholarship from the Maná Scholarship Program

November 19, 2019

POCATELLO – Joselynn Castillo wasn’t even going to apply for the Maná Scholarship because she thought there was no way she could win a national scholarship. However, with the encouragement of her mother, she applied and was one of 15 students selected out of a pool of 1,200 to receive a $10,000 scholarship.
Congressman Simpson speaking as ISU President Satterlee looks on.

Congressman Simpson visits ISU campus to honor Construction Combine program

November 7, 2019

POCATELLO – Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson recognized Idaho State University College of Technology’s Construction Combine with an entry into the Congressional Record and by visiting ISU Eames Advanced Technical Education and Innovations Complex on Thursday, Nov. 7.
Ken Aho in his lab

ISU Professor Aho studies how airborne bacteria, fungi help it rain and snow

November 5, 2019

POCATELLO – Most people don’t think of weather as having a biological component and aren’t aware of the role airborne bacteria and fungi have in helping create rain and snow. But Ken Aho, Idaho State University associate professor of biological sciences, studies this phenomenon.

Two ISU undergraduate biology students to present at Annual Biomedical Conference for Minority Students Nov. 13-16

October 25, 2019

POCATELLO – Idaho State University biology undergraduate students Magdalena Argomaniz and Hannah Aken will present their research at the Annual Biology Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) Nov. 13-16 in Anaheim, California.