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ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï News: Research

 

Photo of Oliphant and Berian standing in front of their research poster.

ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï study reveals dangerous prescribing practices for Idaho patients on opioids

December 11, 2018

A quarter of chronic users received high-risk drug combinations

ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï’s Colden Baxter receives Jean’ne M. Shreeve NSF EPSCoR Research Excellence Award

December 7, 2018

POCATELLO ­– Colden Baxter, ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï biological sciences professor, is the recipient of the 2018 Jean’ne M. Shreeve NSF EPSCoR Research Excellence Award.

Photo of Ph.D. student Amy Commodore and her advisor Bruce Finney in the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Stable Isotopes Laboratory, pictured with some samples of owl pellets in small jars.

Old piles of bones deposited by owls assist ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Ph.D. student Amy Commendador's research on past climates of the Snake River Plain

December 5, 2018

POCATELLO – To understand changes in the Snake River Plain’s climate and ecosystem over thousands of years, ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï biological sciences doctoral student Amy Commendador has been analyzing the contents of owl pellets using a sophisticated instrument called an isotope ratio mass spectrometer.

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

ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï 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 ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï’s Keith Weber, Director of the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï GIS Training and Research Center, is just now winding down – or is it? 

ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï researcher Phil Homan receives $3,500 Idaho Humanities Award to conduct research on South African war horses from Idaho

November 21, 2018

POCATELLO – ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï 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.

ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï 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.

ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Professor Maria Wong's paper selected for National Institutes of Health Research Spotlights

November 9, 2018

POCATELLO – A recent paper by ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï 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 ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï 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 ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Department of Geosciences. The software will be used by ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï 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—ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï 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.

ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï 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.