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Schmidt adds spice to UI's taleNovember 6, 2009
Inspiring on their immediate merits, the weekly amazements at the University of Idaho and the antsy contemplation of a bowl game are made even more remarkable cast against the Vandals' barren history in major college football.
Swept up in war on terror, man files suit over detention
Many people wanted by authorities come to Las Vegas to hide. Abdullah al-Kidd came here so the federal government could keep an eye on him.
Chart junk? How pictures may help make graphs better
Those oft-maligned, and highly embellished, graphs and charts in USA Today and other media outlets may actually help people understand data more effectively than traditional graphs, according to new research from North Carolina State University.
Trellis Tension Monitoring assembly in line with the main trellis wire in a wine grape vineyard.
Time is running out for the U of I Parma Research and Extension Center. It has less than two weeks to come up with $250,000. The state cut funding to the University of Idaho and the university put the center on notice: get the money by November 15th or be closed by the end of the year.
Teacher shares secrets of farming
Dave Muehleisen talks about pest management like Sun Tzu wrote about war. Laying plans, attack by stratagem, recognizing your enemy's strong and weak points - the calculations roll off his tongue like calligraphy from a brush.
Going Rogue: An American Life by Sarah Palin
The country is obsessed with Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin's new book will be released on November 17th.
UI settles lawsuit with former researcher
The University of Idaho has agreed to pay $105,000 to settle a lawsuit stemming from what two former employees contend was a smear campaign.
Student who fell from University of Idaho fraternity will return home
On September 10, the world changed for a Caldwell teen who fell from a window at the University of Idaho.
UI starting process to close Parma facility
Parma Mayor Margaret Watson says supporters of the Parma Research and Extension Center in southwest Idaho have until Nov.
UI settles with ex-workers October 30, 2009
The University of Idaho has settled a lawsuit with two former employees who claimed they were punished for reporting concerns that a high-profile researcher was using university resources to benefit private companies.
Forrest Church: Theologian, Historian, Humanitarian
A TRIBUTE TO FORREST CHURCH: THEOLOGIAN, HISTORIAN, HUMANITARIAN By Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho Religion is our human response to the dual reality of being alive and having to die.
Indie punk rock band Finn Riggins is no stranger to the road. Hailing from Idaho, the collaboration between Cameron Bouiss , Lisa Simpson and Eric Gilbert tour 245 days out of the year.
Otter defends insurance costs - Thu, 22 Oct 2009 PST
Gov. Butch Otter is defending a move to increase health insurance costs sharply for part-time state employees, even though some will face premiums that exceed their take-home pay.
Study: Idaho dairy counties weathering recession
A new study says communities in the heart of the Idaho dairy industry are, amid falling milk prices, weathering the recession better than other rural regions of the state.
Former U of I employee sues over non-renewed contract
A former University of Idaho employee has filed a civil lawsuit against the school in 2nd District Court, saying she was let go after she made statements about the waste of public resources.
UI students continue to recover from fraternity house falls
Shane Meyer was one of two students who fell from a third-floor fraternity house window on the Moscow campus during the first two weeks of the fall semester.
UI study: Huge increase in Hispanic population benefits region
South-Central Idaho's Hispanic population has grown by 85 percent since 2000, according to a new University of Idaho study, paralleling the dramatic increase in the dairy industry in the region, which employs a large Hispanic workforce.
How Wood Chips Can Keep You Warm -- and Green
The tall smokestack and the industrial clanking of conveyors in Moscow, Idaho may look ominously anti-ecological but, the visitors senses are quickly jolted by a fresh aroma reminiscent of a walk-in cedar closet.
Idaho scientists focus on wild plants for gardens
University of Idaho scientist Stephen Love says forays into the state's backcountry have taught him the most inhospitable territory is often home to remarkable beauty.
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