Idaho Academic Research News - 2006

• January - March 2006

  • UI Honored Among Top Universities at Summit on International Education

  • UI Receives $1.8 Million NSF Grant to Aid Northern Idaho Elementary School Science Programs

  • UI Glacier Expert Joins Researchers Documenting Loss of World's Ice

  • UI Engineering Research Produces Breakthroughs for Navy's Next-Generation Ship Radars and Communications

  • UI Boise Visiting Professor Selected Foreign Associate by the National Academy of Engineering

  • State Board Approves New Doctoral Program in Geosciences at Boise State University

  • University of Idaho Researchers Share in $1.5 Million DOE Grant for Bioremediation

  • University of Idaho Aquaculture Research is the Focus of Washington, D.C.

• April-June 2006

  • Micron Technology Foundation Donates $5 Million to Support New Engineering Ph.D. Program at Boise State University

  • Boise State University Awards First Ph.D. at Spring Commencement

  • State Board of Education Approves Two New Master's Degree Programs at Boise State University

  • New Portneuf River Web site focuses on ecosystem, recreation and more

  • University of Idaho Researcher Earns Prestigious Golden Sturgeon Award

  • First Bachelor's Degrees in Materials Science and Engineering Awarded at Boise State May 13

  • University of Idaho Blue Ribbon Committee Funds Five New Strategic Initiatives

  • Boise State Receives Significant Teaching Grant From the National Science Foundation

• July - September 2006

• Environmental Protection Agency Awards Start-up Funds to Boise State Researchers to Develop Arsenic Sensor

• State Board of Education Approves New Center for Materials Characterization at Boise State University

• ISU's Molecular Research Core Facility bigger, better, than ever

• Boise State University Receives $23.8 Million for Research and Sponsored Projects in Fiscal year 2006

• NSF awards ISU nearly $500,000 to boost role of women faculty

• Designed to Cell: Grant Provides University of Idaho with One-of-a-Kind Microscope for Nano-sized Research

• Idaho EPSCoR REU2 Student Illustrates Program Success

• October - December 2006

• National Science Foundation Awards Boise State Grant for Major Research Instrumentation

• University of Idaho Research That Stinks: Wastewater Treatment Research Investigates Nature

• Science on Display-Student Research Exposition at the University of Idaho

• University of Idaho Researchers' Pronghorn Study Shows Females Choose Mates by Genetic Quality

• Hundreds Gather for University of Idaho's Hagerman Fish Culture Experiment Station Dedication

• University of Idaho Research Facility Receives Grant to Enhance DNA Research

• National Science Foundation Awards $500,000 Grant to Boise State for 'Idaho Engineering Scholarship Program'

• ISU Celebrates 2006 GIS Day

• National Science Foundation Awards Boise State University $348,786 Grant for Major Research Instrumentation

• University of Idaho Research Yields Data Important to Global Environmental Study