Madeleine Coles News Editor When ISU purchased the Ballard Medical Building in 2011 for $3.6 million dollars with plans of turning it into the Research Innovation in Science and Engineering, or RISE, Complex, university officials lauded it as the first step in creating a renowned research center.  The praise for […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor Many students may be surprised to know there are around 700 veterans attending ISU. They may be lessed surprised to learn only 15 percent of veterans are traditionally aged college students. And it likely isn’t a surprise at all that it is oftentimes difficult for veterans […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor ISU TRIO Services recently refunded their Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math and Science grants. The Upward Bound grant, which is the longest running grant at ISU was awarded $1.3 million worth of funding, while the UBMS, which focuses on students with an interest in earning […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor Many students who remember learning about the Battle of Little Bighorn may be familiar with the legendary Native American leader, Crazy Horse, who led his Lakota people to victory against the U.S. government. Although Crazy Horse died 140 years ago, his life was recently memorialized in […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor According to a public opinion poll conducted by Yale University last year, two thirds of Idahoans believe the climate is changing, but only one third discuss it, even occasionally. To help combat this, Idaho businesses are coming together to host a summit to be held all […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor On Nov. 9, the Gender Resource Center will present two transgender speakers: Aydian Dowling, a transgender activist and motivational speaker and Jodi Dunn, a former ISU student who also served in the U.S. army.  This is the second time that Dowling, who gained national attention in […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor Above all else, Mary Nies knows what it’s like to work and live in a rural community. The professor and director of nursing research at ISU grew up on a farm and has spent the majority of her professional career promoting health in vulnerable populations, including […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor Nearly five years ago, biology and physiology professor Kenneth Rodnick began researching diabetes and the chemical processes involved in diabetes. However, as a professor of biology, Rodnick soon discovered he would need a helping hand in completing his research. Rodnick then approached Robert Holman, a chemistry […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor Lucas Gebhart Sports Editor Anyone who has ever watched a football game knows the players risk injuring themselves. Perhaps the blockbuster success of the movie Concussion is to blame, but in recent years, the aggressive nature and potential for injury involved in the sport has been […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor Through their Community Possible program, the U.S. Bank has invested $100,000 to the College of Business in order to support and grow the Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development. According to Jeff Street, director of CEED, the donation money will be focused on student entrepreneurs and […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor Tyler Liddle, the former ISU employee charged with embezzling over $100,000 of university funds, was sentenced Monday morning to 14 years supervised probation. While working as a financial technician for ISU, Liddle stole an estimated $116,000 from the university from November 2012 to July 2016 before […]

Madeleine Coles News Editor The College of Arts and Letters will be holding a week of events Dec. 5-8 titled “Surviving Voices” to raise awareness about gender based violence and women’s human rights and to honor international human rights day, which is Dec. 10. The week is primarily the product […]