ISU professor publishes key book on American protest literature
“We can make America what America must become,” wrote the famous Civil Rights-era author James Baldwin in his 1962 essay “My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundreth Anniversary of the Emancipation.” (more…)
Turtle Island Quartet to perform music of John Coltrane
The Turtle Island Quartet, a force in the exposition of daring and original trends in string music, is scheduled to perform their rendition of the late jazz musician John Coltrane’s music on Nov. 17 in the Joseph C. and Cheryl H. Jensen Grand Concert Hall at the L. E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center at Idaho State University. (more…)
Cyanide detection topic of Oct. 29 ‘ISU in Motion’
“ISU in Motion,” an in-house radio show hosted and moderated by Idaho State University President Arthur C. Vailas, Ph.D., will air Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. on KISU 91.1 FM, the University’s public radio station. (more…)
ISU to host 15th Arctic Conference Nov. 1-3
The 15th Arctic Conference will be held Nov. 1-3 at Idaho State University in Pocatello.
The annual conference is an informal symposium of archaeologists, anthropologists, ecologists and geologists who gather once a year to share data and new findings and to plan collaborative research activities, according to conference organizer Herbert Maschner, Ph.D., ISU associate professor of anthropology. (more…)
Celebration planned for professor’s book release Nov. 5
The Idaho State University Department of English and Philosophy invites the community to celebrate the book launch of “The American Protest Essay and National Belonging: Addressing Division” by Brian Norman, Ph.D., assistant professor in the department.
The reception, which is free and open to the public, will be held at the Piccolo Gallery, 501 North Main Street, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 5. (more…)
Governor’s Select Committe on Health Care seeks public comment
The Governor’s Select Committee on Health Care is seeking public comment at its first regional meeting that will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, in the Salmon River Suite of the Idaho State University Pond Student Union Building in Pocatello. (more…)
Natural history museum exhibit celebrates 100 years of Idaho fish hatcheries
The Idaho Museum of Natural History (IMNH) opened its newest exhibit, “A Century of Fish Hatcheries,” with a ribbon cutting with the Pocatello Chiefs on Oct. 24. IMNH also offered free admission to the museum that day. (more…)
Irvin Mayfield, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra to perform Nov. 6 at ISU
Irvin Mayfield and The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra will perform Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. at the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center in the Joseph C. and Cheryl H. Jensen Grand Concert Hall, at Idaho State University. The performance is part of the 2007-08 Stephens Center’s Season of Note series. (more…)
Taste of France is Oct. 27 in PSUB
Club Francophone, Idaho State University’s French Club, will sponsor its eighth annual Taste of France dinner featuring food and entertainment beginning at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 27 in the Pond Student Union Building Ballroom. (more…)
‘Miss Navajo’ film and discussion at ISU Oct. 23
The Community Connections outreach film series will show “Miss Navajo” Tuesday, Oct. 23, at 5:30 p.m. in the Idaho State University Pond Student Union Theater. (more…)