Idaho State University

Five Idaho State University faculty members have received 2012 Outstanding Researcher awards and will be honored at a reception on April 12.  One will receive the 2012 ISU Distinguished Researcher Award to be announced at the reception.

Receiving ISU Outstanding Researcher awards are Linda DeVeaux, associate professor of biological sciences; Bruce Finney, professor of biological sciences; Alan Johnson, professor of English; Scot Kelchner, associate professor of biological sciences; and Maria Wong, associate professor of psychology. (more…)

Four Idaho State University faculty have received 2012 Outstanding Public Service Awards and will be honored at a reception on April 12. One will receive the 2012 ISU Distinguished Public Service Award to be announced at the reception.

Receiving 2012 Outstanding Public Service Awards are Linda DeVeaux, associate professor of biological sciences; Jared Papa, service learning coordinator/clinical assistant professor, physician assistant studies, ISU-Meridian; Eugene Stuffle, professor of electrical engineering; and Robert Tokle, professor of economics. (more…)

Letters – A Soldier Songs Concert April 28 at Idaho State University will feature the bands and musicians Hillbilly Healers, Miss Emily, Dustin Welch and Garry Tullio and will raise funds for a music program for veterans.

The concert will be at 7 p.m. in the Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the ISU Stephens Performing Arts Center. The concert will feature excerpts of letters from military service members being read, then songs will be performed that were inspired by the letters. (more…)

Guest artist Holly Burn-Crain, also known as "the Dancing Soulsmith," will present a free family event, "Earth Day – A Moving Celebration of Connection," from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 18 in the Idaho State University Rogers Black Box Theater of the Stephens Performing Arts Center. (more…)

The Anderson Gender Resource Center at Idaho State University, through a grant from the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women, is hosting an art workshop April 17 and a community art installation May 4 at the Old Town Pavilion in Pocatello.

The installation will support survivors of domestic violence and create public awareness of this important local issue. (more…)

Spring into Health, a 5-kilometer walk/run, will be hosted by Idaho State University's College of Pharmacy in partnership with Operation Diabetes on Saturday, April 14.

This family-friendly event has a $10 registration fee that will go to the American Diabetes Association. Free diabetes screenings will be available for those checking if they are at risk for diabetes. (more…)

Traumatic brain injury research, education and prevention will be explored in a free, three-part Web series, sponsored by Idaho State University's Institute of Rural Health.

Sessions are April 12, 19 and 26, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., MST. Family members, private providers, state agency personnel, and the general public who work with or have an interest in traumatic brain injuries can register at www.idahotbi.org and read more about each session. (more…)

Idaho State University will host Africa Night 2012 with the theme, “A Night Under the African Stars" April 7 at 5:30 p.m. inside the Jensen Grand Concert Hall at the Stephens Performing Arts Center. (more…)

From Friday, April 20, to Saturday, April 21, members of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity at Idaho State University will participate in their fourth annual "Ride for the Troops," a full-day bike-a-thon.

For 24 straight hours, from 4:30 p.m. Friday to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, the members of Kappa Sigma will be camped out and biking around the ISU Hutchinson Quadrangle to help raise money for Fisher House, an organization that provides homes near hospitals for the family of sick or wounded soldiers. (more…)

The presentation "How Mountaineering Changed Science" by Michael S. Reidy scheduled for Tuesday, April 17, at Idaho State University has been cancelled. (more…)