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An enhanced database helps predict wildfires

By Johanna Bejarano August 1, 2024

Boise State University's interactive wildfires visualization map.

Researchers from Idaho and Oregon participated in research to improve the Fire Program Analysis Fire Occurrence Database, or FPA-FOD, which contains historical data on more than two million wildfires in the United States. These improvements might be the key to better predicting wildfires in the Northwest.Read More

18 Months, 5,000 Students: Idaho Colleges And Universities Face A Deep Enrollment Decline

By NWPB News June 21, 2021

Idaho’s public colleges and universities have lost more than 5,000 students since the pandemic. t’s not worst-case scenario stuff. The 18-month dropoff was 8.7%, but administrators feared a 20% decrease.Read More

Idaho Lawmakers Cut Into Public University Budgets To Scale Back Social Justice Programs

By NWPB News March 3, 2021

Idaho’s four college and university presidents — Idaho State University President Kevin Satterlee, University of Idaho President C. Scott Green, Boise State University President Marlene Tromp and Lewis-Clark State College President Cynthia Pemberton — had discussed a possible tuition freeze since spring. Sami Edge/Idaho Education News.

Wednesday’s budget surgery was the latest chapter in a simmering public feud between Boise State and conservative lawmakers, who say the state’s largest university has persisted in using taxpayer dollars to pursue a social justice agenda.Read More

The Showdown Over Higher Education Funding In Idaho Begins At The Statehouse This Week

By NWPB News February 28, 2021

The big battle will center on the four-year schools: Boise State University, the University of Idaho, Idaho State University and Lewis-Clark State College. After JFAC agrees on a number, the higher ed budget will have to get through the House — where hardline conservatives are poised to continue a fight that began last legislative session. It took three tries to get a Read More

Idaho Universities Make Nearly $1M Investment In A Joint Cybersecurity Major

By NWPB News December 7, 2020

Students aren’t seeing much of an effect, at least not yet. But by spring, they could start tapping into internships and apprenticeships at the University of Idaho, Boise State University and Idaho State University.Read More

National Summit Hosted By Idaho University Leaders To Focus On COVID-Caused Student Struggles

By NWPB News November 30, 2020

On Tuesday, Boise State will host a national digital summit for Project Launchpad — an effort to support students who are struggling during the pandemic.Read More

Idaho Colleges Look For Budget Help, Possible Enrollment Boost, During Pandemic Downturn

By Scott Leadingham October 19, 2020

Like most colleges, the University of Idaho in Moscow is dealing with how to control rising coronavirus cases around campus. Recent cases connected to the University’s Greek system have made the school push for more testing. Unlike nearby Washington State University in Pullman, the UI has a hybrid in-person and virtual model this fall semester.Read More

After Idaho Transgender Ban, Athletes Ask NCAA To Move Tournaments Out Of State

By NWPB News June 13, 2020

Chris Mosier, a Team USA athlete and transgender activist, kneels as he listens to speakers at a rally at the Statehouse on Tuesday, March 3 against Idaho’s HB500 banning transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports.

Dozens of advocacy organizations and hundreds of athletes are asking the NCAA to move college sports events out of Idaho in response to a state law that bans transgender women from participating in women’s sports.Read More

Idaho’s Four-Year Schools Agree On ‘Momentous’ Tuition Freeze

By NWPB News December 12, 2019

For the first time in at least four decades, Idaho is freezing college and university tuition. The one-year freeze will go into effect next school year — and it covers in-state undergraduate students at Idaho’s four-year institutions.Read More