“The Anthropocene Reviewed” is the pick of the year for the University of Idaho’s Common Read. John Green, author of “The Fault in Our Stars,” “Looking for Alaska,” “Turtles All […]
Florence Williams, an outstanding novelist, journalist, and mother gave a keynote speech about her award-winning book, The Nature Fix. This book is so well known that it was decided to […]
Frustrations were aired at Tuesday’s Faculty Senate meeting, with faculty feeling left out of on-campus technology decisions. The senate also voted in favor of renaming the Counseling and Testing Center […]
A long line snaked through the ICCU Arena basketball court as people lined up to meet the speaker and have their books signed, the excitement palpable. For the fiftieth anniversary […]
During the latest UIdaho Bound, the 2019 Common Read was announced to incoming University of Idaho students. The Common Read is used to supplement the Integrated Seminar 101 class, as […]
Carol Tavris, social phycologist and co-author of the University of Idaho 2017-18 Common Read, believes cognitive dissonance is responsible for people justifying when they are wrong.
Things went swimmingly Monday evening for organizers of the 2016-2017 Common Read, “The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness.”
If God asked Sy Montgomery what she would change about the world, she would ask that dogs live longer.
Almost every student on campus has come in contact with the Common Read program, a UI initiative designed to engage new students and faculty in a unified intellectual activity, at […]
Stealing Buddha’s Dinner’ teaches critical lessons High school students are often deluded into believing college has less homework to offer. Yet, this delusion was crushed for me by the end of June when the University of Idaho […]