1918 Flu Pandemic Collection
Two pandemics: 1918 and 2020
The library's new collection showcases the university's response to 1918 pandemic for anyone to view

Many have drawn connections between the 1918 Flu Pandemic (the Spanish Flu) to the current COVID-19 pandemic. The University of Idaho Library has created a new digital collection about the […]

OPINION: History, now streaming
New Netflix offerings make world history uniquely digestible

When I was younger, I used to spend hours glued to the television at my grandparents’ house, casually flipping through the channels but usually ending up on three important ones. Channels
34, 44 and 46 were my holy trinity of Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and the History Channel. In the mid-aughts, one could rely on each for a combination of awe-inspiring content and genuine education about anything from sharks to chivalry. However, I was always taken by the entertaining and informative approach to the past and conquests I could get from the History Channel.

Entertaining the Moscow masses
Finals Fest continues to bring a variety of performers to campus each year

Screaming crowds, a pulsing beat and music bouncing throughout the ASUI-Kibbie Activity Center, increasing the already loud sound of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.   In 2013, the music duo made […]

‘Much more than just books’
Latah County Library offers resources, events for all community members

While countless University of Idaho students filter in and out of the UI Library on a  daily basis, the Latah County Public Library serves as an additional resource to both […]

PSU professor spoke in remembrance of MLK, Jr.
Shirley Jackson presented keynote speech in honor of MLK, Jr. Thursday night

Shirley Jackson, professor and chair of black studies at Portland State University, began her address at the University of Idaho Martin Luther King Celebrations by acknowledging that 2019 is a […]

Blast from the past
UI’s 2018 homecoming theme leads students and faculty to show its long past through art

On Monday afternoon, Vandals hit Moscow’s Main Street, covering store front windows with University of Idaho related art. On Tuesday morning, the Vandals hit campus. The lobby area of the […]

Rolling through history
Historical churches, cemeteries seen on Latah County bus tour Saturday

Earl Bennet wanted to get people outside. The first dean of the University of Idaho College of Science, Bennet said he spent most of his days in the great outdoors […]

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Western fears of Russia are unrealistic, but Russian fears of the West are not
A new report by RAND Corp. states that Russia has built a defensive military not capable of global or even regional aggression because it fears NATO expansion may be leading to a mass attack on Russia.

It is a widely held assumption in America that Russia has aggressive, expansionist ambitions and has created a military with the necessary capabilities since the fall of the Soviet Union. […]