An assortment of mathematicians, modelers and sociologists at University of Idaho have been working since the spring to predict the spread of COVID-19 in rural communities. The Idaho Pandemic Modeling Group, part of UI’s Institute for Modeling Collaboration and Innovation, makes models based on local data. The group has been working for supplemental funding attached to IMCI’s current National Institutes of Health grant.
People with type two diabetes can suffer from lack of feeling in the hands and feet or constant bowel issues, often thought to be symptoms of their condition. WWAMI researchers at the University of Idaho are ready to challenge that, armed with the claim that toxins present before a person shows signs of type two diabetes can cause nerve and muscle dysfunction in the gut, eventually leading to insulin resistance.
All University of Idaho colleges with animals in their care have received full accreditation from the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC), meaning the quality of care in animal research and use has been acknowledged to be completely up to standard, with no new suggestions for improvements.
The National Science Foundation awarded University of Idaho researchers nearly $200,000 to investigate whether animals can transmit COVID-19 and how to block the spread from animals to humans.
Mikyla Wood understands the importance of events for not only undergraduate students at the University of Idaho, but for graduate students as well.
Walker was featured with author Priya Parker, University of North Carolina professor Steven Rogelberg, anthropologists Helen Schwartzman and Jen Sandler and several listeners in an episode titled “How to Make Meetings Less Terrible.”
Monday 4 p.m. | Borah Symposium Plenary AddressInternational Ballroom, Bruce M. Pitman Center The Borah Symposium begins with a plenary address titled “Climate and Conflict.” Sherri Goodman, a senior strategist […]
Science-curious citizens of the Spokane River area will have the opportunity to participate in an experiment this spring. The Idaho Water Resources Research Institute, a research center associated with University […]
University of Idaho Assistant Professor Florian Justwan found in a recent study people are more willing to get vaccinated if they live close to a concerning outbreak — regardless of […]
Earlier this month, postdoctoral researcher Adrienne Marshall’s study was published in Geophysical Research Letters, an academic journal. University of Idaho hydrologist Timothy Link, UI climatologist John Abatzoglou and University of […]
