The College of Idaho is thrilled to celebrate the incredible achievements of our students and faculty who showcased their groundbreaking research at the 2024 Murdock College Science Research Conference, held November 8-9. With this year’s inspiring theme, "Saving the Planet through Scientific Research," our students presented innovative ideas that are paving the way for a more sustainable future. We are proud of their contributions to this vital global conversation. Check out the full list of their exciting submissions below, and click the link for more details on their impactful work.
Foreman and Hess teamed with Laport, Brad Stokes from the University of Idaho, the groundskeeping staff at the College, and student volunteers to plant several plants, like sagebrush, around Boone Hall in June and hope to plant even more native plants later this summer.
Banks is just the third student from The College of Idaho to receive a Goldwater in the past two decades, joining Derek Erstad (2007) and Dannen Dale Wright (2014).
Heggland’s 23-year career as a cell biology professor and researcher will end later this month. She’s retiring at the end of the school year and she calls the SRC one of her proudest achievements, but it’s hardly the only one.
It isn’t just a cash donation from the Trust. It’s an investment in scientific study and research at the College that required significant preparation by Maldve and the entire science faculty on campus.
The two gave a poster presentation titled “Investigating Genetic Diversity of the American Chestnut Planted in the Pacific Northwest.” The presentations took place in a large ballroom, with dozens of posters being presented. Yet Riddle and Sakyi noticed people seemed drawn to their poster.
On top of the goal of creating a complete informational archive of the Museum’s contents, Clark expects to achieve another goal by enhancing the Museum’s relationship with the community, both the campus community and the surrounding community.
Only two of 135 award-winners at the 2023 SACNAS STEM conference came from schools in the Gem State, one of which was College of Idaho senior Ethan Bassingthwaite.
