As the 2018 Spring Semester draws closer to its conclusion, it’s time for The College of Idaho’s students to once again present what they’ve learned at this year’s 13th Annual Student Research Conference, taking place beginning at noon on Saturday, April 28 at several locations across the C of I’s campus.
The College of Idaho Math Club is partnering with the Discovery Center of Idaho and the Orma J. Smith Natural History Museum to host Astronomy Day 2018 festivities starting at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 21 in the Boone Science Building, hosting a family-friendly event centered on celebrating the night sky.
The College of Idaho’s Marv and Laurie Henberg Lectureship in Environmental Studies is pleased to welcome Dr. Conevery Bolton Valencius for its fourth annual lecture at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17 in the Langroise Recital Hall. Valencius, currently a professor at Boston College’s department of history, will present a lecture reflecting on American environmental history entitled “Earthquakes along the Mississippi?: The Surprising Environmental History of the American Heartland…and What it May Hold for Our Future.”
The College of Idaho Math Club has celebrated March 14 as Pi Day for 15 years, regularly showing their love for the mathematical constant through pastries and paper Pi chains. But this year, the 15th anniversary of the first C of I Pi Day, the math club put out a call to the campus community for help in entering into the Guinness Book of World Records — creating the longest human representation of Pi.
And despite the rain in the day’s forecast, the campus community turned out in droves. They didn’t just want to celebrate Pi; they wanted to become Pi.
Most people can remember the first few digits of the mathematical constant Pi: 3.14. A select few can remember the digits of the irrational number to hundreds of places. And on March 14 this year, as part of The College of Idaho’s 15th annual celebration of what is commonly called Pi Day, the C of I Math Club is aiming to enter the Guinness Book of World Records by creating the longest human representation of Pi digits — 600 people, all in one, unbroken Pi chain.
Have you ever wondered what it means for the March sky when the vernal (spring) equinox happens? What exactly does it mean when a day is an equinox or a solstice? What are the circumstances that bring them about?
These questions and more will be covered at the Whittenberger Planetarium’s public show at 7 p.m. on March 9, which will explore the meaning of the vernal equinox and acquaint the public with an overview of the constVernellations, planets and moon that are visible in the March night sky.
Two of this year’s presenters at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology will be none other than senior College of Idaho science students Claire Otero and Jacob Noeker, whose research both earned them the prestigious Pfizer Society of Toxicology Undergraduate Student Travel Award to attend and present at the SOT meeting with all expenses paid — an honor granted to only 14 undergraduate students in the country.
College of Idaho senior mathematics-physics and environmental studies double major Natasha Dacic has already earned a great number of accolades during her time as a Yote — and now she has a new award to add to her list of accomplishments.
With the opening of a new Student Research Room in the basement of Boone Hall, The College of Idaho’s Department of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MAPS) welcomed back emeritus faculty members and successful alumni of the program to celebrate the occasion with an open house reception and colloquium talk.
From environmental science to biology, The College of Idaho presented a wide range of student research on Nov. 9-10 at the 26th Annual Murdock College Science Research Conference in Spokane, Washington, with one student coming away with an award for her summer research at the event.
