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When Harold Blackman, director of the Center for Advanced Energy Studies, thinks about the future direction of research, he thinks of a nighttime satellite photograph of earth. The deep blue of the planet is shot through with tiny pinpoints of ...

Idaho research and technology leaders agree that brick and mortar facilities are valuable to driving innovation, but if the equipment and minds that reside within them don’t have a clear focus, they can become “expensive boondoggles,” according to Jack McIver, ...

When Boise State University President Bob Kustra recently made his case for a new research park, he said expanding and sharing “ideas, patents and concepts” is essential to the growth not only of Boise State, but the state as a ...

A grant of $2.75 million in Recovery Act funds is going to support solar systems at public schools throughout Idaho. The Idaho Office of Energy Resources is administering the grant, and has issued a Request for Qualifications seeking contractors to ...

The 39,000-square-foot building that will house a Caldwell branch of Treasure Valley Community College is externally complete. Representatives from TVCC, Oppenheimer Development Corp., Petra Construction, architect CSHQA, Caldwell East Urban Renewal Agency and the city of Caldwell planned to gather ...

Stephen Mountjoy, Northwest Nazarene University School of Business acting dean since August, has been named dean and will transition to the new assignment immediately. Mountjoy brings strong academic credentials and a background in business leadership to the dean’s post, the ...

Boise State University’s College of Business and Economics is hosting a day of workshops and career development advice from Idaho business leaders. Billed as a Leadership and Development Day, and slated for March 2, the event is geared toward Boise ...

The Better Business Bureau serving eastern Idaho and western Wyoming is joining forces with the Better Business Bureau serving southwest Idaho and eastern Oregon to combine into one organization, covering three states and 40-counties. “This is an exciting time for ...

Brad Wiskirchen, CEO of Idaho’s privately held tech company Keynetics and its subsidiaries Kount and ClickBank, will participate in the Stanford Graduate School of Business on a panel discussion during the university’s annual Entrepreneur Conference. The conference, on Feb. 26, ...

Eight Boise State University undergraduates will share $42,000 in research grants this spring and summer to study issues related to water and climate change alongside Boise State faculty. The grants, according to a release, support participation of under-represented students in ...