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President Chuck Staben recently gave a State of the University address on campus that included this video. It’s definitely worth 2 minutes and 43 seconds of time and gives a great visual overview of the University of Idaho. The quote from Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Kramer, class of ’57, nicely sums up the…
Idaho Represented at National Diversity Conference
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U of I Professor Chris Marx Awarded DOE Grant
U of I Department of Biology Professor Chris Marx has been awarded a $1.4 million grant from the Department of Energy to support his project “Converting methoxy groups on lignin-derived aromatics from a toxic hurdle to a useful resource: a systems-driven approach”. This project involves the Marx and Vasdekis labs here at University of Idaho, as…
