Federal government shutdown affects UI operations 
Sponsored funding and federal agency work may stop temporarily

The federal government shutdown will temporarily affect University of Idaho research operations, university officials say.  Christopher Nomura, the Vice President of the Office of Research and Economic Development at UI, […]

Over $50,000 awarded to Moscow-based art organizations  
UI Auditorium Chamber Music Series and Festival Dance and Performing Arts Association receive arts grants 

Seven Moscow-based organizations received arts grants from the Idaho Commission on the Arts for 2026, totaling $55,289. The University of Idaho’s Auditorium Chamber Music Series was among the recipients.  Arts […]

Moscow city council approves new K9 unit 
Whitman County to apply for grant to build alternate truck route 

Moscow’s city council approved multiple proposals brought to the meeting on Sept. 15. Among these were a request for a second K9 unit and a grant application plan to build […]

UI philosophy professor launches AI reasoning challenge
The Metaphor Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus competition will close Nov. 30 

On Tuesday, Sept. 2, University of Idaho professor Bert Baumgaertner kicked off the fall semester’s Malcolm Renfrew Interdisciplinary Colloquium with “Easy for Humans, Hard for AI: Metaphor Abstraction and Reasoning […]