Pitkin Nursery works to replace downed trees on campus 
UI nursery aids conservation efforts across the state 

On Dec. 17, a monumental windstorm swept through North Idaho and Eastern Washington, downing and damaging trees across the region. Since then, the University of Idaho-led Franklin H. Pitkin Forest Nursery has been working to […]

The world’s take on the United States’ action in Venezuela one month after Maduro’s capture 
Conversation with UI politics and philosophy chair, Florian Justwan 

Early on the morning of Jan. 3, 2026, the United States launched an operation into Caracas, Venezuela, aiming to capture and sentence the president of the country, Nicholas Maduro, for drug trafficking crimes. This operation, known as Operation Absolute Resolve, drastically changed American foreign policy, and raised fundamental questions of the international […]

Idaho teacher files a lawsuit in defense of “Everyone Is Welcome Here” posters 
Plaintiff Sarah Inama states that Idaho Code 33-143 is unconstitutional  

Sarah Inama, a former sixth-grade teacher from West Ada School District in Meridian, Idaho, who resigned from her position in early 2025 over controversy regarding an “Everyone is Welcome Here” sign hung in her classroom, has moved her case to up to the federal government.   Inama was a […]

New grad-level sustainability program introduced at Faculty Senate 
Members pass motion to create a committee to draft policies on AI use in classrooms and provost warns of potential upcoming budget cuts 

In this week’s Faculty Senate meeting, Erin James, sustainability certificate director and a professor of English at the University of Idaho, proposed a new graduate level companion to the undergraduate […]