OPINION: The suburban scourge of lawns
We can do better to promote biodiversity and better use our spaces

Lawns are terrible and ugly. Turf grasses are the most heavily irrigated crop in America. Not corn or wheat. Grass. We are so accustomed to the constant assault on the […]

UI at bottom of rankings for staff and faculty parental leave
Athena fights for parental leave policy to be competitive with other state institutions

COVID-19 has caused many people to re-evaluate how they think about their careers and their families. As such, the Athena working group, alongside a Faculty Senate sub-committee, has pushed towards changing the University of Idaho’s parental leave […]

University of Idaho students have been enabled to choose their names
Vandals can now specify how they would like to be addressed, avoiding deadnaming

The University of Idaho has created a way for students and staff to electronically change what name they wish to be called through university systems.   The names students prefer will be implemented in and outside of the classroom such as on BbLearn, the campus directory, VandalStar and […]