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More than just the moon
Engineering student prepares for career at NASA

Satellites, space ships and astronauts — this is what most people think when they hear the acronym NASA. However, graduating University of Idaho senior Makynzie Zimmer will be working at […]

A ‘bittersweet’ graduation
A first-generation senior at the university of Idaho shares his experiences and what he learned during his time as a student

For one first-generation University of Idaho student, graduation means almost as much to his family as it does to him. Ismael Casiano is a senior at UI studying psychology and […]

From refugee to law school
International Studies student describes immigration and his path to law school

Herve Mashindora was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. After living in a refugee camp in Burundi, Mashindora was granted asylum to the United States and moved to Boise, […]

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Forging a path forward as a female engineer
Senior Emily Chambers, second-generation Vandal, graduates this semester as a mechanical engineer

Emily Chambers has packed a lot of work into four short years of college. The senior mechanical engineering major has worked with the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) throughout her […]

‘People are everything’
ROTC senior opens up about experience with UI

When Cole Keehner was young, he spent time with his father in University of Idaho classrooms as he worked on his degree in wildlife. Now a student himself, Keehner is […]

The rewards of research
College of Science senior to pursue a field she never thought she would

When Carly Scott was 18, she told her mother she was never going to be an ecologist. Now she is headed to graduate school to study in an ecology and […]

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UI graduate accepted into Harvard Law
Ayomipo Kayode-Popoola discusses her time at UI

Ayomipo Kayode-Popoola dreamt of leaving the United States when she went to college. That was before she learned about the University of Idaho’s International Studies program. “International Studies is a […]