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This week in brief
Opportunities for volunteerism, fun and academia come to campus

Jazz Festival seeks volunteers The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival is seeking volunteers for Feb. 22-23. The festival hosts thousands of student performers from across the region as well as jazz […]

Providing free legal aid

For University of Idaho Associate Professor of Law Jessica Long, assisting at the Legal Aid Clinic allows her to have the best of both worlds — by teaching students and […]

Professional development

In a town filled with students hunting for future career options, one group hopes to bring those options closer to campus.   Moscow Young Professionals, which began hosting monthly events […]

Vandal Alerts: ‘Room to improve’
UI receives backlash following Vandal Alert, recognizes needed improvement in timeliness of future alerts

When a test rocket exploded near the University of Idaho Steam Plant in April 2017, UI officials sent a Vandal Alert to students and faculty nearly an hour after the […]

Friend, educator and leader
UI community remembers faculty member and local leader Tom Bitterwolf

Thomas Bitterwolf, an engaged community member and professor with the University of Idaho Department of Chemistry, died in his campus office Jan. 30.  The 72-year-old had recently been diagnosed with […]

Sampling a culture
Nepalese Students’ Association host annual celebration Sunday

Music flows through the ballroom. On the stage, performers sing, dance and act in front of an audience enjoying authentic Nepalese food.  They chatter back and forth, appreciating the rich […]

A year of trial and error at campus Co-op
Campus Co-op celebrates a year of high-quality food options at UI

Alisa Melior’s relationship with the Moscow Food Co-op began nearly two decades ago as a volunteer, packaging dried fruit at the age of 18. Now, she is the general manager […]

Just an everyday love story
Safari Pearl owners share how their love for one another helped create multiple businesses

Owners of Safari Pearl Comics, Tabitha Simmons and Kathy Sprague, never thought they would be married — let alone the first same-sex couple legally wed in Idaho.  When gay marriage […]