Staying active this Labor Day
Here are some ideas to spend your weekend outdoors

With an extra day added to the weekend, Labor Day is a great opportunity to stretch your legs and get active. Here are some ideas for spending this three day […]

This week in Moscow
Science, politics and search committee sessions to take place

Input wanted for athletic director position  The University of Idaho has hired Parker Executive Search firm, which specializes in intercollegiate athletics, to lead the search of a permanent athletic director.  […]

UI’s own plant zoo
The Arboretum has created the University of Idaho’s very own zoo, a plant zoo.

In the 1970s, a group of University of Idaho professors decided campus was missing something special — plant diversity. But that changed when the empty valley used for private farmlands […]

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Asian Grove to be named in honor of UI professor
Motion to name part of arboretum after first paid employee approved by State Board

From 1967 to 1985, University of Idaho Professor Richard Naskali taught botany, plant anatomy and advised students. Naskali was appointed Arboretum director and became the first paid Arboretum employee until […]

A summer of sweetness
The UI Arboretum fills with the sound of music during the hot summer months

From the depths of the vibrantly colored Arboretum, the odd and sometimes random sounds of brass echoed across the densely forested hills. While a bee buzzes across the neatly trimmed […]

Kick your shoes off

The University of Idaho Arboretum deserves recognition for its beauty, serence atmosphere Too often, we get caught up in the daily tasks of life and forget the important things. As […]