The right to vote
Katherine Aiken and Rebecca Scofield shared research into how women gained the right to vote

Tuesday afternoon, two UI history faculty presented “Idaho Women Win the Right to Vote” at the Malcolm Renfrew Interdisciplinary Colloquium. Emeritus professor Katherine Aiken and assistant professor Rebecca Scofield shared […]

Examining gentrification in rural America
Assistant professor speaks at the Malcolm Renfrew Interdisciplinary Colloquium

Dover, ID had a population of 735 as of 2017. This tiny timber town became the site of a 500-unit resort community called Dover Bay in 2005, according to the […]

Is Alexa the newest teaching assistant?
Researchers explained their research with Amazon’s Echo Dot in K12 classrooms at the Malcolm Renfrew Interdisciplinary Colloquium Tuesday

“Alexa, watch the class!” A middle school teacher left the classroom for a few minutes, relying on the Echo Dot they left behind to keep their students in line, Tonia […]

Sharing the stage with their audience
The Palouse Jazz Project provided a preview for the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival at Tuesday’s Malcolm Renfrew Interdisciplinary Colloquium

Attendees of the Malcolm Renfrew Interdisciplinary Colloquium Tuesday afternoon witnessed a tradition quite unlike most of the colloquium’s sessions. Community members and students sat in a circle on the Haddock […]

Making voices heard
Journalism professors speak about reporting in Native American nations at Malcolm Renfrew Interdisciplinary Colloquium Tuesday

Associate Professor Rebecca Tallent co-hosted “Context and Communities Covered in Indian Country,” a presentation that gave an overview of the history of and issues within journalism in Native American nations […]