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Designer babies..? Pet dinosaurs..? Most people would brush-off these ideas as mere science-fiction fantasies. But let’s explore the possibilities---Are these technologies actually achievable and teetering on the cusp of reality?
Even the most progressive...
It’s summer and if there ever was a season for science in Idaho, it’s summer! Most people think that science is only something that can be accomplished in the laboratory or under carefully guided field exercises. Did you know there are many different opportunities to participate in...
CWI’s Center for Invertebrate Science and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game are partnering to share information and review the conservation status of invertebrate animals in Idaho. It’s been almost a decade since natural resource managers took a hard look at the status of...
Every week, the data at Drought Monitor (http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu) are updated and I like to visit the site to learn how the country is doing, as far as drought is concerned. It helps me better understand the climate of the United States.
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The CWI Certified Dental Assisting program volunteered to help provide free dental care to 35 women.
Recently, College of Western Idaho (CWI) helped install scientific weather stations at Amity Elementary School and Boise High School. Idaho National Laboratories donated the two Oregon Scientific weather stations to the CWI Treasure Valley iSTEM Library to increase student’s awareness of...
For the third consecutive year, students from CWI’s Dental Assisting program helped promote oral health to 500 students at Koelsch Elementary School.
CWI will welcome a collection of elite athletes and sports professionals to campus, April 24, for insight into the world of sports and business.
Tyrell Styhl, a sophomore natural resources major at the College of Western Idaho (CWI), claimed Best Paper Presentation for an Undergraduate Student at the 57th Annual Meeting & Symposium of the Idaho Academy of Science and Engineering last month in Boise. He won for his paper titled ...
Math anxiety affects about 50 percent of the U.S. population and more women than men.[1]
Since earning my undergraduate degree in mathematics almost (2x – 10 = 25 · 2) years ago, I have been privy...
In the 2013-2014 school year I was lucky enough to be a part of the College of Western Idaho (CWI) Speech and Debate team. During the Fall 2014 semester I went in to see the new team and how they were doing. One of the new competitors, Zach, was talking about doing an informative speech on the...
CWI's Workforce Development division is celebrating the 11 graduates from a new workplace welding course.
On March 20, several CWI faculty and students will present on various topics at the 57th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Idaho Academy of Science and Engineering. Life Sciences Department Chair, Nicole Frank, will be joined by Assistant Professors Steven Lysne and Brian McClain during the...
The College of Western Idaho (CWI) Biology Club, American Kestrel Partnership, and MK Nature Center would like to invite you to participate in an educational and conservation-oriented event on Friday (Feb. 13) from 2-6 p.m. in room 325 of the Nampa Campus Academic Building.
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The link below has several modules and courses aimed at teaching earth sciences at the university/college level. Topics range from climate change to mineral resources to natural hazards! I worked with a team to develop the "Map Your Hazards! – Assessing Hazards,...
As a member of the CWI mathematics department it likely comes as no surprise that I majored in math in college and graduate school. When I meet new people the assumption that they make upon learning what I do for a living is probably not unlike the reaction that dentists get. In...
Students from CWI’s Biology 2 class traveled to the Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History in Caldwell this week to explore the biodiversity and evolution of organisms.
Students from CWI’s Biology 2 class traveled to the Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History in Caldwell this week to explore the biodiversity and evolution of organisms.
A few months ago a new movie came out about a woman, who on exposure to some blue drugs, was able to start using more than the 10% of her brain that the rest of us are stuck with.
Wait, what?
Since when did people start using only 10% of their brains? This is just one of...