Brianne E. Phillips

Dec 4, 2024 | boisestate.edu | Brianne E. Phillips

In 2024 alone–as of Nov. 22, 2024–the National Interagency Fire Center tallied 51,320 fires burned in the U.S. These fires burned more than 8.1 million acres. While it may feel as though wildfires are an increasingly common part of life, what is incredible is that each of these fires were unique. Where they burned, how long, how hot, what fuels they devoured, what communities they impacted, and how those communities, lands and ecosystems respond are completely different stories.

Oct 15, 2024 | boisestate.edu | Brianne E. Phillips

In 1987, Boise State launched the Master in Raptor Biology program. Today, it is still the only university in the U.S. with a degree of this kind.

Sep 9, 2024 | boisestate.edu | Brianne E. Phillips

Ken Cornell, a professor of chemistry and director of the Bioinformatics Core at Boise State, received the Outstanding Mentorship and Biomedical Training Award at the ninth National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Conference in Washington, D.C. in June 2024. This national award recognizes individuals from INBRE programs who demonstrate excellence in mentoring and teaching undergraduate and graduate students.

Jul 31, 2024 | boisestate.edu | Brianne E. Phillips

Library faculty Tracy Bicknell-Holmes, Elaine Watson and Jose Guillermo ‘Memo’ Cordova Silva published an article titled “Verifying facts in the age of AI – librarians offer 5 strategies” in The Conversation on July 30, 2024. An excerpt from the article reads:“The phenomenal growth in artificial intelligence tools has made it easy to create a story quickly, complicating a reader’s ability to determine if a news source or article is truthful or reliable.

Jun 20, 2024 | boisestate.edu | Brianne E. Phillips

History professor John Bieter and professor and head of Special Collections and Archives Cheryl Oestreicher co-authored “Arborglyphs – Basque immigrant sheepherders left their marks on aspen trees in the American West” in The Conversation with Iñaki Arrieta Baro, a librarian and head of the Jon Bilbao Basque Library, University of Nevada, Reno.