Brooke Blevins brings hands-on knowledge and extensive research and leadership experience to her new position as dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. She specializes in civic education and serves as the co-director for the iEngage Summer Civics Institute, helping to provide high quality, action-oriented civic education experiences to students and teachers.

Prior to joining the U of I, Blevins was the Conwell G. Strickland Endowed Chair of Education and Chair of Curriculum and Instruction at Baylor University.

Hear about her vision for the future of the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences in the video below.

Sacajawea sculpture unveiled in Pitman Center: Hundreds of community members gathered in the Pitman Center last week for the dedication of a 7-foot tall, 600-pound bronze sculpture of Sacajawea. The sculpture, created by Glenna Goodacre, was donated by Rich and Sharon Allen, and plans are underway to find a permanent home for the art on the U of I campus.

U of I doctoral student finds Martian-like landscape in Iceland: U of I graduate student Frank Wroblewski traveled to Iceland over the summer to study glass on hardened lava flows. By using the techniques and knowledge gained, scientists hope to analyze surfaces on Mars or Venus to determine what the past environments may have been like on those planets.

Celebrating 50 years of WWAMI: Idaho’s only public medical school is celebrating 50 years of training physicians in the state this year. The Washington Wyoming Alaska Montana and Idaho (WWAMI) medical education program was proposed by a coalition of governors who sought to bring more doctors into the Northwest. Since 1972, WWAMI has provided doctors to small towns and rural areas that face a shortage of medical professionals.