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Jones to begin to take helm at CWI Monday

The college’s third president will begin work next week, as he makes his transition from his post as founding dean of Boise State University’s College of Innovation and Design.

Idaho numbers point to a coronavirus uptick

New case numbers are climbing. Also increasing: the percentage of coronavirus tests coming back positive.

‘Incensed and disgusted:’ Boise State Faculty Senate condemns Yenor

Friday’s statement said, in part, “Dr. Yenor’s statements about women’s roles in higher education and professional life do not represent the perspectives of the Faculty Senate.”

As omicron emerges nationally, Idaho’s weekly infection rate slows

For the week ending Saturday, Idaho’s new coronavirus cases decreased by 19%.

NIC ‘dysfunction’ triggers a Moody’s downgrade

The shift — from a “stable” outlook to a “negative” one — does not affect the embattled Coeur d’Alene college’s bond rating.

A reporting delay? Or an uptick? New coronavirus case numbers increase

The increase might not necessarily reflect a worsening infection rate. Those numbers could be a reporting catchup from the holiday.

ASBSU decries ‘bigoted, chauvinistic, degrading, and unfair views on women’

The student government declaration reads, in part: “Regressive notions that women do not belong at our University can be detrimental to the educational pursuits of women at Boise State.”