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Pianist Adam Neiman set to perform

Submitted by 2News Web Staff
Friday, January 27th, 2012, 12:06pm

News Release via Boise State

The Boise State University Student Union Performance Series presents pianist Adam Neiman, performing “Franz Liszt: The Complete Transcendental Etudes” at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, in the Special Events Center.

Tickets are $15 general, $8 for seniors and Boise State faculty, staff and alumni, and $5 for students through Select-a-Seat at www.idahotickets.com, at 426-1494 or at the door. Free parking is available in the Liberal Arts, Library and Administration parking lots for all performances.

Neiman is hailed as one of the premier pianists of his generation, praised for possessing a truly rare blend of power, bravura, imagination, sensitivity and technical precision. With an established international career and an encyclopedic repertoire that spans more than 50 concertos, Neiman has performed as soloist with the symphony orchestras of Belgrade, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Minnesota, Saint Louis, San Francisco, Umbria, and Utah, as well as with the New York Chamber Symphony and the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C.

For more information, visit finearts.boisestate.edu or “like” the Boise State University Student Union Fine Arts Facebook page.

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Boise State sophomore dismissed from football team

Submitted by KBOI2 Web Staff
Thursday, January 26th, 2012, 8:12pm

BOISE, Idaho – Boise State University cornerback Quaylon Ewing-Burton has been removed from the team’s roster.

The University confirmed the news late Thursday afternoon.

“He did not live up to the standards of the program,” BSU said in a statement.

Ewing-Burton played in all 13 games for the Broncos this past season, and started the final four after Jerrell Gavins went down with injury during BSU’s loss to TCU.

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Boise State, Boise Philharmonic Partner to Create Graduate Fellowships

Submitted by Boise State Com... on Wednesday, January 25th, 12:26 pm
Boise State, Boise Philharmonic Partner to Create Graduate Fellowships

The Department of Music at Boise State University has entered into a unique partnership with the Boise Philharmonic to create four new graduate fellowships within the department. The fellowships are partially funded by private donors and Boise State’s Arts and Humanities Institute.

The graduate string fellows will be full-time students pursuing master’s degrees in music with an emphasis in performance, pedagogy or music education. The fellowships will provide tuition and fees as well as $10,000 per year for two years to study at Boise State and perform with the Boise Philharmonic.

“It is very exciting to be a part of this new partnership with the Music Department of Boise State University,” said Robert Franz, Boise Philharmonic music director. “This partnership represents two organizations pooling their resources to strive for excellence. By working together we are ensuring that music in the Treasure Valley will remain vital and thrive for many years to come.”

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Boise State Distinguished Lecture Series Present Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist

Submitted by Boise State Com... on Tuesday, January 24th, 1:22 pm
Boise State Distinguished Lecture Series Present Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist

The Honors College Distinguished Lecture Series at Boise State University presents climate scientist and Nobel Laureate Susan Solomon at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, in the Student Union Jordan Ballroom. The lecture is free and no tickets are required. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Free parking is available in the Lincoln Avenue Garage at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and University Drive.

Solomon’s remarks, titled “A Tale for Our Times: Something for Everyone about Climate Change and the Reasons for Climate Gridlock,” will provide scientific information to help people better understand the dual challenges of science and climate change. She also will address why international agreement on climate change policy has proven particularly difficult.

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President Kustra Addresses JFAC Committee on Behalf of Boise State

Submitted by Boise State Com... on Monday, January 23rd, 12:08 pm
President Kustra Addresses JFAC Committee on Behalf of Boise State

Boise State President Bob Kustra outlined today the university’s efforts to manage – within financial limitations – its growing student population as well as the needs of the community and industry in Idaho’s capitol city during his presentation to lawmakers on the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee (JFAC).

Boise State served a total of 29,454 distinct students in fiscal year 2011, including the fall, spring and summer sessions, said Kustra, describing the number as a more accurate indicator of its increasingly metropolitan outreach. Customary enrollment numbers for all Idaho universities are derived from a count on the 10th day of the fall semester and do not reflect or include student enrollment at other times of the year.

Since 2006, 71 percent of the new students entering the state’s public university system have enrolled at Boise State. The university currently serves 43 percent of Idaho’s full-time resident university students.

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Treasure Valley construction update

Submitted by 2News Web Staff
Monday, January 23rd, 2012, 6:33am
Treasure Valley construction update

News Release via ITD

The following projects are part of the GARVEE Transportation Program in southwest Idaho, which uses funds from Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE) bonds to expedite highway projects.

BOISE - Interstate 84, Cole Road to Broadway Avenue widening

Five weeks of east- and westbound interstate lane closures began Jan. 9 between the Orchard and Broadway interchanges.

The lane closures will be in effect from Jan. 9 until mid-February while crews work on overhead sign foundations. Motorists can also expect intermittent overnight restrictions, reducing traffic to two lanes from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

 - Eastbound I-84 will be reduced to three lanes and one ramp lane between the Orchard and Vista interchanges.

- Westbound I-84 will be reduced to three lanes and one ramp lane between the Broadway and Vista interchanges.

The speed limit will be 55 mph during the five weeks of lane closures.

A map of the lane closures is available here.

The lane closures are part of a project to widen I-84 to four lanes in both directions between Cole/Overland and Broadway. The widening was completed in the summer of 2011.

Concrete Placing Co. Inc., of Boise, is the contractor on the $35.9 million project.

NAMPA - I-84 widening, Franklin to Garrity

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College of Engineering to host Discover Engineering Day

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Friday, January 20th, 2012, 3:22pm
College of Engineering to host Discover Engineering Day

News Release via Boise State

All things engineering will be on display for the public to experience at Boise State University’s eighth annual Discover Engineering Day from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28. The College of Engineering event is free and open to the public with check-in at the Engineering and Technology Building, 1375 University Drive. Pre-registration is not required. 

The event, dubbed “be an engineer for a day,” brings thousands of people to campus and is designed to inform, entertain and inspire with dynamic activities and interaction with engineering students, faculty researchers and industry experts, all in an effort to get children interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. 

A few highlights from the schedule of events include:

•           Design a bridge 

•           Ride a Segway

•           Make an edible aquifer

•           Experience a wind tunnel

•           Try tie dye chromatography

•           Build a NASA heat shield or “Bristle Bot”

•           Power a bicycle generator

•           Check out a 15,000-volt demonstration

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