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University of Idaho research money dips below $100 million

May 1, 2007 /

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The president of the University of Idaho says the school needs to ramp up how much research money it brings in after the dollars dropped below $100 million for the first time in four years. “While I wouldn’t say that we are stagnant in our research programs, I would say that we’ve hit a plateau,” Tim White told UI employees Thursday, The Lewiston Tribune reported. “We need to re-ignite this research engine because it is so much of what the University of Idaho is and needs to be in this nation of ours.”

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