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Mansfield Global Leadership Podcast: An Interview with Frank Jannuzi

In the latest episode of the Mansfield Global Leadership Podcast, features an interview with Frank Jannuzi, CEO and president of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation. Jannuzi shares his insights into working with all three branches of government. Additionally, along with a few stories of his days at Amnesty International, the State Department, and advising Joseph Biden and John Kerry. Listen to the full episode titled “Leadership Insights with Frank Jannuzi.”

Yesterday

Campus and Community

International

Members of UM's Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society

Students Take Wildlife Science and Conservation to the Community

The fall semester of 2014 was an exciting one for the University of Montana’s Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society. The 40-plus members maintain an active schedule with weekly meetings and frequent weekend events. This year the Student Chapter is taking a special interest in community involvement. The students work with local wildlife agencies, present in schools, and promote community awareness of conservation issues. Read more about what UM chapter achieved this past fall.

Yesterday

Campus and Community

UM Associate Professor Benedicte Boisseron

Professor Earns Outstanding Book Award for ‘Creole Renegades’

A UM’s professor’s cross-cultural analysis received one of the top book awards from the Caribbean Philosophical Association. Benedicte Boisseron, an associate professor of French and Francophone language and literature at UM, received the Nicolás Guillén Outstanding Book Award for “Creole Renegades: Rhetoric of Betrayal and Guilt in the Caribbean Diaspora.” “This book was important for me to write because it carries an autobiographical resonance,” Boisseron said. Read more about Boisseron’s book.

Yesterday

Academics

Campus and Community

International

How Did Life Become Complex, and Could It Happen Beyond Earth?

When astrobiologists contemplate life on nearby planets or moons, they often suggest such life would be simple. But from such simple life, more complex lifeforms could eventually come to be. That's what happened here on planet Earth. How did the chemistry evolve to get life to where we are today? What transitions took place? Frank Rosenzweig, an evolutionary geneticist at UM, is looking into such questions over the next five years with funding from the NASA Astrobiology Institute. Read more about his research on Space.com.

Jan 26th, 2015

Research

UM student Freddy Monares interviews with KPAX TV

Hundreds Prepare for First Semester at UM with Spring Orientation

Hundreds of new students spent the day getting adjusted to life on campus Thursday, in preparation for their first semester as UM students. The spring semester at UM starts Monday, and about 200 new students are going through orientation until the end of the day Friday. New students got the chance to tour campus and move into their dorms early to get a head start on the new semester. KPAX News reports.

Jan 23rd, 2015

Academics

Campus and Community

Wide Receiver Ellis Henderson runs with the ball

Griz Wide Receiver Henderson Returns to UM After Illness

Coach Bob Stitt's offense just got another weapon, this time a proven one at the collegiate level. Wide receiver Ellis Henderson has re-enrolled at UM after withdrawing from classes last fall and leaving the Grizzly football program because of a mysterious stomach illness. Henderson said Thursday he is almost completely healthy once again and plans to participate in full in spring practices in preparation for the fall campaign. Read more about Henderson’s return.

Jan 23rd, 2015

Athletics

The Story Behind the Photo

Montana Repertory Theatre, the professional theatre-in-residence in UM’s School of Theatre & Dance, opens its 47th consecutive national touring season in Missoula Jan. 23 with the production of “The Great Gatsby” by Simon Levy. “The Great Gatsby” will play in Missoula for a limited run prior to the national tour, which begins in February and travels the country through April. For more information, visit http://www.montanarep.org. Photo by Terry J. Cyr.

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