UM Aims for Most Beautiful Campus Designation
Travel+Leisure magazine named UM among the top 20 most beautiful campuses in the nation, but we want to be No. 1! Support Montana and Griz Nation by voting here through July 6.
UM Chemist to Study Climate, Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke
UM scientists will fly straight into the smoke of western wildfires as part of a collaborative research project, thanks to a new grant from the National Science Foundation. Assistant Professor Lu...
More Than 2,000 Montana Students Earn Scholarships from UM
Students at the University of Montana received $5 million in scholarships during the 2016-17 academic year. The following Montana students are among the recipients of more than 2,000 scholarships...
Big Dipper Partners with UM on Huckleberry Ice Cream
Lovers of ice cream and the Griz can celebrate two of their favorite things with the release of HuckleBeary, a newly branded flavor from Missoula’s own Big Dipper Ice Cream. The...
College Launches New Journal on Best Practices in Early Childhood Education
The Phyllis J. Washington College of Education and Human Sciences at UM has launched a new journal on best practices in early childhood education. The Journal of Early Childhood Scholarship and...
‘Play Me Montana’ Brings Alum Tim Ryan Rouillier Back to Where it All Began
Montana-native-turned-Nashville star Tim Ryan’s grandest dream yet – a musical memoir called “Play Me Montana” – will open at UM’s Dennison Theatre on June 17. His magnum opus, featuring a...
UM Research Center Conserves Gun from Famed Sunken Battleship
The Center for Integrated Research on the Environment at UM has been tasked with restoring a gun from the USS Maine, the historic warship that sank in 1898. The Maine played a key role in events...
Students Recognized for Excellence by Society of Professional Journalists
UM journalism students made a splash during the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2016 Mark of Excellence Awards held during the SPJ spring conference. In addition to taking home a national win...
Visiting Student Researches Epigenetics, Nanomaterials During Summer Program
Visiting student Natalie Alvarez is working with researchers in UM’s Center for Environmental Health Sciences to analyze the relationship between diet and carbon nanotube inflammation, especially...
Preserve and Protect: UM Researchers Team Up with UM Army Corps of Engineers
Boosted by a $45 million research award, UM’s Center for Integrated Research on the Environment is working with Army Corps of Engineers to solve problems at Air Force bases across the country.
2,743 UM Students Make Dean’s List, President’s 4.0 List
At the University of Montana, 2,743 students made the spring semester 2017 Dean’s List and President’s 4.0 List. To qualify for the Dean’s List or President’s 4.0 List, students must be...
The Search for the Next President of the University of Montana
Visit the Presidential Search page on UM President’s Office website for updates on the search, timelines and the search committee member roster.
Student Gives UM Dining Compost Van a New Look with Custom Paint Job
UM Dining’s compost van has a sharp new paint job courtesy of a student graffiti artist who offered his services for free after seeing the plain gray van driving around campus. The artist, who...
UM Law School Ranks 15th in Nation for Federal Judicial Clerkship Placement
The Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana ranks 15th in the nation for placing new graduates in federal judicial clerkships, based on the past three years of data. The...
UM to Fukushima: Journalism Students Report from Japan
Several UM journalism students are in Fukushima, Japan, reporting on the effects of the nuclear disaster that occurred there in 2011. The trip is part of UM’s Montana Journalism Abroad program....
Second Doctoral Candidate Earns P.E.O. Scholarship Award
Joanna Kreitinger, a biomedical sciences Ph.D. student at UM, is one of 100 doctoral students in the U.S. and Canada selected to receive a $15,000 Scholar Award from the P.E.O. Sisterhood. “The...
Scientists Receive Grant to Investigate Heat Trapped in Greenland’s Snow Cover
A new $1.54 million grant from the National Science Foundation will fund University of Montana geoscientists as they study the deep layer of compacted snow covering most of Greenland’s ice sheet....
Doctoral Student Earns NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship
UM doctoral candidate Eric Palm recently was selected for the prestigious NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship. Palm and his adviser, Professor Mark Hebblewhite, were awarded $45,000 to study...
Pinkerton Voted Big Sky Softball Coach of the Year
There are any number of reasons his peers could have voted Montana's Jamie Pinkerton the Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year, which they did this month, making it twice in two years Pinkerton has...
UM Dining Earns Five Awards for Exceptional Food Service
UM Dining recently was recognized with five Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards from the National Association of College and University Food Services competition. The awards celebrate exemplary menus,...
Anthropologist Reveals Native Lifestyles in New Book
UM researcher Anna Prentiss is helping to fill holes in the history of indigenous peoples living in the Pacific Northwest during the Fur Trade period.
UM Grad Hank Green Bases Internet Empire in Missoula
Combining a passion for knowledge with a penchant for silliness has produced a winning equation for Hank Green, Missoula’s most widely known internet entrepreneur. His web of channels, platforms,...
African-American Studies Marks First Graduating Class
UM celebrated its first cohort of graduating seniors with majors in African-American studies during Commencement on Saturday, May 13. For 49 years, UM students could take classes in...
Tiger Experts Cross the Globe to Learn from Montana Biologists
The first thing you need to know about tigers: They like to eat bears. The second thing: They’re best studied in Missoula, Montana. Despite being half a planet away from the nearest wild tiger...
2,122 UM Students Earn Degrees
UM had 2,122 students who were degree candidates for spring semester 2017. The students listed here are UM degree candidates or have been awarded their degrees for spring semester 2017.
Psychology Doctoral Student Wins $15,000 Scholarship
Kathryn Oost, a Ph.D. student in clinical psychology at UM, is one of 100 doctoral students in the U.S. and Canada recently selected to receive a $15,000 Scholar Award from the P.E.O. Sisterhood.
UM ScholarWorks Reaches 1 Million Downloads
ScholarWorks, UM's online scholarly repository, has achieved a momentous milestone: 1 million downloads. The service is online at http://scholarworks.umt.edu. Managed by the Mansfield Library,...
College Students Attend Classes Via Remote-Control Stand-In Robots
Someone looking in on Bill McCaw’s educational leadership class at UM might see students talking in small groups, or peers helping each other on assignments. It’s an age-old classroom scene,...
Montana Woodsman a Cut Above the Rest
John Parcell spent a good chunk of his youth chopping wood, never suspecting it might someday factor in his fate. He grew up in Condon, and after enrolling at UM his love of the outdoors prompted...
Berkeley Pit Water Leads to Groundbreaking Scientific Discovery
Organisms found in the Berkeley Pit's toxic water are leading to a scientific breakthrough, according to two UM professors. Andrea and Don Stierle paired together two fungi taken from pit water in...
Student Researcher Studies Social Media Data for Health Promotion Project
Undergraduate student researcher Megan Miller recently presented a poster titled “Analysis of Factors Contributing to a Facebook Presence” at UM’s annual Conference on Undergraduate...
UM Foundation Names New President and CEO
Cindy Williams has been named president and chief executive officer of the University of Montana Foundation, board chair Mary Olson announced May 15. Williams has been a leader on the foundation’s...
Montana Rep Brings Classic 'Mockingbird' to China
Since 1997, "To Kill A Mockingbird" has been the Montana Repertory Theatre's signature play. Now professional theater-in-residence at the University of Montana is taking Harper Lee's classic tale...
Grizzly Softball Team Wins Big Sky Championship
Montana, in just its third season, used the pitching of tournament MVP Michaela Hood and a seven-run fourth inning to defeat top-seeded Weber State 9-5 in the Big Sky Conference championship game...
UM Student Inspired by Grandfather, Stepdad to be Medical Doctor
Coming up on graduation, Zhibing "Cara"Zhou has a 4.0 grade point average at UM, and in August, she heads to medical school to become a doctor, melding the science that fuels her mind with the...
Donor Creates New Faculty Position at UM to Honor Legendary Librarian
Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, UM has its first endowed chair in the humanities. The new Lucile Speer Research Chair in Politics and History honors Lucile Speer and her...
UM to Hold 120th Commencement May 13
UM’s 120th Commencement exercises will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 13, in Washington-Grizzly Stadium. UM alumna Jennifer Isern will be the featured speaker. Late UM President George Dennison...
UM Launches New Online Art Degree
UM’s School of Art just launched a fully online art degree, which is the first of its kind in the state. The Bachelor of Arts in studio art gives students a diverse toolbox of skills important to...
Professor Fritz Makes Another Attempt at Retirement
Harry Fritz is celebrating 50 years of teaching at UM and is apparently retiring this term, but either way he leaves a legacy of service not only for the university but for the state.
UM to Host Dennison Celebration of Life on Friday, May 12
Historian and educator George M. Dennison was UM’s longest-serving president from 1990 to 2010. The University and the Dennison family will honor the enduring impacts of his legacy during a...
MBA Student Recognized for Humanitarian Efforts
Graduating MBA student Chase Anderson is the recipient of the Marion McGill Smith School of Business Administration Humanitarian Award. The son of a Honduran immigrant, Anderson has always...
UM Student Earns US Fish and Wildlife Fellowship
A UM wildlife biology doctoral student recently earned a fellowship to study endangered species habitat along the Rio Grande River. Will Janousek received the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s...
International Student Teaching Enhances Graduate's Success
International student teaching placements are a particularly strong draw for students in UM’s education program. Heather Jurva, a recent UM graduate in secondary English education, is a prime...
Griz Alumni Return as Faculty in Geosciences Department
Two new faculty members in UM’s Department of Geosciences, Payton Gardner and Hilary Martens, started their career on campus as undergraduates. Both earned Ph.D. degrees at other universities...
