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Happening at UM

Biostation Researchers Monitor Ever-Changing Conditions of Flathead Lake

Over the past five decades, Jack Stanford has grown intimately familiar with the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi. As the longtime director of the Flathead Lake Biological Station, Stanford has led research efforts with his wife, Bonnie Ellis, and their team of scientists who all together are carrying on the legacy of Dr. Morton J. Elrod. Stanford recently spoke about the importance of the world’s cleanest lakes.

July 28th, 2014

Research

Campus and Community

Upgrades Improve Fan Experience at Washington-Grizzly Stadium

Washington-Grizzly Stadium has the reputation of producing the best fan experience in the Football Championship Subdivision, but reputations are like eggs: fragile, easy to break and very hard to put back together. That’s why fans who attend a Grizzly football game this fall will notice three major upgrades to the stadium, all added to enhance the fan experience. Read more about the upgrades taking place in Washington-Grizzly Stadium.

July 25th, 2014

Athletics

Campus and Community

Chinese Delegation Visits for Talks on Academics, Trade, Technology

A delegation of high-level Chinese ambassadors will stop this week in Missoula, one of just three U.S. cities listed on their North American tour. Organized by the Mansfield Center at UM, the stop in Missoula includes talks with university officials, Gov. Steve Bullock and state business leaders, among others. The exchange will focus in part on economic trade, energy, internet technology and academic exchanges. Read more about the delegation’s visit.

July 25th, 2014

Academics

Campus and Community

Alumni

3 UM Faculty Listed Among ‘World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds’

Three UM faculty members are lauded in the recent publication “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds” for publishing the greatest number of highly cited papers between 2002 and 2012. UM Regents Professor of Ecology Steven Running is listed in the Geosciences section and Associate Professor of Conservation Ecology Gordon Luikart and biology Professor Ragan Callaway are listed in the Environment/Ecology section. Read more about the professors’ ranking.

July 23rd, 2014

Academics

Research

Hands working with a wooden tool on a artifact

Project Unearths Buffalo Soldiers’ Artifacts at Fort Missoula

UM archaeologists are leading an effort at Fort Missoula to better understand the lives of black soldiers in the American West in the late 1880s. Nicknamed “buffalo soldiers,” the 25^th Infantry at the decommissioned fort included 220 African-Americans. The group made history in 1896-97 by testing whether bicycles could be used instead of horses during times of war, pedaling to what became the Glacier and Yellowstone national parks and then on to St. Louis. Read more about the archaeological project.

July 21st, 2014

An instructor teaching in front of a class a the institute

Institute Attracts High Schoolers with UM College Experience

Marion DiVore came to UM’s 2014 Kermit and Kathleen Schwanke Honors Institute for high school students seeking a true college experience. She lived on campus for two weeks, dined at the Food Zoo and even pulled an all-nighter. “I actually didn’t sleep last night,” says DiVore, a sixteen-year-old junior from Mountain Home, Idaho. “A group of us were up writing and helping each other with our projects.” Read more about the Schwanke Honors Institute.

July 21st, 2014

The Story Behind the Photo

UM students take to the trails of Mount Jumbo for a mountain bike ride earlier this summer. Missoula is home to hundreds of miles of biking and hiking trails, many that begin within a stone's throw of the UM campus. Students can rent bikes and other outdoor equipment from UM's Outdoor Program.

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