With Independents Ascendant, Missoula's Vault Comics Looks to Future
UM alumnus Adrian Wassel and his brother Damian have teamed up to pursue their dream: launching a comic book publishing company called Vault Comics. The Wassel brothers, joined by and a UM...
Researchers Drill Greenland Ice to Understand Sea Level Rise
UM glaciologist Joel Harper doesn’t get to hang out on sundrenched beaches and contemplate sea level rise. He and his team go to cold, remote and forbidding Greenland. It’s sunny in summertime,...
SciShow: Studying the Solar Eclipse
Researchers with the Montana Space Grant Consortium will use weather balloons to study the upcoming solar...
Alumni Earn Fulbright Funding for Teaching Abroad
Three UM alumni are finalists for Fulbright U.S. Student Program Awards to fund their teaching abroad. Julie Ammons, Ian Strahn and Sam Hines are eligible for Fulbright English Teaching Assistant...
Donors Support UM in Record-Breaking Numbers
Donors stepped up to support the University of Montana in a big way this year, topping $50 million for the fourth year in a row. At the close of fiscal year 2017, private support totaled $84.5...
Deep Roots: Native Plant Garden Thrives 50 Years at UM
At a university deeply rooted in tradition, one garden has grabbed the attention of students, educators and visitors for 50 years: the Montana Native Botanic Garden at the University of Montana....
UM: Smooth Sailing With Latest Accreditation Review
UM has been accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities since 1932. The commission recently gave UM high marks during the culmination of its latest seven-year review by...
New Podcast Series Explores Firefighting Injuries, Human Endurance
Join faculty members from UM’s Department of Health and Human Performance as they explore topics related to firefighting, injuries and human endurance in “On The Line,” a new podcast moderated by...
A Tribute to Exemplary Educators: Gift Supports Two Academic Chairs
An anonymous donation to UM’s Phyllis J. Washington College of Education and Human Sciences has created two academic chairs, a first for the college and among the academy’s highest honors. The...
UM Researcher: Cold Snap Shapes Lizard Survivors
An epic bout of cold weather quickly altered a population of lizards — an example of natural selection in action. UM Postdoctoral Fellow Shane Campbell-Staton had the rare opportunity to study the...
UM Grads Create Documentary About Group Home Residents
Two recent UM digital filmmaking graduates are at work on a documentary that gives an inside look at the lives of three Missoula men with intellectual disabilities. "Paxson: A Home in Common," a...
Mountain Goats on Your Trail? They Like You, and Your Urine
A few years ago, employees at Glacier National Park noticed that mountain goats were spending much of their time near humans. A research team led by UM master’s student Wesley Sarmento determined...
Researchers Land Grant to Study History of Large Wildfires in Rockies
Researchers at UM will reconstruct the causes and ecosystem impacts of large wildfires in the Rocky Mountains over the past 2,500 years, thanks to a new grant from the National Science Foundation....
Geosciences Department Receives Grant to Develop Remote Sensing Technologies
Researchers in UM’s Department of Geosciences received $750,000 NASA EPSCoR grant to develop and apply remote sensing technologies to study hydrology on Montana’s agricultural lands. The research...
Japanese High School Students Engage in Exchange at UM
Nineteen high school students from the Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan are visiting the University of Montana to participate in a two-week culture and language program hosted by UM’s English Language...
Native Researchers Tackle Environmental Issues At UM
An eight-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded summer research program at pairs Native students with mentors in the chemistry department, giving students hands-on research experience in a...
The Tricked-Out Research Planes That Fly Through Wildfires
The only way to know exactly what’s in a wildfire’s smoke is to sample straight from the haze. UM atmospheric chemist Bob Yokelson is among a group of scientists who created a lab inside an...
UM Sets Research Funding Record for Third Straight Year
Research continues to surge at a record pace at the University of Montana, with the institution setting a record for external funding for the third year in a row. UM brought in nearly $88 million...
Montana Team to Livestream, Capture Data During Aug. 21 Eclipse
This August, UM will participate in a nationwide, NASA-sponsored project to livestream aerial video footage and gather scientific atmospheric data during the Great American Eclipse. A team of...
UM Teams with Hank Green to Explore History of Life
The UM Paleontology Center has partnered with internet producer Hank Green to launch EONS, a new weekly YouTube series that explores the billion-years-plus history of life on Earth.
Professor Earns Fulbright to Help Advance Education in Ukraine
Lisa Blank, a professor in UM’s Phyllis J. Washington College of Education and Human Sciences has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to travel to a school in Kyiv, Ukraine. Blank will...
UM Announces 2017 Presidential Leadership Scholars
Twenty-three exceptional incoming UM freshmen have been awarded Presidential Leadership Scholarships. The scholarships recognize outstanding talent, academic performance, leadership and...
Visiting Student Researches if Nanomaterials Contribute to Disease
During UM’s Summer Undergraduate Research Program, visiting student Matthew Justus and Center for Environmental Health Sciences researchers are using hyperspectral imaging to identify whether...
UM Professor Receives Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award
UM Professor Valerie Moody recently was selected as one of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s 2017 Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer award recipients. Moody is a professor in...
Professor to Ride 500 Miles to Mark African-American Studies’ 50th Year
As the UM African-American Studies Program prepares to celebrate 50 years on campus, its director is about to embark on a 500-mile bike ride. Tobin Miller Shearer, an associate history professor,...
UM Leadership Program Hosts Iraqi Youth
UM welcomes 25 Iraqi students this week as part of the 2017 Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program. The students are participating in a three-week program focused on international peace building...
Researcher: Sea Spiders Pump Their Blood Using Their Guts
New research by UM Associate Professor Art Woods published in the journal Current Biology demonstrates that sea spiders move blood and oxygen around their bodies not by pumping their hearts, but...
Law Students Take Third at International Negotiation Competition
UM Alexander Blewett III School of Law students Frans Andersson and Kirsi Luther recently took third place at the International Negotiation Competition held in Oslo, Norway. The competition...
Beetle Study Shows Speedy Ponderosa Pines Fail Faster
An experiment by UM researchers with Ponderosa pine trees has run more than a generation and turned up some unplanned results. Saplings planted for their potential to grow the fastest, straightest...
UM Educator Named President of Statewide Accounting Association
UM accounting Associate Professor Joshua Herbold was recently named the 2017-18 president of the Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants board of directors. He is the first educator to...
Visiting Student Researches Gold Nanoparticles in Targeting Diseases
Visiting student Adam Lamphear is currently conducting research at UM with members of the Center for Environmental Health Sciences during UM’s Summer Undergraduate Research Program. He research...
For UM English Professor, Teaching and Writing Novels Feed Each Other
The way Kevin Canty sees it, if you don’t really want to write — that is, if you won’t sit down and commit to it — there’s nothing he can do to make you better. And if you don’t read other...
Journalism Students Return from Trip to Report on Nuclear Disaster in Japan
A group of UM journalism students recently returned from a trip to Fukushima, Japan, where they reported on the effects of the nuclear disaster following the Tohoki earthquake and tsunami that...
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.
UM Researchers Band Osprey Chicks Honk, Hoot and Hero
UM researchers landed at Dunrovin Ranch last week to band three osprey chicks and tell school children in summer camp a little bit about them. UM and its partners also worked on a project to...
UM Receives Grant to Support Native American Faculty in STEM
A UM research team has been awarded a $1.8 million grant to promote professional success for Native American faculty in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The...
Visiting Student Researches Toxicity of Engineered Nanomaterials
During UM’s Summer Undergraduate Research Program, visiting student Joseph Vorderbruggen is researching the toxicity of engineered nanomaterials, including those made of gold and zinc oxide, while...
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...
