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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

Jaxie Friedman, right, and her mentor, Fernando Cardozo-Pelaez

Visiting Honors Student Investigates Parkinson’s Disease

Meet Jaxie Friedman, a visiting honors student from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. Friedman is participating in UM’s Summer Undergraduate Research Program and conducting research with mentor Fernando Cardozo-Pelaez, a faculty member in UM’s Center for Environmental Health Sciences. Over the course of the summer, Friedman and Cardozo-Pelaez are researching the neurochemical and behavioral effects that pesticides can cause in the brain in order to better understand Parkinson’s disease. Read more about Friedman’s research at UM.

July 18th, 2014

Academics

Research

a bee rests on a sunflower in the UM Dining Garden

UM Dining Wins NACUFS Grand Prize for Sustainability

UM Dining recently won the National Association of College and University Food Services 2014 Grand Prize for Sustainability. The awards recognize member institutions that demonstrate outstanding leadership in the promotion and implementation of environmental sustainability – specifically as it relates to campus dining operations. The NACUFS Sustainability Awards support the globally accepted triple bottom line philosophy, also known as “people, planet, profit.” Read more about how UM Dining earned the Grand Prize.

July 18th, 2014

Campus and Community

Record Year for Fundraising Means More Scholarships for Students

UM received unprecedented private support in fiscal year 2014, with donations totaling $53.7 million. This is a $16.3 million increase over the previous record, set in 2008. In July 2013, the UM Foundation set out to raise an extra $45 million for students over a three-year period. After one year, the “Investing in Student Success” initiative has received $22 million. Read more about how alumni and friends and joining the UM Foundation to invest in student success.

July 17th, 2014

The Story Behind the Photo

Artist Sandra Dal Poggetto talks with museum docents about her solo exhibition, “Sandra Dal Poggetto: Meditations on the Field,” on display at the Montana Museum of Art & Culture at the University of Montana. The exhibition is on display through Sept. 27 in the Meloy and Paxson galleries, located in the Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center Building. Read more about Dal Poggetto’s work here.

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