Catch UMArts in Action During Summer Theater Season
Summer theater season is in full swing and more than 50 UM students, alumni and faculty from the School of Music and School of Theatre & Dance are working in theaters around Montana and Idaho as...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Visiting Professor Identifies European Invaders on Sentinel
On a switchback overlooking the Missoula Valley, UM visiting Professor Robert Pal knelt down and pulled a Jim Hill mustard plant – aka tumbleweed – from the arid soil alongside the trail. The...
Five Distinguished Alumni Honored for Achievements
Five outstanding UM graduates will receive 2014 Distinguished Alumni Awards during Homecoming weekend festivities on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26-27. The awards are the highest honor presented by...
UM Selects 10 New Family Medicine Residents for Class of 2017
Ten new family doctors were selected as the Family Medicine Residency of Western Montana’s second class. The new residents began their intensive orientation earlier this month at the Partnership...
Professor Left Lasting Impression on Montana Law, Thousands of Students
Longtime UM law professor “Duke” William Crowley passed away recently at age 91, but while he’s gone from this world, his legacy as a friend, a professor and the principal draftsman of the Montana...
Get the Dirt on UM's Dining Composting Program
When it comes to food waste management at the Food Zoo, UM Dining's advanced composting program doesn't leave a...
UM’s Main Hall Makes List of 100 Missoula Icons
It’s the centerpiece of campus, commanding the Oval at UM. It appears in historic black-and-white photographs, and on today’s postcards of Missoula. Of the city’s many icons, Main Hall is surely...
Humphrey Named College of Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences Dean
Reed Humphrey, director of UM’s School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, has accepted the position of dean of the College of Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences. Humphrey will...
Student-Athletes Volunteer More Than 2,100 Hours to Community
Montana’s student-athletes spent more than 2,190 hours donating their time to community service events and projects during the 2013-14 academic year. How much is 2,194.5 hours, to be exact? If you...
Dean Forbes Retires After Successfully Leading UM College for 26 Years
With his boxes packed and a picture of his golden retriever on the computer screen, David Forbes is already dreaming of life’s next chapter, one that will allow time for golf and a trip to Europe...
Professor Helps Bring Pianos to Downtown for ‘Social Experiment’
Chris Hahn sat down at the upright piano outside Higgins Plaza, and played part of a Chopin etude on the Kurtzmann manufactured in 1910. Across the street, a couple people cheered at the brief but...
Artifacts: Library Exhibit Showcases Women’s Fight for Rights
A current exhibit at the Mansfield Library titled “Women in Montana Politics” features photographs and documents from well-known early 20th century suffragists along with information on...
School of Journalism Announces High-Profile Professorship
The UM School of Journalism has created a second visiting professorship that will allow the school to bring a high-profile journalist to campus each spring semester to teach a course to advanced...
Osprey Pair Iris and Stanley Hatch Three Chicks in Hellgate Nest
It’s been a busy spring for Internet sensations Iris and Stanley, a pair of adult osprey who have captured the attention of viewers from around the world thanks to a high-resolution camera...
Student Producers Travel State to Film Financial Literacy Videos
KPCN: The Peer Connection Network, an award-winning, student video production group housed in UM’s Office for Student Success, recently visited 12 Montana colleges and universities to interview...
DeCuire Well-Versed in the Grizzly Way, But Will Do Things His Own Way
Travis DeCuire has always had a passion for basketball. That was apparent way back in 1990 when Blaine Taylor visited DeCuire on a recruiting trip to Seattle. Even today, Taylor and DeCuire have...
20 Under 40: Young Western Montanans Making a Difference
The Missoulian newspaper recently released its annual 20 Under 40 publication, a special section recognizing the top young business professionals in western Montana who excel in leadership,...
A True Trailblazer: Alumna Finds Unique Success on Wall Street
Hedge fund founder Renée Haugerud works in a corner office of the landmarked Beaux Arts Scribner Building on New York City’s busy Fifth Avenue. But the ideas that brought her here are rooted in a...
Explore the Flathead Lake Biological Station
Learn more about the Flathead Lake Biological Station, UM's unique ecological research and education center located...
Pletscher Retires After Leading Wildlife Biology Program to Prominence
On June 2, UM hosted its annual Retirees Luncheon, where former UM faculty and staff members come together to socialize and recognize the newest crop of retirees. More than 65 people retired from...
UM Dining Director Wins Silver Plate Award
Congratulations to UM Dining Director Mark LoParco, who recently won the prestigious Silver Plate Award for Colleges...
Annette Rocheleau Retires After 32 Years of Coaching Lady Griz
On June 2, UM hosted its annual Retirees Luncheon, where former UM faculty and staff members come together to socialize and recognize the newest crop of retirees. More than 65 people retired from...
Travis DeCuire Named Coach of Griz Men’s Basketball Team
Travis DeCuire has been selected to be the UM’s 27th head men's basketball coach, announced UM Director of Athletics Kent Haslam announced May 31. DeCuire, who set and still holds the Grizzly...
MTPR News Director Sally Mauk Retires After Storied Career
After more than three decades as Montana Public Radio News Director, Sally Mauk retires on May 30. She's logged hundreds of hours of interviews, on-the-scene fire coverage, long, frantic election...
UM Student Appointed to Serve on State Board of Regents
UM student Mariah Williams will serve as the next student regent on the state Board of Regents. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock appointed Williams to the post earlier this month. Williams served as a...
Camas Magazine Stays True to Its Environmental Roots
Twenty-two years after its inception, Camas, a magazine published twice a year by the Environmental Studies Program at UM, has stayed true to the its environmental roots, connecting people to...
Model UN Students from UM Win Award at National Conference
Twelve UM students on the Montana Model United Nations Team returned from a national conference in New York City with an award for representing the Pacific Island nation of Fiji. For the overall...
Alumnus Commits $1.5 Million Bequest for Athletic Facility Updgrades
When Jim Hilleboe traces the steps that led to his success as a businessman in Billings back to their genesis, he finds the four years he spent at UM in the mid-60s. To give back to the school...
Law School Commencement and Hooding Ceremony Saturday, May 24
James R. Silkenat, president of the American Bar Association, will deliver remarks during the UM School of Law Commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 24, in the George and Jane Dennison...
33 Exceptional Freshmen Earn Presidential Leadership Scholarships
UM Presidential Leadership Scholarships have been awarded to 33 exceptional incoming UM freshmen. The scholarships recognize outstanding talent, academic performance, leadership and contribution...
Business Plan Competition Crowns Winners, Awards $31,000 in Prizes
The UM School of Business Administration and the Montana Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs have announced the winners of the 25th annual John Ruffatto Business Plan Competition. UM business...
Engstrom Approves East Broadway Site for Missoula College
UM has completed an environmental assessment for its planned Missoula College building. After careful review, UM President Royce Engstrom announced May 21 that he has determined constructing the...
Tennis Player Recognized for Achievements On, Off the Court
UM tennis player Maddy Murray was recently named the recipient of the ITA’s Arthur Ashe Jr. Sportsmanship and Leadership Award for the organization’s Mountain Region, a territory that covers eight...
Class of 2014 Celebrates at Commencement Ceremonies
Saturday, May 17, was a beautiful day for Commencement ceremonies at UM. Thousands of students received their degrees while their families and supporters watched on from inside Washington-Grizzly...
UM Graduate En Route to Ukraine as Fulbright Scholar
Recent UM grad Christina Bloemen leaves for Ukraine in September to teach English and serve as a cultural ambassador on behalf of the U.S. on a Fulbright Scholarship. Making the cut as a Fulbright...
Student, Alumni Win Film Festival Awards for Documentary
A unique perspective and five long days of work are paying off for a UM graduate student and three alumni. The filmmaking team Wheelhouse Missoula – comprising current and former UM School of...
UM's Payne Family Building Featured in Book on Native Building Projects
The Payne Family Native American Center at UM recently was featured in a new book titled “New Architecture on Indigenous Lands.” In the book, authors Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka take...
UM to Hold 117th Commencement Ceremonies Saturday, May 17
About 3,600 graduates and degree candidates are invited to participate in the University of Montana’s 117th Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 17, in Washington-Grizzly Stadium. The general...
Missoula College Student Will be First in Family to Earn Degree
There was a day when Sarah Smith had no plans to graduate high school. At 16 and with a baby on the way, getting that diploma was a secondary concern. But Smith dug deep and found her resolve. She...
Seekins Receives UM's 2014 Americans with Disabilities Act Award
UM has awarded Tom Seekins its Americans with Disabilities Act Award for 2014. The ADA Award honors individuals whose contributions advance education and employment opportunities for people with...
