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Climate Change Expert Receives Wilson Award
Steve Running, Regents Professor of Ecology
at UM, will be among six to receive the
first-ever Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity
Technology Pioneer Award in April. The awards
honor those whose scientific discoveries,
inventions or work have helped advance the
biodiversity of life on Earth.
Running was chosen for the E.O. Wilson award
for his pioneering and seminal scientific
work in climatology, global warming and
other aspects of atmospheric science.
Wilson, known as the "father of
biodiversity," will present his namesake
awards at a dinner to be held at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 9, in the Strand Union
Building at Montana State University-Bozeman.
Reservations are required. For dinner ticket
information, call the American Computer
Museum, a co-sponsor of the event, at
406-582-1288.
The award recipients also will be introduced
by Wilson at a public ceremony to be held at
1:30 p.m. April 9 at MSU's Brick Breeden
Fieldhouse. At that ceremony, Wilson will
receive MSU's Presidential Medal for Global
and Visionary Leadership.
Other recipients of the E.O. Wilson award are
David Ward, MSU; Jane Lubchenco, Oregon State
University; Benoit Mandelbrot, formerly of
Yale University and IBM; Ignacio
Rodriguez-Itrube, Princeton University; and
Michael Soulé, University of California-Santa
Cruz.
Running also will appear in a new
Discovery Channel program titled "Global
Warming: The New Challenge, With Tom Brokaw,"
which is set to air Wednesday, March 18.
The program will run from 8 to 9 p.m. on most
Missoula cable and satellite dish networks.
On Bresnan Communications, it is scheduled
from 8 to 9 p.m. on HD channel 755 and from
11 p.m. to midnight on channel 55. Listings
for other areas are available on the Zap2it
Web site.
Zap2it
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UM Earns Prestigious Biology Lab Program
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has
selected UM to participate in a national
program offering intense, hands-on laboratory
experience to undergraduate biology students.
UM joins an elite group of 24 institutions
participating in the Phage Genome Research
Initiative, which was launched by HHMI's
Science Education Alliance. Bill Holben and
Frank Rosenzweig, faculty members in the
Division of Biological Sciences, spearheaded
the effort to bring the program to UM.
Starting fall semester, an initial cohort of
24 UM students will take a new class where
they gather samples, identify phages -- a
virus that infects bacteria -- and isolate
their DNA.
At the end of the semester, the gathered DNA
samples will be sent to the Joint Genome
Institute, a U.S. Department of
Energy-sponsored national laboratory. When
students return
for spring semester, the sequence information
from their phage will be waiting, and they
will put the gene sequences in order, line
them up and compare them with other samples
gathered at UM and around the nation.
All students participating in the program
across the nation
will study the same group of phages to focus
their work and allow them to compare notes
with one another as part of a nationwide
network of undergraduate researchers.
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Celebrate International Week March 15-20
UM will celebrate International Week March
15-20 with a cultural festival, a food bazaar,
ethnic music, dance performances and
informational and educational sessions.
The week's events begin Sunday, March 15,
with the International Culture and Food
Festival in the University Center. The
festival begins at noon with a parade of
flags and runs until 5 p.m. Admission is $2
for adults and $1 for children under 12.
During the festival, food booths will sell
authentic dishes for $4 or less. All other
International Week events are free.
The International Week opening ceremony
begins at noon Monday, March 16, in the UC
Atrium. Speakers include Mehrdad Kia,
associate provost for International Programs;
Effie Koehn, director of Foreign Student and
Scholar Services; and Yan To Cheung,
president of the International Student
Association. Dancers from Tajikistan also
will perform.
Study abroad information will be available at
tables in the UC Atrium from 10 a.m to 2 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
For more information, call UM International
Programs at 406-243-2288. A complete schedule
of International Week events is on the
International Programs Web site.
International Programs
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Hunger Awareness Events March 17-19
UM will commemorate Hunger Awareness Week
March 17-19 with a series of events.
Environmental studies Associate Professor Dan
Spencer and graduate student Lauren Butz will
present a lecture titled "Hunger and Poverty
in Latin America: Global Causes and Community
Responses" at noon Tuesday, March 17, in
University Center Room 207. A discussion will
follow the lecture, and pizza will be provided.
UM's Global Hunger Banquet will be held at 6
p.m. Wednesday, March 18, in the University
Center Ballroom. A suggested entry donation
of $1 will be accepted at the door to benefit
Kiva, a micro-lending organization that
assists the developing world. The banquet
will begin with a simple meal,
followed by discussions on the realities,
problems and solutions of hunger led by UM
political science Professor Paul Haber. The
University Choir also will perform a special
piece about hunger.
The final event will be the Local Foods Potluck
at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, in the Holy
Spirit Episcopal Church, located at 130 S.
Sixth St. E. in Missoula. Josh Slotnick from
Garden City Harvest will start a conversation
about local food systems and a vision of
sustainability for all in Montana. Students
are invited to eat for free at the
potluck, while others are encouraged to bring
dishes with local food ingredients. All
donations will benefit Garden City Harvest.
For more information, call Rohanna Erin at
406-243-5531 or e-mail rohanna.erin@mso.umt.edu.
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Lady Griz Beat Portland, Host Tourney
The Lady Griz won their third straight Big
Sky Conference regular-season championship
and their 22nd regular-season conference
title overall with a 70-60 victory over
Portland State on Saturday, March 7, at
Dahlberg Arena.
The game, which showcased teams with similar
14-1 league records, drew 6,734 fans, the
largest home crowd since Montana brought in
7,413 for its NCAA tournament game against
Louisiana Tech in 2004.
Senior Sonya Rogers matched a career high
with six 3-pointers, going 6-for-8 from deep
and scoring a game-high 22 points. Senior
Mandy Morales finished with 16 points, 10
rebounds and five assists, her third
double-double of the season and the 12th of
her career. Sophomore Sarah Ena also finished
with a double-double with 16 points and 11
rebounds -- six of which came on the
offensive end.
With the outright Big Sky title, the Lady
Griz earn hosting rights for the Big Sky
tournament, which began Thursday, March 12
and continues this weekend at Dahlberg Arena.
The tournament opened with No. 3
Montana State facing No. 6 Northern Arizona
and No. 4 Idaho State facing No. 5 Sacramento
State.
No. 1 Montana and No. 2 Portland State received
byes to the semifinal round. The PSU Vikings will
face the highest remaining seed at 5:30 p.m.
Friday, March 13.
The Lady Griz will face the lowest remaining
seed at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 13.
Saturday's championship will tip off at 4
p.m. and will be broadcast regionally on
Altitude. The winner of that game will
receive the Big Sky Conference's automatic
bid to the NCAA tournament.
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Griz Basketball Falls To Cats
The Montana State Bobcats dominated the
offensive boards and defeated the host
Grizzlies 56-54 on Saturday, March 7, in a
Big Sky Conference Tournament semifinal game
at UM's Dahlberg Arena.
The Bobcats out-rebounded the Grizzlies
40-29, and MSU had 18 offensive boards in the
contest. Due in large part to its offensive
rebounding, MSU dominated points in the
paint, outscoring UM 34-10.
UM's Anthony Johnson led Montana with 19
points, while senior forward Jordan Hasquet
added 12 in his final collegiate game, and
junior forward Jack McGillis tallied 10.
Hasquet, a Missoula native, ended his career
ranked seventh in school history in scoring
(1,396 points) and 3-pointers made (152).
He also is eighth in career rebounds with 718.
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