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were at UM for the 81st annual meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists in June. |
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Ceramic Summer-Two special exhibits celebrating ceramic art from ancient
Asia to contemporary Montana are on display this summer at UM's Museum of the Fine Arts.
"Ancient Fires," an exhibit of Chinese ceramics and antiquities from the
collection of Nelson Chang, is in the Henry Meloy Gallery. The exhibit will show about
one-tenth of the Chang collection, the largest privately owned collection of Chinese
antiquities in the world. The second exhibit, "A Founder's Song," is on display
in the Paxson Gallery to honor the life and art of Peter Meloy, co-founder of Helena's
Archie Bray Foundation and brother of Henry Meloy. Both exhibits run through Sept. 1. Documenting
Anaconda-A documentary produced by UM radio-television students has received the
National Mark of Excellence award from the Society for Professional Journalists. The award
went to "Anaconda: The Legacy," which examines the history and aftereffects of
mining in a western Montana community. The documentary was produced by UM's Student
Documentary Unit during spring semester 2000, and it aired on Montana PBS. This is the
fifth such award in the documentary unit's 15-year history.
Mammals on Parade-Hairy, warm-blooded critters were the toast of the
town June 16-20 when more than 500 mammal experts from around the world were at UM for the
81st annual meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists. UM biology Professor Kerry
Foresman said mammalogists from places as far-flung as Mexico, Japan, South Africa,
Germany and Finland came to town. "It's quite an honor for Missoula to host this
event," Foresman said. "The last time this meeting was held here was 1975."
The yearly meeting of ASM provided opportunities for members to share recent discoveries
in a wide variety of topics such as genetics, ecology, conservation and natural history.
In recent years UM has been a magnet for international science and research conferences.
Big Business Awards-School of Business Administration students
received more than 80 scholarship awards totaling about $130,000 during last month's 54th
Annual Scholarship Awards Banquet.
Protecting Books-A new fire suppression system is being installed at
UM's Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library to protect the library's $50 million collection.
The Legislature provided $250,000 for the new sprinkler system, which will comprise four
miles of pipe installed in the ceilings on all five library levels. The rare and unusual
items in Special Collections will receive a high-tech misting sprinkler system -- perhaps
the only one in Montana. Local contractors began work on the new fire suppression system
in May, and library patrons should expect some construction noise. Currently, the library
has smoke detectors but no fire suppression system.
Excellent Accounting-UM's School of Business Administration joined an
elite group this spring when its undergraduate and graduate accounting programs achieved
separate accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
International. Of the 405 AACSB International-accredited business programs worldwide, only
156 have separate accounting accreditation between their undergraduate and graduate
programs. UM has the first business school in Montana to achieve this stature and is one
of only 10 schools in the surrounding five-state region to be so recognized.
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