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n | Prolific Professors—Getting a paper published in the journals Science or Nature, the most-cited scientific journals in the world, is a rare, sometimes career-defining moment that many scientists never experience. UM faculty researchers published in these journals in 2001-02 included Ragan Callaway, Erick Greene and Doug Emlen of biological sciences; George Stanley of geology; and Thomas Martin of UM’s Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit. | n |  |
n | Finest Scholars—UM landed a record nine Fulbright awards during 2001-02. Faculty members and administrators, their departments and Fulbright locations were political science Professor Peter Koehn, Finland; Vice President for Student Affairs Barbara Hollmann, Germany; UM Legal Counsel David Aronofsky, Professor William Corbette and Adjunct Lecturer Art Lusse, all of the law school, Uruguay; biology Associate Professor Ragan Callaway, Botswana; management Professor Richard Dailey, Belarus; Regents Professor of History Paul Lauren (left), Finland; and forestry Associate Professor Stephen Siebert, Greece. |
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Top Professor—Popular economics Professor John Photiades was the toast of campus when he was named Montana’s 2001 CASE Professor of the Year in October. This coveted award, presented by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, salutes outstanding undergraduate instructors. Photiades, a 31-year member of the economics department, previously has won UM’s highest teaching awards. |  |
Examining Wars—The 2001 Mansfield Conference delved into the shared experience of the realities of war, focusing on the Asian-Pacific theater of World War II and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The world-renowned conference generated discussions about the larger issues of conflict and how we are to learn from the past. George McGovern, United Nations world ambassador on hunger, was the keynote speaker. | |||
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Expedition Experts—Two renowned scholars of Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery visited UM fall semester 2001 to share their knowledge. Gary Moulton (left) and Daniel Botkin taught and lectured at UM during their semester as visiting faculty members. Botkin studies the history of the Lewis and Clark Trail to determine landscape changes during the last two centuries. Moulton is writing the definitive edition of “The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.” |  |
Certifiably Best—The School of Business Administration proved its graduates are eminently prepared for the world of accounting, according to the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination. UM had the No. 1 first-time pass rate in the nation for students with advanced degrees. “Our students can, and do, compete successfully on these examinations and in the job market with graduates from the best universities,” said Professor Stanley Jenne (left), chair of accounting and finance.
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