You Do the Math
A math curriculum reform project developed at UM aims to
improve student performance and prevent math aversion. The SIMMS project is giving
students an advantage in math.
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America Counts
UM students tutor local schoolchildren in math
and serve as role models.
Bison to Boardrooms
UM's Practical Ethics Center finds itself at the center of human-wildlife conflict. |
School Safety
A research effort under way at UM is looking for the answer to
what creates violence in the schools -- and what can be done to stop it. The Missoula
County Safe Schools Project and the Native American Community Safety Project are charting
new territory in violence prevention. |
Plant Detective
UM pharmaceutical sciences Professor Rustem Medora has devoted
his career to studying the medicinal uses of plants and sharing that knowledge with
others. In October, he and a group will travel to Peru to go snooping around in nature's pharmacopeia.
Technology to Research
A business and technology incubator will give fledgling
businesses a home; UM hosts national undergraduate research conference in April. In briefs. |
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