The UM School of Law has been ranked the seventh "Best Value Law School" in the nation by National Jurist magazine. The ranking was announced in the September issue of the magazine, which is read by law students across the country.

The ranking takes into account the cost, debt load, bar passage and employment of graduates in actual law jobs. The UM School of Law emphasizes a skill-based curriculum, and the success is evident as UM alumni enter the workforce. Read more

UM had eight Fulbright Program applicants accepted into the international scholarly exchange program last year, and though many universities can boast more yearly Fulbright Scholars, few can boast UM's 53 percent acceptance rate.

To put that number into perspective, the top three Fulbright-producing doctoral and research institutions in the country last year -- the University of Michigan, Northwestern University and Yale University, respectively -- each had more than 20 applicants accepted into the program, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. However, based on the number of total applicants from each of those universities, their average acceptance rate was only 22 percent. Read more

The Mathematical Association of America recently selected UM Professor Mark Kayll as one of two winners of the 2012 Carl B. Allendoerfer Award.

The Carl B. Allendoerfer Awards are given for articles of expository excellence published in Mathematics Magazine and are named after Allendoerfer, a distinguished mathematician at the University of Washington and former president of the Mathematical Association of America.

Kayll earned the award for his article "Integrals Don't Have Anything to Do With Discrete Math, Do They?" Read more

UM's Farm to College program will host the third annual Fall Feastival: Celebrating Montana's Food Cycle from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, on the Oval. The annual harvest feast provides students, faculty and staff a holistic view of Montana's agricultural food cycle.

The event is the culmination of a year of planning and cooperation with more than 25 food-producing partners. Nearly all of the items on the menu will be provided by local farmers, ranchers and food producers, who began preparations to grow and raise the food for the feast in April. Read more 

The University Center Gallery at UM has issued its annual art call for the 2013-14 exhibition calendar. The artwork displayed in the UCG comes from local, regional and national artists. Applications are available online at http://umt.edu/uc/ucg and must be submitted by 4 p.m. March 25, 2013. Read more