Griz Can Dance

The Griz Soccer team celebrates winning the title match of the Big Sky Conference Championship.

Back-to-Back-to-Back Conference Champs

Griz Soccer is headed to the NCAA Division I soccer tournament for the seventh time in program history after coming out on top while hosting the Big Sky Conference Tournament. In October, Griz Soccer made history by being the first program in the Big Sky Conference to win three consecutive regular season titles, making them back-to-back-to-back conference champions!

The Montana Way

At the University of Montana, we don’t just educate for success — we educate for personal meaning and collective significance. The Montana Way helps our students live boldly, learn deeply and lead with purpose.

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Naturally, a Grizzly Invented Bear Spray

Carrie Hunt, UM alumna, developed the modern bear-spray deterrent while earning her master’s degree in the 1980s at UM. Drawing on her background in zoology and bear behavior research, she pioneered tests of pepper-spray-based deterrents and worked with agencies and tribes to refine a delivery system that could safely repel bears at distance.
Can the Cats!

The 26th annual food drive runs Nov. 8–22, uniting the University of Montana and the Missoula community in a friendly competition against MSU to fight food insecurity statewide.
UM Research Changes the World

Research and scholarship are vital to the UM experience and they central to our mission as an R1 institution and Montana's flagship public research University. Most University researchers teach students directly in the classroom, and more than 300 students work laboratories or other sectors of UM's research enterprise.
Flagship Fund Invites Applicants

The UM Flagship Fund supports projects that advance the University of Montana’s vision of inclusive prosperity through “The Montana Way” — integrating academic excellence, career readiness and wellbeing. This year, the fund invites proposals for one-year grants up to $10,000 to promote wellbeing and healthy relationships, with funding available in the 2026–27 fiscal year.
The Survivor: World-Class Climber to Graduate

Discover how a brush with death led this former pro climber to a life of meaning, and how UM helped him find his next summit.
You Can't Spell Autumn Without UM

Enjoy this Facebook post featuring seasonal snapshots of UM's beautiful fall foliage.

UM alumna Carrie Hunt poses with bear spray product that she invented

Naturally, a Grizzly Invented Bear Spray

Carrie Hunt, UM alumna, developed the modern bear-spray deterrent while earning her master’s degree in the 1980s at UM. Drawing on her background in zoology and bear behavior research, she pioneered tests of pepper-spray-based deterrents and worked with agencies and tribes to refine a delivery system that could safely repel bears at distance.

Can the Cats!

The 26th annual food drive runs Nov. 8–22, uniting the University of Montana and the Missoula community in a friendly competition against MSU to fight food insecurity statewide.

A lab employee works with a microscope in a UM lab

UM Research Changes the World

Research and scholarship are vital to the UM experience and they central to our mission as an R1 institution and Montana's flagship public research University. Most University researchers teach students directly in the classroom, and more than 300 students work laboratories or other sectors of UM's research enterprise.

The grizzly bear statue at UM with fall foliage in background

Flagship Fund Invites Applicants

The UM Flagship Fund supports projects that advance the University of Montana’s vision of inclusive prosperity through “The Montana Way” — integrating academic excellence, career readiness and wellbeing. This year, the fund invites proposals for one-year grants up to $10,000 to promote wellbeing and healthy relationships, with funding available in the 2026–27 fiscal year.