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UM is proud to present Under the M, a website about and for UM employees. It's designed to complement the weekly e-newsletter reaching more than 3,000 Grizzly employees.
MUS Benefits Plan Enrollment - More Changes on the Horizon
The MUS insurance plan is changing again this year. Insurance premiums and other costs are increasing. Learn more about the changes.
If you don't make any changes, your plan from this year will automatically renew next year (except for Flexible Spending Account selections.)
Grizzlies are Curious and Wise...
Working at UM, we can access the knowledge creation, creativity and exchange of ideas happening all over campus first-hand, by attending talks and presentations taking place almost daily.
This list will be updated each week as new information becomes available. Use the Under the M submission form to share details about an upcoming event here.
May 2026
When |
Where |
Title |
Presenter |
Host |
Link |
| 1 p.m. May 8 | CHCB 131 |
Wolves Across Borders: Conservation Challenges in Europe’s Anthropized Landscapes |
Dr. Francesca Marucco, Professor, University of Torino, Italy |
Wildlife Biology | |
| 1 p.m. May 7 | FOR 106 |
Thesis Defense: Optimizing camera trap sampling for abundance estimation using animal movement behavior |
Kat Garrett |
Wildlife Biology | Link |
| 2 p.m. May 5 |
MS Proposal: The Breeding Biology and Survival of Southern White-tailed Ptarmigan in a Warming Alpine |
Dillon Sapena |
Wildlife Biology | Link | |
| 10 a.m. May 5 | FOR 305 |
Thesis Defense: Analyzing elk and deer interactions to identify the impact of wild horse presence on the Yakama Indian Reservation |
Sattie Fisher | Wildlife Biology | Link |
| 2-3 p.m. May 2 | CHCB 131 |
MS Thesis Defense: Mammal Community Responses to Human Disturbance andEurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) Density in the Romanian Carpathians Sheep |
Andrei Dinu, MS student |
Wildlife Biology | Teams link |