Researcher Helps Predict Future Climate Change Impacts on Tropics
Researchers at the University of Montana, Princeton University, Stanford University and Rutgers University, among others, are collecting new measurements of tropical forests to gain a better...
UM's Family Medicine Residency Earns High Marks
In June 2013, western Montana had no resident physicians. This July, 30 doctors will be at work in the Family Medicine Residency of Western Montana, along with nine core faculty, more than 100...
UM to Award Honorary Doctorate to Native American Educator
Salish tribal elder Louis “Louie” Adams has spent a lifetime teaching others the stories, culture and language of his people. Now the University of Montana will honor this tireless educator with...
New Missoula Lab Uses DNA to Expose Hidden Wildlife
Technicians in the U.S. Forest Service’s new lab building can spot the presence (or absence) of specific fish in a whole river drainage from a cup of water. They can trace the family tree of a...
Blackstone LaunchPad Helps Entrepreneurs Start Businesses
The Blackstone LaunchPad is a program at the University of Montana. It helps students, faculty, staff and alumni turn their ideas into businesses and nonprofit organizations. The LaunchPad has...
Doctoral Student Envisions Way to Protect Antiquities During Wartime
Walking the ancient streets of Babylon allowed Tommy Livoti to find his path in life. In 2003, the Missoula native and UM grad was a Marine Corps platoon commander in Iraq. Livoti saw a...
Forestry School Hires New Native American Program Coordinator
The College of Forestry and Conservation announces the appointment of Ruth Ann Swaney as coordinator of the Native American Natural Resource Program. Swaney is an enrolled tribal member of the...
UM to Host Shakespeare’s First Folio Exhibition in 2016
UM has been selected as Montana’s host site for “First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare,” a national traveling exhibition of one of the world’s most treasured books – the Shakespeare First...
UM Ranks No. 6 for Producing Peace Corps Volunteers
UM has been named the No. 6 medium-sized university for producing Peace Corps volunteers, making a big jump up from its 2014 ranking at No. 12. Currently, 27 UM alumni serve with the Peace Corps...
UM Adds Another Branch to Mighty Basketball Coaching Tree
Montana is home to 10 National Forests. The University of Montana has a coaching tree worthy of that. Travis DeCuire is its latest branch. "We are Montana," say the maroon banners around campus,...
Mount Jumbo Avalanche: One Year Later
To get out of his head, Fred Allendorf walks. He walks in the Bitterroot or the Rattlesnake, where he often gets the urge to visit the place he once lived – a two-story home at the base of Mount...
Debut Novel by UM Alumnus Wins 2014 Montana Book Award
"Fourth of July Creek," a novel written by Hellgate High School and UM graduate Smith Henderson, has won the 2014 Montana Book Award. The annual award "recognizes literary and/or artistic...
UM Dining Garden May Triple in Size with Help from $10,000 Grant
UM received a $10,000 grant from Gov. Steve Bullock and the Growth Through Agriculture program this week, which will be used to improve the school's garden the farm to college program. UM Dining...
Health Care Students at Missoula College Find Jobs Aplenty
It’s no secret that job growth within the health care industry is booming as the American population ages. A national emphasis on preventative care, growing rates of chronic conditions and “baby...
Crusade Against Cancer: Scientists Search Berkeley Pit for Answers
Professors researching at UM have turned to the Berkeley Pit's fungi as a potential building block in the cure for cancer. In their lab, Andrea Stierle tracks data on her computer while her...
Alumna Looks Back: ‘My Most Spectacular Failure was a Gift’
“The years tell us what the days cannot.” UM alumna Shelli Johnson reflects on what she considered her greatest failure at the time: losing her basketball scholarship and quitting the team....
STEM Education Seeing Rapid Growth in Montana
Children with a passion for science, technology, engineering and math – often referred to as STEM – can be found around Western Montana. Based on Chamber of Commerce data, Montana is tenth in the...
Environmental Moot Court Team Advances to Final Round
Three UM School of Law students advanced to the final round of the 2015 National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition held Feb. 19-21 in White Plains, New York. Third-year law student Katelyn...
Alumnus Scooter Christensen Finds Stardom with Globetrotters
Although he didn’t know it at the time, Shane “Scooter” Christensen spent most of his life practicing to be a Harlem Globetrotter. As a youngster, he was inseparable from his basketball and when...
UM Staff Member’s Comic to be Adapted for Television Series
UM staff member Tim Daniel, who turned a hobby into a second career as a comics writer, will soon see his creation adapted into a live-action television show. The Missoula writer's title,...
UM Recognized as Purple Heart University for Service to Veterans
During halftime of Saturday night's basketball game at Dahlberg Arena, UM officially became a Purple Heart university. Capt. Char Gatlin, chief of staff for the Department of Montana Military...
Entertainment Management Students Attend Industry Conference
Several UM students recently traveled to Nashville to attend Pollstar Live! 2015, the premier conference and trade show for the concert industry. The students from UM’s Entertainment Management...
Wagenmann Impresses in Explosion Drills at NFL Combine
Former Montana Grizzly Zack Wagenmann continued his push toward a career playing football with an appearance at the NFL Scouting Combine on Sunday. And oh what a showing it was. Wagenmann scored...
UM Researchers Work to Find Solutions with Native Communities
A pair of UM researchers has become a regular sight in some of the most remote communities in the U.S., both in the Lower 48 and the far north. Blakely Brown, a professor in the Department of...
UM Family Medicine Residency Program Earns High Marks
UM’s family medicine residency program recently was awarded the highest level of accreditation available from its oversight organization. The Family Medicine Residency of Western Montana earned...
Students Named Gates Millennium Scholars, Earn Scholarships
Five UM students recently were named Gates Millennium Scholars, earning more than $43,000 in scholarships. Since the inception of the program in 1999, it has produced more than 18,000 Gates...
UM’s State-of-the-Art Planetarium Up and Running
It's understandable if you're unaware of the hidden planetarium beneath the Native American Center. The project has been in the works since 2013, but the astronomy department has kept it pretty...
UM Students Win Prize for Business Idea with Wood Waste
UM College of Forestry and Conservation student Stephen Jenkins fromBigfork and recent forestry graduate Jena Trejo from Marcola, Oregon, were first runners-up in the Barrett Foundation Business...
Griz Break Ground on Indoor Practice Facility for Golfers
When the recruiting trail Montana golf coach Joni Stephens follows takes her south, she is often met with a very specific question: What do we do in the winter? For years Montana's golf coaches...
TEDxUMontana Returns Feb. 20 with Language Theme
TEDxUMontana returns for a second year, and the theme of this year’s event is language. Tickets are now on sale. The...
UM Seeks Comment on Natural Areas Management Plan
UM is seeking public comment on a draft management plan for the land UM owns on Mount Sentinel and at Fort Missoula. It is the first management plan for UM’s natural areas, which total more than...
Researchers Advance Novel Therapy for Immune System-Related Diseases
When the body turns against itself, it can strike with debilitating and deadly accuracy. The war raging inside people with autoimmune disorders can be devastating, and the current gold standard of...
Gilham's Trial: After Third ACL Surgery, Gilham Back with Lady Griz
As soon as Shanae Gilham hit the floor in Dahlberg Arena, she knew exactly what happened. She had torn her ACL for the third time. Although two years have passed, by the start of the 2014-2015...
UM Professor Explains Animal Weaponry in New Book
It’s not easy being a male Onthophagus nigriventris dung beetle. When they’re not jostling for space around a pile of excrement, they’re trying to mate with females while ensuring no other male...
Ch-paa-qn Peak: Shuffling from Anguish to Enlightenment
“The phone rings and rings, each chime pounding in my head. I groan, stretching my arm out, reaching for the source of my annoyance. I flip it open, sit up, and blearily rub my eyes. An annoyed...
Study: Air Pollution Affects Short-Term Memory, IQ, Brain Metabolic Ratios
City smog lowers children’s IQ. This is among findings from a recent UM study that found children living in cities with significant air pollution are at an increased risk for detrimental impacts...
Missoula Schoolchildren Learn Fire Science Through Interactive Dance
Missoula schoolchildren became flames and trees Tuesday during “Fire Speaks the Land,” an interactive dance performance at UM that taught students about fire science. CoMotion Dance Project used...
Researchers Develop Programs to Help Montanans Cope with Autism
Less than a decade ago, autism wasn’t on many people’s radar. Back then it was diagnosed at about 1 in 10,000 children. Now it’s 1 in 68. With the growing need for services, three educators at UM...
UM Brain Disorder Research Moves Toward Clinical Testing
UM is one step closer to turning a discovery into a drug. Promentis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced it will enter an exclusive agreement with UM to commercialize a discovery made by a...
Missoula Artist Sketches Self-Portrait a Day for a Year
In the University Center Gallery, 365 small self-portraits are arranged in rows on the north wall. They start on May 6, 2013, when Jace Laakso, an artist who works in information technology at UM,...
For Those About To Rock: UM Concert Posters Spark Memories
“What was your first concert? It’s a great question—a surefire conversation starter in pretty much any setting. Mine happened to be Pearl Jam, who played an intimate show for about 1,200 lucky...
Adventure Writing Assignment: Rising Above the Homesick Blues
“A 360-degree view of Missoula and the surrounding mountains greeted me at the summit. I found myself smiling inside, discovering something I’d been doubting since I’d been in Missoula. I can be...
Hip Flicks: Meet Missoula's Up-and-Coming Filmmakers
Every year, filmmakers from across the world apply to have their films screened at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. This year, four filmmakers under 30 from the festival’s home city made the...
Corner Store Experiment Uses Fish as Local, Sustainable Farmers
A new UM Dining experiment is using vertical growing towers, LED lights and fish to grow food. The aquaponic system is set up in the Corner Store, growing leafy greens like lettuce, kale, basil...
Griz Load Up on Local Talent, Receivers on Signing Day
Like everything else Bob Stitt does, his recruiting class of 2015 came together quickly and with plenty of excitement on the offensive end. The first-year Montana head coach announced his debut...
