Legacy Players Reflect on Family, Finding Their Way to UM
UM has great respect for tradition and perhaps the greatest Montana tradition is its penchant for continuity. Players who were once titans of UM athletics frequently wind up seeing their children...
Griz Fans Have Opportunity to Can the Cats, Help Those in Need
It's once again time for Can the Cats, UM’s annual competition with Montana State University to see which school can donate the most canned-food items. The food drive, now in its 18th year,...
Montana Osprey Project Brings Knowledge, Drama to Fans Worldwide
For the past decade, the UM-based Montana Osprey Project has used ospreys to learn about the health of our streams, rivers and lakes, as well as bring information about our environment to...
‘Brain Scoop’ Creator Interviewed by Neal deGrasse Tyson
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Entrepreneur Shares Business Success Stories with Students
UM School of Business Administration alumnus Bill VanSickle built three highly successful companies from scratch. He shared his secrets as part of the Gilkey Executive Lecture Series.
Medieval Art Scholar Reveals ‘Dance of Death’ Murals
UM English Professor Ashby Kinch, a scholar of late medieval literature and art, discusses how death was once much more active in daily lives and reflected in
Feist Family Foundation makes $2 million gift to Grizzly Athletics
The Missoula-based Feist Family Foundation has committed a $2 million donation to the UM athletic department. The gift benefits athletic facility improvements, student-athlete support, men's...
Squash Spikers: History and How-to of the Main Hall Pumpkin Prank
Halloween at UM wouldn’t be complete without the spiked pumpkin atop Main Hall. The pumpkin returned early this month, much the same as it has for decades. A secretive group within the local rock...
UM Entrepreneurs Participate in National Training Camp
Two UM Blackstone LaunchPad entrepreneurs, along with other top college entrepreneurs from around the world, visited New York City for the Blackstone LaunchPad Techstars Training Camp on Oct....
Professor’s 'Rainy Lake House' a Remarkable Work of Frontier Nonfiction
Theodore “Ted” Catton, an associate research professor of history at UM, captures the frontier-era clash of Euro-centric white cultures struggling for control over a Western vast landscape...
UM Research Earns Top Ranking for Productivity, Impact, Excellence
The research coming out of UM is among the top in the nation and world, according to recent rankings by the National Taiwan University. Of the more than 4,000 research institutions worldwide, NTU...
UM Websites, Web Managers Earn Pinecone Awards
The votes are tallied and the winners selected in UM’s annual Pinecone Awards contest, which invites web users to select the University’s best websites. UM’s Information Technology started the...
Researcher Awarded National Science Foundation Fellowship
Researchers have an astonishing amount of data about the Middle Platte River watershed in Nebraska. Now Brian Chaffin, assistant professor of water policy at UM, will use a $214,000 National...
Davidson Honors College Provides Home Dinners for New Students
Many students miss the comfort food of home once they arrive at college, but first-year students in UM’s Davidson Honors College receive a remedy for that – home-cooked meals provided by the DHC...
UM Scholar of Outdoor Gear Goes Back to Nature, Via the Mall
Every list of what a camper, hiker or hunter needs implies that preparation for the outdoors is in great part a matter of buying the right things. Rachel Gross, a postdoctoral fellow at UM’s...
Get This Job: Bear Biologist
What does it take to research one of nature's most powerful creatures for a living? An education at the University of Montana and the tenacity of a mama grizzly, according to Backpacker magazine.
UM Lands $1.8M Grant to Enhance Behavioral Health Services
A team of collaborators from UM and Montana State University recently were awarded a $1.8 million grant to enhance the ability of agencies throughout western Montana to meet the behavioral health...
UM's New Washington-Grizzly Champions Center Opens
Learn more about UM's new state-of-the-art training facility at http://bit.ly/2ysL8CO.
$10 Million Gift to Expand College of Education and Human Sciences
Building a better education for Montana: That’s one of the primary goals of the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation. Now, it has made another transformative gift to propel high-quality...
Microsoft President Brad Smith Addresses Business, Law Students
UM students connected with the leader of one of the world’s top companies during a Q&A session with Microsoft President Brad Smith on Oct. 9. During the event, which was organized by UM’s School...
UM’s Tyler Turco the Top College Saddle Bronc Rider in Nation
UM rodeo team member Tyler Turco reached the middle of the season riding high. When the Big Sky region’s five-rodeo fall series wrapped up at the end of last month, Turco — who won every saddle...
From Oxford to UM, Old Pals Nurture Missoula’s Startup Scene
When Paul Gladen and David Firth lived half a world away, the two students at Oxford University became fast friends. They hung out on campus, shared a house through college, and landed jobs at...
UM Drama Builds its Own Globe Theatre for 'As You Like It'
The interior of the Masquer Theatre will feel more like Shakespeare's Globe for his comedy, "As You Like It." For the first show in UM’s School of Theatre and Dance season, the crews have built a...
2017 Best of UM: Inaugural Awards
The results from the first-ever Best of UM competition are in. See the complete list of winners here.
UM Names Five Recipients of 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award
Five exemplary UM graduates will receive 2017 Distinguished Alumni Awards during Homecoming weekend festivities on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 13-14. The awards are the highest honor presented by...
UM Hires Bodnar as 18th President
Montana University System leaders announced today that Seth Bodnar has accepted the offer to be the next president of the University of Montana. Subject to Board of Regents approval in November,...
Honor the Past, Shape the Future at UM Homecoming Oct. 8-14
The UM Alumni Association invites alumni and the Missoula community to celebrate Homecoming 2017, Sunday through Saturday, Oct. 8-14. This year’s theme, “Reflections: Honoring the Past, Shaping...
Researcher Lands $1.8M Grant to Study Intracellular Bacteria that Infect Most Insects
A new UM faculty member, Brandon Cooper, recently was awarded a five-year, $1.8 million Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health to study how specific intracellular...
UM Dining Lands on Bon Appetit’s List of ‘7 Healthiest College Dining Halls’
College is the time for late-night study-break burgers with your suitemates, loaded deli sandwiches, and endless french fries. But, these days, universities are implementing everything from...
Life-changing Trip Comes Together for Sprunk’s Pen Pals
What started with a simple pen pal exchange with a group of kids in California has blossomed into the trip of a lifetime that could inspire a new generation of college-bound students. This coming...
Doctoral Student Earns Two Fellowships to Conduct Research in France
UM chemistry graduate student Asia Riel has received a STEM Chateaubriand Fellowship. The Fellowship, offered by the Embassy of France in the United States, allows doctoral students from the U.S....
Two UM Researchers Receive National Science Foundation Fellowships
Two UM researchers on the frontiers of science and engineering are among 30 faculty members nationwide recently selected as recipients of the National Science Foundation Fellowship. Brian Chaffin,...
UM’s MPA Program Ranked Among Top Affordable Online Programs
UM’s Master of Public Administration program was once again lauded as a top online program nationwide. AffordableColleges.com ranked UM’s MPA program No. 18 out of 50 in a review of schools across...
Montana Repertory Theatre Director to Retire After 29 Years
Greg Johnson will retire this spring after 29 years as artistic director of the Montana Repertory Theatre. "It's been an incredible run for me personally and professionally, to have been in this...
New Assessment Reveals Future Climate Change Impacts
Montana has already felt the effects of a changing climate and will continue to feel further impacts in the coming decades, according to a new scientific assessment that looks at past climate...
Sunrise Ceremony Begins American Indian Heritage Week at UM
When the light was still dim Monday morning, coffee-holding people came together outside of the Payne Family Native American Center to greet the sun and kick off a week of activities celebrating...
UM Listed Among Nation’s Top 150 Public Universities
UM ranks among the top 150 public universities in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report. In U.S. News’ “Best Colleges 2018” guidebook, UM tied for 113th place in the top national...
Professor Reflects on Spacecraft Cassini as Mission Ends
After 13 years of zooming around Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has just days left before the probe is lost forever. The BBC interviews UM Professor Dan Reisenfeld who has worked on Cassini...
Professor Earns National Excellence in Fisheries Education Award
The American Fisheries Society recently recognized a UM professor with one if its top national awards. UM wildlife biology Professor Lisa Eby was awarded the society’s Excellence in Fisheries...
Griz Players Pay Special Visit to 3-year-old Fan at Seattle Children's Hospital
When the Griz football team landed in Seattle last week, a handful of players and coaches headed straight to Seattle Children’s Hospital to visit young Griz fan Troy Ross, who recently experienced...
UM Study: Warming Temps Prompt Kodiak Bears to Abandon Salmon for Berries
When Will Deacy left Missoula for Alaska’s Kodiak Island in 2014, the doctoral candidate at UM was in for a surprise. Deacy had traveled north to study the island’s unique subspecies of grizzly...
Montana Research Group Harvests Stellar Eclipse Data
When the nation paused Aug. 21 to observe the spectacle of a total solar eclipse turning day to night across the middle of the country, research teams from Montana were busy gathering some of the...
Four Finalists for UM Presidency to Visit Campus
The search for UM’s next president has narrowed to four finalists who will visit the campus later this month. “The search committee is excited to bring these finalists to campus,” said Clay...
Sprunk’s Story Inspires Kiwanis to Connect Kids with the Griz
Montana offensive lineman Cooper Sprunk has a unique pen-pal friendship with a class of California third-graders. Now, Sentinel Kiwanis is attempting to send those students to the Sept. 30 Griz...
