U of Montana News

 MISSOULA – The University of Montana Chamber Chorale has been honored by the American Choral Directors Association with an invitation to perform at the association’s 2016 northwest conference March 3-6 in Seattle.  It is UM’s first ACDA invitation and follows the choir’s recent invitational performance at the National Association for Music Education’s Northwest Conference in February, which also

MISSOULA – The University of Montana plans a three-day celebration to recognize American Indian heritage, Wednesday through Friday, Sept. 23-25. All events are free and open to the public, except lunch at the Food Zoo on Friday.             The schedule is: §  Wednesday, Sept...

MISSOULA – As part of a broad effort to study the environmental and societal effects of climate change, NASA has begun a multiyear field campaign to investigate ecological impacts of the rapidly changing climate in Alaska and northwestern Canada, such as the thawing of permafrost, wildfires and changes to wildlife habitats...

MISSOULA – The University of Montana Creative Writing Program will present author Rick DeMarinis, a 1967 UM alumnus, with its Lifetime Achievement Award during the Montana Book Festival, Sept. 9-12. The award will be presented at 11:30 a...

MISSOULA – Rock icon Neil Young will perform Thursday, Oct. 1, at the University of Montana’s Adams Center. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 24, at all GrizTix locations, by phone at 1-888-MONTANA and online HERE. The Missoula concert will kick off the second leg of Young and Promise of the Real’s Rebel Content Tour, which ranges from solo acoustic to full-band acoustic, and full-on rock

POLSON – James “Jim” Elser, an internationally renowned freshwater ecologist, will become the next director of the University of Montana’s century-old Flathead Lake Biological Station.             UM President Royce Engstrom announced July 29 that Elser had accepted the position...

MISSOULA – Two University of Montana researchers were among six final winners nationally to receive $500,000 from the Head Health Challenge I, an up-to-$10 million program sponsored by General Electric Co. and the National Football League...

MISSOULA – The University of Montana’s Wildlife Biology Program has named Chad Bishop as its new director. Bishop, who previously served as assistant director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, takes over from interim director Winsor Lowe on Aug...

MISSOULA – The University of Montana will host two dozen protected-area land managers from around through world Sunday, July 26, while they explore Western Montana as part of the 15th annual International Seminar on Protected Area Management...

MISSOULA – The Association of International Education Administrators recently selected University of Montana Associate Provost for Global Century Education Paulo Zagalo-Melo as one of its Presidential Fellows, a highly prestigious program of mentorship for new senior international officers...

MISSOULA – The University of Montana has 2,459 students who were degree candidates for spring semester 2015. The total includes 229 certificates, 278 associate degrees, four education specialists, 1,295 bachelor’s degrees, 358 master’s degrees, 74 juris doctor degrees and 108 doctoral degrees...

MISSOULA – At the University of Montana, 2,261 students made the spring semester 2015 Dean’s List. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must be undergraduates, earn a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher and receive grades of A or B in at least nine credits...