UM Students did their version of the Harlem Shake

GREAT FALLS – Several Montana ranches, farms, and families were featured in a Dodge Ram commercial called “So God made a farmer” during this year’s Super Bowl. The ad features a voice-over of radio legend Paul Harvey delivering a stirring portrait of farm and ranch life; he initially delivered the speech during a 1978 Future [...]

Montana Snowbowl sits 14 miles from The University of Montana Campus allowing students to attend class and shred some POW, all in the same day!

Thousands of students walk in its shadows, passing from history to math to science. They scurry below like ants or, I imagine, mice in some grand experiment. Caught in the rigors of academic study, they hardly turn an eye toward the belfry – toward the sky – to consider the din cleaving the wintry air, [...]

The University of Montana’s natural history museum in Missoula is the “largest zoological museum in Montana and one of the major zoological collections of the Northern Rocky Mountains,” according to its website. Its collections hold 14,500 mammalian specimens, 7,000 birds, 3,200 fish, and 320 reptiles and amphibians. However, it’s different than the typical ideal of a natural history [...]

“griz bitz” is a web series for The University of Montana, filmed with GoPro cameras, documenting the many different aspects of UM, Missoula and Campus Life as we know it. This episode features our UM Dining services and their Rock & Roll Diner Omelet Bar. The above video is an approximate 20 minute time lapse [...]

Biomimicry–a tool for creativity and innovation–has the potential to transform business practices to be in harmony with nature.  Professor Jakki Mohr, Regents Professor of the University of Montana, provides many examples of how biomimicry is used to develop technological innovations, including:  Qualcomm’s mirasol display technology, creating vibrant color based on the butterfly wing; Swedish Biomimetics [...]

The University of Montana is very proud of Miss Montana Alexis Wineman and we wish her the very best along her Miss America journey. We encourage you to read the article from the Today show and watch her video. There are girls who spend their lives living out an episode of “Toddlers and Tiaras.” And [...]

Sixteen students from the University of Montana will be in Vietnam from December 27, 2012 – January 19, 2013 for a study abroad field course focused on climate change impacts and adaptation.  It’s the only program of its kind in the U.S, developed through a partnership between The University of Montana’s Mansfield Center and Can Tho University, an [...]

Are you interested in Wildlife Biology? You should check out the videos they upload to their Youtube channel. Here is a great example University of Montana Wildlife Biology Professor Dr. Erick Greene discusses his research and the Program. This film was premiered at the Wildlife Biology Program 75th Anniversary celebration at the University of Montana. [...]