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Montana NSF EPSCoR's first year in a newsletter. Montana NSF EPSCoR — August 2008 |
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Wheel of Future: Camp Kids Fix Tires, Rebuild Bikes It took an 8-year-old Jon Thomas a year and a half to rebuild the bicycle he took apart at age 7, but the process kindled in him a passion for hangers, handlebars and hubs that fuels his career today. Now a full-time mechanic at the Bicycle Hangar and part-time educator at spectrUM, Thomas is trying to impart his love of cycle science to kids through spectrUM's weeklong summer day camp, Wonder Wheels: The Science of Cycling. Missoulian Article — Posted July 17, 2008 |
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Montana Apprenticeship Program MAP is a six-week camp designed to Native American high school student what it is like to work in science and math at a university level. MSU NSF EPSCoR — June 2008 |
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11th Annual State of Montana Conference The 11th Annual State of Montana NSF EPSCoR Conference was held May 5-6, 2008 in Billings, MT. Bill Woessner_Large River Ecosystems Chief Dull Knife_Bob Madsen_Rich Stiff_Brian Stiff Denise Barnes_Montana EPSCoR Annual Meeting Fort Peck_Monitoring Brine Water Seepage in the Poplar River Michael Ceballos_Native American Research Labs Ric Hauer_Critical Linkages in our Waterscapes Rich Moy_Past, Present and Futrue Challenges Montana NSF EPSCoR — May 2008 |
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Students converge on UM campus to show off projects. Missoulian Article — Posted April 8, 2008 |
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UM NSF EPSCoR Director Changes Professor Ric Hauer takes the reins for The University of Montana NSF EPSCoR program from long-time director, Professor Chuck Thompson. UM NSF EPSCoR — February 2008 |
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Yellowstone National Park Conference Montana NSF EPSCoR along with the Thermal Biology Institute co-sponsored the Research Coordination Network Conference held in Yellowstone National Park MSU NSF EPSCoR — February 2008 |
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UM NSF EPSCoR Lead Receives Award Regents Professor of Geosciences William Woessner is the 2008 recipient of the John Hem Award for Excellence in Science and Engineering, presented to only one person nationally each year by the Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers Division of the National Ground Water Association. The award recognizes "a significant, recent scientific or engineering contribution to the understanding of ground water." UM News Service Article — February 2008 |
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UM Lands Two Prestigious Awards for Early-Career Scientists Professors Creagh Breuner and Vanessa Ezenwa, both Montana NSF EPSCoR recipients, are awarded National Science Foundation Career Awards. UM News Service Article —- December 20, 2007 |
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UM Grads Present Toxic Mold and Wood Foundations Study Suta Calling Last Arrowtop and Lindsay Cumming, Dr. Robin Saha's (Envorinment Studies), two graduate students presented their data, "the federal government has not established exposure guidelines for "mycotoxins," the sort of poisons emitted by mold. Glacier Reporter —- December 2007 |
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Ray Friesenhahn Receives National Award Ray Friesenhahn of Bozeman won a 2007 National Tibbetts Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Small Business Innovation Research. MSU News Service Article — Released November 19, 2007 |
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UM Faculty Members Enjoying Fulbright Scholarships Dr. Elizabeth Crone, a 2001-2004 Montana NSF EPSCoR new faculty hire, recently received a Fulbright Scholarship at the University of Helsinki in Finland. UM News Service Article Released — November 16, 2007 |
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Traveling Viruses Living in Yellowstone's Hot Springs Research funded by Montana NSF EPSCoR and performed by Project Director Mark Young gets national science notoriety. NSF Press Release — Released November 16, 2007 |
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UM Establishes Native American Research Laboratories Michael Ceballos hired to build new research laboratories dedicated to training Native American students. UM News Service Article — Released October 22, 2007 |
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Montana NSF EPSCoR Project Directors, Mark Young and Chuck Thompson "officially" pass the 2007-2010 RII responsibility torch. Special Report — Posted October 2007 |
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The spectrUM Discovery Area holds its' GRAND OPENING Special Report — Posted October 2007 |
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A two-day workshop including presentations on the programs from the major NSF directorates and opportunities for informal conversations with NSF program managers. Posted September 2007 |
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The Center for Riverine Science and Stream Renaturalization is hosting their Fifth Annual River Center Meeting at The University of Montana. Posted September 2007 |
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Summer Lab Rats: High School Students Experience Active Chemistry Work Over Summer Missoula high school spend summer as lab assistants at the UM Chemistry Department working with EPSCoR-supported faculty. Missoulian Article — Posted August 16, 2007 |
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The first photosynthesizing extremophile bacterium from the Acidobacteria phylum has been discovered in Yellowstone Park due to research conducted, in part, at the MSU Thermal Biology Institute. NSF Press Release — Released July 26, 2007 |
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The Secret to Successful Undergraduate Research UM-Missoula undergraduate researcher Ashley Warren credits her faculty mentor for her recent award; Ashley has won a summer scholarship to perform research at MSU-Bozeman. Special Report — Released May 16, 2007 |
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Eleventh Annual Montana Tech Undergraduate Research Fair Sixty-three Montana Tech undergraduates present their research to their peers, faculty and the public at this day-long expo of undergraduate research. MT Tech-Butte Press Release — Released April 25, 2007 |
NSF Special Report: Extreme Microbes They're called extremophiles and they live in hellish places once thought uninhabitable. Now, they’re revealing their secrets to science… NSF Special Report — Released April 24, 2007 |
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Undergraduate Researcher at MSU Receives Goldwater Scholarship An MSU chemistry major, supported by Montana NSF EPSCoR, Luke Oltrogge of Absarokee, wins not only the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship but other scholarships and honors as well. MSU News Service Article — Released March 28, 2007 |
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Undergraduate Researcher at Montana Tech Receives Goldwater Scholarship Math major Chris Dienes has become one of six Montana NSF EPSCoR undergraduate researchers to win the Goldwater Scholarship. Montana Tech-Butte Press Release — Released March 28, 2007 |
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