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In the new internship program offered through the Thermal Biology Institute (TBI), students work on campus directly with MSU faculty members, then complete an internship with industry research partners. The four students selected, and the locations of their summer internships, are Conner Bailey (Pacific Northwest National Labs), Evangaline Koonce (National Renewable Energy Lab), Daniel McDonald (Lucigen Corporation), and Laura Whitmore (Pacific Northwest National Labs).

The C2 project provided the groundwork for a recently awarded a grant of nearly half a million dollars through the National Science Foundation to support a project which will improve the University of Montana?s cyberinfrastructure. The two-year Campus Cyberinfrastructure-Network Infrastructure and Engineering Program (CC-NIE) project is under the guidance of Drs. Loey Knapp, Jeffrey Good, Anna Klene, John McCutcheon, and Rebecca Bendick.

In Spring 2012, a team of world-class climbers will attempt to summit Mount Everest. Team member Dr. Dave Lageson, a Montana State University professor of geology, plans a rigorous scientific component to complement the expedition's climbing goals. The team is partnering with Montana NSF EPSCoR to produce an education and public outreach program that reaches schools and citizens throughout Montana and beyond. The focus of this outreach is the science of Everest, particularly glaciology, geology, weather, climate change, and high-altitude physiology.