Highlights from 2013
Franke Wilmer, political science, provides comments about possible female candidates for the senate seat currently held by Max Baucus. Baucus has announced that he will retire at the end of his current term. Great Falls Tribune (5/3/13), Helena Independent Record (5/3/13)
David Parker, political science, has been widely quoted regarding the recent annoucement that Max Baucus, US senator from Montana, will retire after his current term is over. Parker believes that former Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer would be a shoo-in for the Democratic nomination should he decide to run. USA Today (4/23/13), Washington Post (4/24/13), Ravalli Republic (4/23/13), USA Today (4/24/13), Great Falls Tribune (4/27/13), Helena Independent Record (4/25/13)
Articles around a research project by David Varricchio, paleontology, examining a small, bird-like North American dinosaur that incubated its eggs in a similar way to brooding birds, bolstering the evolutionary link between birds and dinosaurs. The results of the study were published in the journal Paleobiology. Phys Org (4/18/13), EarthSky (4/19/13), Business Standard (4/19/13), International Business Times (4/21/13), Voice of America (4/22/13), Sci-News.com (4/25/13)
Two nice articles about Wayne Stein, a professor of Native American studies, who recently retired. Stein came to MSU in 1989 and was a professor and department head in NAS. Bozeman Daily Chronicle (4/11/13), Indian Country (4/11/13)
John Miller, cell biology and neuroscience, is mentionned in this article about a research project by Emma and Elizabeth Carlson. Dr. Miller has mentored the sisters throught he Montana Bioscience program, which includes three three-month modules that partner science professors and grad students with kids from around the state as they work on various research projects. Helena Independent Record (4/3/13)
Laura Burkle, assistant professor in the Department of Ecology, had a paper published in the journal Science that received a lot of media attention. Burkle and her co-authors compared the bees and flowering plants that existed in 2009 and 2010 with those that existed in the late 1800s and early 1900s around Carlinville, Ill. They discovered that the area has lost many species of bees and flowering plants over the past 120 years. MSU News (2/28/13), NPR (3/1/13), Mother Jones (3/5/13) and NBC News (2/28/13)
Article about English instructor Jill Davis' "Tuesdays with Morrie" project. For 10 weeks of Davis’ College Writing II class, 10 students met with 10 seniors from Bozeman Lodge, an assisted-living home. Students visited seniors once a week and interviewed them about their life. At the end of the semester, the students woite a paper and presented it to their senior partner. Bozeman Daily Chronicle (1/15/13), Gillette News Record (1/5/13)
