Five MSU Presidential Scholars Selected as Research Interns
The VP Research Office has selected five new Presidential Scholars, Elizabeth Flesch, Samantha Forsythe, Hanna Gertiser, Erin Gunnink, and Morgan Mends, as interns for the program "Undergraduate Research Internships for Enhancing Diversity in Science and Engineering". This program is part of a campus-wide effort to enhance diversity in the science fields and increase the number of women majoring in science and engineering, and to increase the opportunities for women to be involved in undergraduate research at MSU. (9/08) More
MSU librarian receives Fulbright to help set up new national library in Bahrain
Elaine Peterson, an associate professor and information systems specialist at Montana State University's Renne Library, has won a Fulbright Senior Specialists project award to travel to Bahrain.
While there, Peterson will help develop a new national library located in Riffa, just south of Bahrain's capital city of Manama.
Peterson will be the first of four American Fulbright award-winners to assist with the set-up of the new library.
"My primary role will be to consult and advise on the organization of their information," she said, adding that she expects to address both physical and electronic materials. The library is just one part of the Issa Royal Cultural Center, a multi-purpose building housing the national library, a conference center and museum.
Peterson will be in Bahrain for just more than a month; she plans to depart for Bahrain July 10 and return to Bozeman Aug. 20. more AND story following visit
Linda Hyman - Piloting Montana's medical future
As MSU's Vice Provost for the Division of Health Sciences, and the head of the Montana WWAMI Medical Education Program, Linda Hyman directs students at MSU during their medical school careers. The WWAMI program is a cooperative program of the University of Washington School of Medicine and the states of Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho, which lack stand-alone medical schools. Montana's WWAMI medical students spend their first year on the MSU campus before continuing at the University of Washington. Just as the students' route to medical school sometimes has challenges, Hyman's career and arrival at MSU in 2004 has not followed a predictable path. More
NSF ADVANCEnetwork Workshop “Science and Place” - May 4-5, 2008
We are pleased to announce our second ADVANCEnetwork workshop to be held on May 4-5 at the Gallatin Gateway Inn. At this workshop entitled “Science and Place”, we hope to establish opportunities for attendees to hear interesting talks and engage in good conversation in order to create a context where faculty can build collegial relationships and mentoring networks. Keynote speakers are: Suzanne Lewis, Superintendent, Yellowstone National Park, and Debra Friedman, Dean, College of Public Programs, Arizona State University. Panel discussions: 1) Research in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and 2) Health Care Research in Montana. Interactive sessions: 1) MSU as (Institutional) Place and (Social) Space and 2) Meet your colleagues (60-second introductions). RSVPs are required by Friday, April 18 to athurlow@montana.edu or 994-6240. For more information, please contact Sue Monahan, smonahan@montana.edu, 994-5248, or see http://www.montana.edu/wrt/advance.html
ADVANCE PIs are Anne Camper, Susan Capalbo, Linda Hyman, Gwen Jacobs, Sue Monahan, and Cathy Whitlock. The ADVANCEnetwork is a grant from the National Science Foundation to the VP Research Office entitled "Big Sky Leadership Initiative to ADVANCE Women Into Careers in Research Leadership".
Susan Capalbo wins 2007-2008 Marie Tharp Fellowship
The Earth Institute at Columbia University is pleased to announce the 2007-2008 Marie Tharp Fellows — four women who are making noteworthy contributions to the study of the natural world. Among this year's Fellows is Susan Capalbo, Director of the Big Sky Regional Partnership and Professor of Agricultural Economics. Each of the Marie Tharp Fellows will spend three months working at the Earth Institute and will receive $30,000 to support their project. The Marie Tharp Fellowship is funded by the Earth Institute ADVANCE Program, a program funded by the National Science Foundation. Capalbo will be working with the Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy to systematically address potential regulatory and economic roadblocks for the early commercialization of carbon capture and storage technologies. She has been involved in the economics of climate change, carbon sequestration, and integrated policy analysis for the past ten years. She has been the Director of the Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership since its inception in 2003, and works closely with the Montana Governor’s Office as a member of his Science Advisory Panel. She received her Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the University of California-Davis.
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MSU receives $6.5 million grant for health research partnerships with Montana tribes
Linda Hyman, Director of Health Sciences at Montana State University, has received a $6.5 million grant to develop partnerships that will address health disparities in Montana's Indian communities. The National Institutes of Health has awarded the five-year grant to fund the Center for Native Health Partnerships at MSU. The funds will allow partnerships to be developed between Native American communities and researchers. The center's pilot projects will include research into men's health disparities on the Crow reservation, water and food contamination on the Crow and Ft. Belknap Reservations, indoor environmental asthma risk factors for children on the Blackfeet Reservation, and prevention of Type II diabetes among Crow and Blackfeet women diagnosed with gestational diabetes. The center will also support an established partnership between members of the Crow tribe and MSU microbiologist Tim Ford focusing on cancer risks associated with contaminated water and food. "The Center's goal is to decrease health disparities of Native Americans in Montana through research partnerships," said Linda Hyman, MSU's vice-provost for the Division of Health Sciences and principal investigator of the new NIH grant. (11/07) More
Thorngren and Rossmann complete higher education administration institute
Jill Thorngren, associate dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Development at Montana State University, and Doralyn Rossmann, assistant director for systems at Montana State University Libraries have completed a Bryn Mawr Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration. The institute is sponsored jointly by Bryn Mawr College and Higher Education Resource Services, an educational non-profit based at the University of Denver and is held on the Bryn Mawr College campus. The 70 selected participants were from 30 states, Guam and South Africa. Participants in the program gain knowledge, skills and perspectives for leading in the challenging environment of higher education. The curriculum includes analysis of political and economic trends affecting higher education, skills in managing change projects and conflict resolution, as well as strategic planning for academic excellence and effective resource management. During the institute, each participant was asked to design a localized leadership project that could be implemented at the home institute. Thorngren worked on a project targeted at increasing student retention and success at MSU. (11/07)
Three MSU Presidential Scholars Selected as Research Interns
The VP Research Office has selected three new Presidential Scholars, Jane Johnson, Tiphani Lynn, and Jacquelyn Sweiger, as interns for the program "Undergraduate Research Internships for Enhancing Diversity in Science and Engineering". This program is part of a campus-wide effort to enhance diversity in the science fields and increase the number of women majoring in science and engineering, and to increase the opportunities for women to be involved in undergraduate research at MSU. (10/07) More
Conover named Associate Commissioner of Higher Education
Cathy Conover, Montana State University's chief spokesperson and lobbyist, has been chosen as Montana Associate Commissioner of Higher Education for six months beginning December 1st. Sheila Stearns, Montana Commissioner of Higher Education. Conover replaces Dave Gibson, who is resigning his post as associate commissioner of technology, research and communications to become the Montana president of Qwest. (10/06) More
Myers reaches for common humanities in medicine
Interaction between doctor and patient has been the grist of literature for centuries. Recently, however, the doctor/patient relationship has become the primary focus of medical humanities, an interdisciplinary melding of science and art, according to Kimberly Myers, an English professor at Montana State University. Myers studies, teaches and writes about medical humanities in addition to her work in English and Irish literature. More
Equal pay laws first drop women's employment, then increase earnings
Research shows that equal-pay laws increase women's pay, but only after six years. Wendy Stock of Montana State University and David Neumark of the University of California at Irvine used census income and employment data to determine whether race and sex discrimination laws improved the employment and incomes of women and blacks compared to white males. More
Professor's film selected for Sundance Film Festival
MSU film professor Cindy Stillwell's "High Plains Winter" has been selected for the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. It is the first time an MSU-affiliated film has made it into the prestigious film festival to be held in January in Park City, Utah. It will also screen at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam at the end of January. More
MSU receives grant to quantify benefits of increased diversity in SET fields
Susan Capalbo and Anne Camper, MSU, and Nicole Ballenger, U of Wyoming, have received an exploratory grant from the National Science Foundation entitled "Investing in People: Valuing a More Diverse Engineering Workforce." Evidence is mounting that the science and engineering departments with strong records of graduating diverse undergraduate populations exist within universities that are committed to improving the cultural climate for women and have gender-focused initiatives. More
Mary Murphy named to Malone Professorship
Mary Murphy, Montana historian and author of "Hope in Hard Times," is MSU's new Michael P. Malone Professor in History. Murphy was chosen for her nationally-acclaimed research on western American history and for her distinguished record as a teacher and mentor. Her appointment runs three years.
The Malone Professorship honors the late Michael P. Malone who was a history professor and MSU president before his 1999 death. More
MSU Presidential Scholar Katie Baldwin Selected as Research Intern
The VP Research Office has selected a new Presidential Scholar, Katie Baldwin, as an intern for the program "Undergraduate Research Internships for Enhancing Diversity in Science and Engineering".
This program is part of a campus-wide effort to enhance diversity in the science fields and increase the number of women majoring in science and engineering, and to increase the opportunities for women to be involved in undergraduate research at MSU. More
MSU economist Capalbo awarded $17.9 million grant from DOE
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced funding to a multi-state partnership headed by Montana State University to further develop ways of capturing and storing greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide, in underground geological formations, cropland and forestland. MSU economist Susan Capalbo is director of the Big Sky Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership, which includes scientists from Wyoming, South Dakota, Idaho, Oregon and Washington, tribal nations and international collaborators. More
Statewide Networking Symposium for Undergraduate Researchers and Mentors held at MSU
On May 22-24, 2005, Montana State University’s Women in Science and Engineering (WISE!) group hosted a statewide Networking Symposium for Undergraduate Researchers and Mentors. Approximately 75 attendees – undergraduate students involved in research and their faculty mentors – descended on the campus from all over Montana. Represented campuses included MSU Northern, UM-Western, Montana Tech, the Montana Tribal Colleges, and private institutions such as University of Great Falls. The symposium offered a number of activities to provide positive role models and support to students considering research careers. More
Wilmer looks at human rights from yet another angle
When Franke Wilmer, Montana State University political science professor and head of her department, tells her students that public service is an honor, they know that she is someone who practices what she preaches. Gov. Brian Schweitzer recently appointed the MSU human rights activist as the head of the Montana Human Rights Commission, which meant that while colleagues were basking on the beaches in southern climes, Wilmer spent her spring break pouring over paper boxes crammed full with notebooks containing case appeals and listening to testimony. More
Two more MSU Presidential Scholars Selected as Research Interns
The VP Research Office has selected two new Presidential Scholars, Dana Kreitel and Katie Stahley, as interns for the program "Undergraduate Research Internships for Enhancing Diversity in Science and Engineering". This program is part of a campus-wide effort to enhance diversity in the science fields and increase the number of women majoring in science and engineering, and to increase the opportunities for women to be involved in undergraduate research at MSU. It is designed to provide highly qualified undergraduate students with exposure to research in the sciences and engineering fields, and to gain some first-hand experience working with faculty and graduate students in many of the research labs or centers on campus. More
University of Montana Project PACE
The University of Montana’s Partnership for Comprehensive Equity (PACE) opened shop in September, 2003, with an Institutional Transformation grant from the NSF ADVANCE Program. The ADVANCE program, with its goal of increasing “the representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers”, began in response to growing awareness in the scientific community of the disproportionate representation of talented women scientists at different levels of the academic hierarchy. More
Nichols named MSU College of Nursing dean
Montana State University has chosen Elizabeth Nichols, dean of the University of North Dakota College of Nursing, to be the next dean of MSU's College of Nursing. More
New director named for MSU's Animal Resources Center
Chris O'Rourke, a veterinarian for the laboratory animals at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is the new director of the Animal Resources Center at Montana State University. More
Sarah Codd and Linda Young receive NSF ADVANCE awards
Sarah Codd, Chemical Engineering, and Linda Young, Agricultural Economics and Economics, have received awards from NSF's ADVANCE program. This program is designed to increase participation of women in science and engineering by assisting them in developing competitive and sustainable research programs. More
Two MSU Presidential Scholars Selected as Research
Interns
The VP Research Office has selected two interns for
a new program "Undergraduate Research Internships
for Enhancing Diversity in Science and Engineering".
This is part of a campus-wide effort to enhance diversity
in the science fields and increase the number of women
majoring in science and engineering, and to increase
the opportunities for women to be involved in undergraduate
research at MSU. More
Steen named Dean of MSU College of Letters and Science
Sara Jayne Steen, a Renaissance scholar and former chair of Montana State University's Department of English, has been named dean of MSU's College of Letters and Science, the university's largest college. More
MSU faculty honored for teaching, research achievements
Three women faculty and researchers are among the winners of the top Montana State University 2003 faculty awards announced at the University Honors Banquet May 9. Gwen Jacobs, Cell Biology and Neuroscience, was awarded a Cox Award, Susan Dana, College of Business, received the President's Distinguished Teacher Award, and Joan Henson received the Betty Coffey Award. More
Young recognized with national award for mentoring work at MSU
Sara Young, the driving force for programs that engage American Indian students in research at Montana State University, was one of 10 individuals to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) this year. Young received the award April 18 at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. More
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