Mark Young named Fellow in American Academy of Microbiology
May 6, 2013 -- MSU News Service
MSU microbiologist Mark Young has been named a Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology.
Photo: Mark Young will be recognized May 21 as a new Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology. (MSU file photo).
MSU microbiologist earns doctorate studying microbes of Yellowstone and Hanford, Wash.
May 3, 2013 -- By Sepp Jannotta, MSU News Service
Kara De Leon, who graduates from Montana State University on Saturday with a doctorate in microbiology, conducted research that put her on the front lines of a push to understand and harness the microorganisms known to researchers as biofilm.
Photo: Microbiology doctoral student Kara De Leon, who graduates from Montana State University on Saturday, prepares a soil sample for transport in the laboratory of associate professor Matthew Fields. (MSU photo by Kelly Gorham).
MSU finishes strong year of scholarship wins with Rhodes, Udall, Goldwaters, Marshall and more
May 2, 2013 -- MSU News Service
After a year during which a stunning number of MSU students won major national scholarships and fellowships, the university learned this week it is once again the school of choice for many of the state's best and brightest students.
Photo: Twenty-five MSU students were honored recently for being named winners and finalists of major national scholarships and fellowships. Included in the group were four Goldwater scholars, as well as Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright and Udall scholars. The honored students are pictured here with MSU President Waded Cruzado, MSU Provost Martha Potvin and Ilse-Mari Lee, director of the University Honors Program. MSU photo by Kelly Gorham.
Strong ties between fly fishers lead to MSU, Belize collaboration
April 29, 2013 -- By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service
Strong connections between fly fishers in southwest Montana and Central America have led to new research at Montana State University. The project is focused on conch that live in the Caribbean Sea.
Photo: The conch industry in Belize supports about 2,800 fishermen. One of them is shown here placing a conch in his boat. (Photo courtesy of Alex Anderson).
Rocket science leads to major fellowship for MSU grad student
April 24, 2013 -- By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service
An MSU graduate student who studies the chemical reactions that occur when rockets return to Earth has won a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship.
Photo: MSU graduate student Vanessa Murray recently won a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, which gives her a $30,000 stipend for each of three years, up to $1,000 a year for medical insurance and pays her MSU tuition for three years. (MSU photo by Sepp Jannotta).
MSU historian wins Guggenheim Fellowship to conduct global study on asbestos poisoning
April 12, 2013 -- By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service
Brett Walker, a Regents' Professor of History at MSU, has won a $48,000 Guggenheim Fellowship.
Photo: Brett Walker is one of 175 scholars, artists and scientists across the nation to win a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. (MSU photo by Kelly Gorham).
New book focuses on Yellowstone's changing ecology, management
March 19, 2013 -- MSU News Service
\"Yellowstone's Wildlife in Transition,\" a new book that focuses on the changing ecology and management approaches in Yellowstone National Park,\" involved several MSU faculty members and alumni.
Photo: More than 30 contributors, including several MSU faculty members and alumni, were involved in this new book about changes in Yellowstone National Park.
Biologists on skis seek wolverines in remote Mongolia
March 12, 2013 -- By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service
A team of wildlife biologists will soon ski 400 miles through northern Mongolia, searching for signs of wolverines in the rugged, frigid mountains of the Darhad region. Related lesson plans are available for teachers, and everyone can follow the expedition online.
Photo: MSU alumnus Gregg Treinish, shown here in the Andes, will soon search for wolverines in Mongolia. (Photo by Deia Schlosberg).
Peyton named Thermal Biology Institute director
March 4, 2013 -- MSU News Service
Montana State University's Thermal Biology Institute has a new director, Brent Peyton.
Photo: MSU professor Brent Peyton is now director of the Thermal Biology Institute. (MSU photo by Kelly Gorham).
MSU physicist honored for innovative research, passion for teaching
March 1, 2013 -- MSU News Service
Anton Vorontsov, an assistant professor at MSU, was named a 2013 Cottrell Scholar by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement.
More MSU satellites selected for launch under NASA program
March 1, 2013 -- By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service
Three more CubeSat satellites built by MSU students may be flying into space on NASA missions as auxiliary payloads.
Photo: MSU's student-built satellite, HRBE, has now orbited the Earth more than 7,200 times. (Illustration courtesy of MSU's Space Science and Engineering Laboratory).
Old records, new bees result in major paper for MSU ecologist
February 28, 2013 -- By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service
MSU ecologist Laura Burkle has published her findings about bees and flowering plants in the journal, Science.
Photo: Laura Burkle and her collaborators discovered, among other things, that the bee, Andrena nasonii, emerged before the majority of spring-blooming plants with which it historically interacted. (Photo courtesy of Laura Burkle).
MSU to celebrate Einstein with a big bang, April 2 to 6
February 20, 2013 -- By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service
Montana State University will celebrate Einstein with a free public celebration and international conference from April 2 to 6.
MSU graduate launches biofuels start-up, partners with university
February 15, 2013 -- Sepp Jannotta, MSU News Service
A Bozeman biofuels start-up is partnering with Montana State University in an effort to turn a fungus discovered in the highly acidic hot springs of Yellowstone National Park into sustainable energy.
Yellowstone atlas wins major award
February 12, 2013 -- MSU News Service
An atlas involving several MSU faculty members has won one of the five top awards given by the Association of American Publishers.
MSU-U.S. team reaches massive Antarctic lake in historic expedition
February 8, 2013 -- By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service
MSU faculty, staff and students who are part of a historic U.S. expedition in Antarctica have now reached and sampled a massive lake beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Photo: This is a view of the Antarctic borehole as viewed through a germicidal UV collar. The collar is used to prevent contamination of the subglacial environment and to recover clean samples for microbial analyses. The collar is about five feet across while the borehole is 20 inches in diameter and reaches down 2,625 feet below the surface. (Photo by Alberto Behar, JPL/ASU. Underwater camera funded by NSF and NASA).
Canfield wins major solar physics award
January 17, 2013 -- By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service
Richard Canfield, a solar physicist at Montana State University, has won the 2013 Hale Prize from the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society.
Photo: Richard Canfield has won the 2013 Hale Prize from the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society. (Photo by Deborah Haydon-Canfield).
Three MSU faculty members named Fellows for outstanding contributions in their fields
December 19, 2012 -- By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service
Three Montana State University faculty members who have made outstanding contributions in earth sciences, ecology and math were recently named Fellows of their professional organizations.
Photo: Cathy Whitlock, Duncan Patten and Marcy Barge were selected Fellows by professional organizations that recognized their outstanding contributions.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry moves up in national rankings
December 13, 2012 -- By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service
MSU's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has now surpassed Yale, Princeton and other top U.S. schools in terms of federal support for chemical research and development.
Strobel participates in international panel
December 11, 2012 -- MSU News Service
MSU professor Gary Strobel was one of 21 participants selected for an international panel that met Dec. 7 to 9 in Washington D.C.
