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Montana State University Bobcat Bulletin

Montana State University Bobcat Bulletin

Friday, Oct. 18, 2013

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Montana State University Bobcat Bulletin

MSU student hopes NASA will heed call for manned mission to Saturn moon
When Montana State University engineering student Andrew Crawford says he would like to take the world along on a voyage to land human beings on the ice-encrusted Saturn moon Enceladus, he’s not kidding. Read more...

MSU receives $500,000 to look for new genes for resistance to wheat stem sawflies
Scientists discovered some 70 years ago that they could fight wheat steam sawfly by growing a new type of wheat. The wheat had a solid steam instead of a hollow one, making it harder for females to lay eggs and leaving less room for larvae to grow. Read more...

MSU student wins international speaking honor, American Heart Association fellowship
Montana State University doctoral student Oliwia Zurek gave a talk that turned heads during the International Conference on Gram-Positive Microorganisms, held this summer in Italy. The talk also earned her one of two Young Scientist Awards for outstanding scientific presentation. Read more...

Utah Repertory Dance Theatre presents free movement workshop at MSU on Oct. 21
The Utah Repertory Dance Theatre, one of the country's top modern dance repertory companies, will offer a free movement workshop from 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, in Ballroom B of the Strand Union Building at Montana State University. Read more...

Engineers Without Borders Jubilee and Auction set for Oct. 26
Engineers Without Borders at Montana State University, a student-run organization that provides clean water to schools in Kenya, will hold its sixth annual Clean Water for Kenya Jubilee and Auction on Friday, Oct. 26, at the Best Western Grantree in Bozeman. Read more...

Kids, families invited to Frankenscience Oct. 27 at MSU
Children and their families are invited to attend "Frankenscienec," a Halloween-inspired event that will include scientific demonstrations of exploding pumpkins, liquid nitrogen ice cream, morphing orange juice and much more. Read more...

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This Week at MSU

Friday, Oct. 18

MSU Friday

8am-5pm

MMEA All State Concert

7:30pm

Saturday, Oct. 19

Family Grossology Halloween Party

2-5pm

Sunday, Oct. 20

El Cine Cubano Film Series

3-5pm

Monday, Oct. 21

Utah Repertory Dance Theatre Movement Workshop

5:30pm

Thursday, Oct. 24

Lecture: "Lessons Learned on Expert Entrepreneurship from the View of Successful Venture Investing"

7pm

Friday, Oct. 25

Agricultural Economics Outlook Conference

9:30am-4:30pm

Saturday, Oct. 26

Run for the Roses

8am

Bobcat Football vs. UC DAvis

2:05pm

EWB Jubilee and Auction

5pm