Kaimin is a Salish word that means “paper that brings news,” and since 1898 the Montana Kaimin newspaper has covered the University of Montana with an independent student voice. Now that 121 years of accumulated news coverage is available online in a searchable database, courtesy of UM’s Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library and its ScholarWorks service. “The Kaimin is a … [Read more...] about UM students, faculty, staff digitize Kaimin in searchable database

(KPAX) The University of Montana’s total enrollment is down again this year. It’s the eighth year in a row Montana has seen less students than the previous school year, thus causing less revenue, the streamlining of staff and the cutting of programs. However, school officials say there are some positives in the new data. UM is switching the way they report enrollment … [Read more...] about UM reports continued enrollment decline; fall count drops below 9,000

University of Montana environmental studies professor Neva Hassanein’s work reaches far beyond the classroom walls -- to the nation's farms and ranches -- helping to change the way Americans perceive, grow, harvest and process, package, transport, market, consume and dispose of their food. “Agriculture is central to all of our lives and to the health of the planet,” … [Read more...] about Changing American farms: UM prof a national leader in sustainable agriculture

The middle of the Earth’s oceans are filled with vast systems of rotating currents known as subtropical gyres. These regions occupy 40 percent of the Earth’s surface and have long been considered remarkably stable biological deserts, with little variation in chemical makeup or the nutrients needed to sustain life. However, there exists a strange anomaly in the North Pacific … [Read more...] about Flathead bio station researcher helps uncover mysteries of ocean iron