UM Corner

Nearly one in five U.S. citizens will turn 65 or older by 2050, though the Baby Boomer bulge won't be equally distributed. Montana will be among a handful of states with an older population – nearly 20 percent of all residents, according to national statistics.

More than a century of accumulated news coverage from the Kaimin is available online in a searchable database, courtesy of UM’s Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library and its ScholarWorks service.

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.

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.

There exists a strange anomaly in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre ecosystem that has puzzled scientists for years. In this region that occupies the Pacific Ocean between China and the United States, the chemistry changes periodically.

Backpacks, boots, fly rods and smiles were all in abundance as more than 100 University of Montana students returned to campus Tuesday evening after participating in four days of wilderness adventures through UM’s Freshman Wilderness Experience. G...

University of Montana Assistant Professor Richard Willy is the lead author on a paper that offers new guidelines for treating patellofemoral pain, often known as “runner’s knee.”

President Seth Bodnar called on the campus Tuesday "to shape a University of Montana that is not just the flagship university of this great state, but a flagship for America’s future, an institution that creates inclusive prosperity and sustains democracy.”

Summer semester enrollment saw over 3,000 students taking courses, about a 3 percent increase from the previous summer. The numbers also mark UM's highest summer enrollment since 2014.

Carroll College and the University of Montana’s Alexander Blewett III School of Law are launching two partnerships to help students earn graduate degrees faster and at a lower cost.