UM produces alumni who work, study, and discover

UM produces alumni who work, study, and discover new knowledge across the universe, include Mars, Pluto, and beyond.

Dr. Jack Burgess, who played basketball at UM in the early 1940s, went on to play in The Secret Game in Durham, N.C., in 1944. (Photo courtesy of Burgess family)

Planes, Brains, and Civil Resistance

To measure how tall  Dr. Jack Burgess ’43 stood, look no further than  The Secret Game  he played in an  empty gym in 1944

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Carla Dove, who graduated from the University of Montana in 1986, works at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History studying bird collisions with airplanes for the sake of making travel safer. David Price/Smithsonian Institution

Her Name Says It All

Carla Dove ’86 soars as the nation’s top expert on identifying birds that collide with planes, even when only “snarge” remains

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The First Folio (Photo courtesy of The Folger Shakespeare Library)

Artifacts: Friends, Grizzlies, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Ears

Shakespeare's First Folio set to visit UM
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UM produces alumni who work, study, and discover new knowledge across the universe, include Mars, Pluto, and beyond.

The Last Best Space

UM graduates are unlocking the mysteries of space—what other planets look like, how astronauts can visit them, and whether there is, or ever was, life beyond Earth

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Facetime: Emily Brine '15

Get to know Emily Brine '15, a recent graduate who just finished hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

An Incredible Find

UM doctoral student, professor discover earliest Jurassic corals

STEMFest Connects Professors, Pros with High Schoolers

Virtual conference links high school students with industry representatives and academic experts in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

Documenting History

UM students to report on Syrian refugee movement in Germany

Odyssey of the Stars Honors Gogas

Annual event features UM alum and celebrated artist George Gogas

Hitting the Books

New academic center gives Griz a boost in the classroom

Grizwald

Meet Grizwald, UM’s cartoon bear. 

Tracking the Griz

News from Griz Nation

UM Hosts Major Educational Conference

Hundreds gather to focus on important, timely topics in higher education

UM Professor’s Animal Weapons Book Earns Major National Award

Emlen honored for book, teaching skills

Where’s Your Griz Been?

Readers share photos of taking their Griz gear to amazing places

Notable & Quotable

Campus notes and faculty quotes from around campus

The President’s Perspective

A message from President Royce C. Engstrom

The Bottom Line

Significant numbers, statistics and rankings regarding UM

Epic Measures

By Jeremy N. Smith
HarperCollins, 2015, 331 pages, $26.99

Of Sea and Cloud

By Jon Keller
Tyrus Books, 2015, 320 pages, $15.99

A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me

By David Gates
Alfred A. Knopf, 2015, 314 pages, $25.95.

Pictograph

By Melissa Kwasny
Milkweed Editions, 2015, 70 pages, $16

The Sasquatch Hunter's Almanac

By Sharma Shields
Henry Holt and Company, 2015, 383 pages, $17

The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes

By Zach Dundas
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015, 320 pages, $26

El Paso Twilight

By Rick DeMarinis
Bangtail Press, 2015, 257 pages, $17.95

Crossing the River

By Amy Ragsdale
Seal Press, 2015, 291 pages, $16

Restoring the Shining Waters: Superfund Success at Milltown, Montana

By David Brooks
University of Oklahoma Press, 2015, 263 pages, $34.95

Excerpts from a Secret Prophecy

By Joanna Klink
Penguin Books, 2015, 64 pages, $20

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