BOZEMAN, Montana, July 29 (TNSbook) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: A book co-edited by a Montana State University professor was highlighted recently at an academic conference. "Queering STEM Culture in U.S. Higher Education: Navigating Experiences of Exclusion in the Academy," was showcased at the American Society for Engineering Education conference held in Minneapolis at the end of June. The book was co-edited by Bryce Hughes, associate professor in the MSU De more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 26 (TNSpar) -- Carroll College issued the following news release: Carroll College and Gonzaga University are pleased to announce a new initiative between the two private, Catholic institutions offering students an accelerated pathway to obtain their Juris Doctor (J.D.). Carroll College is partnering with the Gonzaga University School of Law in Spokane, WA, to offer a 3+3 dual-degree program. Students participating in the program attend Carroll College for three years and  more PR

WOOSTER, Ohio, July 27 (TNSjou) -- The College of Wooster issued the following news: Niklas Manz, associate professor and department chair of physics at The College of Wooster, recently co-authored an article in Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, a peer-reviewed publication. The article, "Science, serendipity, coincidence, and the Oregonator at the University of Oregon, 1969-1974" is the feature piece in the journal's Focus Issue and is dedicated to Richard J. Field to ce more PR

FORT COLLINS, Colorado, July 27 (TNSconf) -- Colorado State University issued the following news release: Confluence, an upcoming conference hosted by Colorado State University, will address the interests and needs of collaborative conservation groups in the West and is set to take place Sept. 19-22 at the Chico Hot Springs Resort in Pray, Montana. The conference is hosted by the Western Collaborative Conservation Network, an organization housed in the CSU Center for Collaborative Conservation more PR

SPOKANE, Washington, July 28 (TNSpar) -- Gonzaga University issued the following news: Gonzaga University and Carroll College of Helena, Montana, have agreed to an initiative that will offer Carroll students an accelerated pathway to obtain a Juris Doctor degree beginning in fall 2023. Students participating in the 3+3 dual-degree program attend Carroll for three years and at the conclusion of their junior year, and upon successful application, matriculate to Gonzaga's School of Law to begin t more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 29 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following statement on July 28, 2022: * * * In response to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) final decision today granting the American Prairie Reserve a permit change to allow bison grazing in Phillips County, Montana's Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following statement: "After shutting out public input from local communities, it's not a surprise that President Biden's Bureau of Land Management would more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 27 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release on July 26, 2022: Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and 21 other state attorneys general filed a lawsuit today against the Biden administration's new guidance that threatens to withhold federal nutritional assistance for schools and programs that receive federal nutritional assistance. In May, USDA's Food and Nutrition Services issued unlawful guidance that "discrimination on the basis  more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 28 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release on July 27, 2022: Attorney General Austin Knudsen and 16 other state attorneys general joined a lawsuit today against the Biden administration's rules that threaten the long-held American tradition of private firearms assembly and put the livelihood of thousands of Americans at risk. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rulemaking would regulate unfinished, non-functio more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 26 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on July 25, 2022: Joined by Carroll College and Gonzaga University officials, Governor Greg Gianforte today celebrated the schools' commitment to increasing educational opportunities for Montanans through their joint Accelerated Law Degree program. Gov. Gianforte also announced the Governor's Office will help facilitate an expansion of legal internships with the State for students in the Accelerated L more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 29 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following statement on July 28, 2022: * * * Governor Greg Gianforte issued the following statement in response to the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Notice of Final Decision on the American Prairie Reserve's bison grazing proposal. "As we review this decision, we share Montanans' frustration with the BLM's woeful and repeated failures to properly engage Montanans and act within the bounds of its authority on this issue, more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 28 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release and letter on July 27, 2022: Joined by 14 other governors, Governor Greg Gianforte today urged President Biden to join them in protecting equal opportunities for girls and women. The governors called on the president to reject proposals from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that reinterpret the 50-year-old Title IX, which prevents discrimination "on t more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 28 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on July 27, 2022: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced that Montana exceeded his goal for adding good-paying jobs to the economy in 2021, which he set at the beginning of last year. Montana Department of Labor & Industry (DLI) data show the state added just under 13,000 jobs paying over $50,000 in 2021, easily surpassing the governor's goal of 10,000. "From day one, I set an ambitious goal for job more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 29 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Late Wednesday night, Senator Steve Daines reversed his vote on Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022, a bill that would deliver all eras of toxic-exposed veterans their earned health care and benefits. Senator Daines had previously supported and voted for the bill, saying just last month, "Montana veterans served our nation with honor more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 26 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Fifteen Montana State University students recently traversed deserts, crossed savannas and summited peaks to study the diverse biologies and geographies of Kenya. This trip marked the first faculty-led study abroad trip since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic three academic years ago. Brian Smithers, an alpine ecologist and assistant research professor from MSU's Department of Ecology in the C more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 27 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: The high-latitude grasslands of the Northern Great Plains have been increasing in productivity, a phenomenon referred to as greening since the grasslands are increasing in greenness as measured from space. Simultaneously, these grasslands are undergoing a transition toward increasing woody plant cover, according to a paper published by a Montana State University graduate student who studies the cha more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 26 (TNSres) (TNSawa) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: During his time as a postdoctoral researcher at Montana State University, Andrew Santiago-Frangos has received numerous national accolades for his research on an immune system called CRISPR -- an acronym describing how bacteria incorporate fragments of viral DNA into their own genome as a way to recognize and fight viruses. Santiago-Frangos won a postdoctoral fellowship from Life Sciences more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 27 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: When the mercury spikes on a sizzling summer day, even the most scorching parts of Earth can't compete with the sun, where temperatures routinely reach a mind-boggling 2 million degrees Fahrenheit. Exactly what causes the sun's outer atmosphere -- the corona -- to become so hot remains a topic of scientific debate, but it's thought that explosions generated by the star's chaotic magnetic field may more PR

BILLINGS, Montana, July 27 -- Montana State University-Billings issued the following news: The Native American Achievement Center at Montana State University Billings has been awarded a Supporting Indigenous Arts Mastery program grant for the 2022-2023 academic year. The SIAM program is designed to help community colleges and four-year public and private universities in supporting cultural arts of tribal communities under the institution's outreach and own departments. The program is modeled a more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A group of researchers, led by the University of Wyoming, recently discovered a rare snail species previously unknown to the state. Lusha Tronstad, lead invertebrate zoologist with the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database (WYNDD) at UW, led the research, which took place in the Bear River and Powder River basins, and the Snowy Range. The Rocky Mountain capshell, or Acroloxus coloradensis, was prev more PR