BOZEMAN, Montana, Sept. 4 -- Montana State University issued the following news: A free public lecture about the behavior of fluids at small scales will be given at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, in the Procrastinator Theater in the Strand Union Building at Montana State University. Andrew Bernoff, the Diana and Kenneth Jonsson Professor of Mathematics in the Math Department at Harvey Mudd College, will present "An Introduction to Surface Tension (Or Why Raindrops are Spherical)." Bernoff will disc more PR

HELENA, Montana, Sept. 4 -- Montana Attorney General Tim Fox issued the following news release: Montana Attorney General Tim Fox and 18 other states are defending the right of states to prohibit abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, a crucial argument to protect the lives of unborn children and safeguard similar laws across the nation. The coalition's brief (https://media.dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019.09.03-Amicus-Brief.pdf) leans upon a growing scientific consensus that a fetus is capable more PR

HELENA, Montana, Sept. 6 -- The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services issued the following news release: On September 12-13 in Helena, the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS), EMS & Trauma Systems is co-hosting with the Central Region Trauma Advisory Committee, the 32nd annual Rocky Mountain Rural Trauma Symposium. The Symposium starts at 8 a.m. at the Helena Delta Colonial Hotel on Thursday, September 12. Onsite registration is available for any interested  more PR

FORT HARRISON, Montana, Sept. 6 -- Montana Attorney General Tim Fox issued the following news release: Montana Attorney General Tim Fox presented the 2019 Matt Dale Outstanding Advocate of the Year Award at a ceremony this morning at Fort Harrison. The recipient, a Judge Advocate with the Montana National Guard, was honored at an event held in the Joint Force Headquarters Auditorium. Colleagues nominated Colonel Beverly Schneider for her advocacy on behalf of military victims of violence, part more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Sept. 5 -- Montana State University issued the following news: A Montana State University program designed to strengthen the quality of programs and services for Montana's young children and their families has received a grant to expand its reach. The Montana Early Childhood Project, an outreach program of the MSU College of Education, Health and Human Development's Department of Health and Human Development, works closely with partner organizations across the state to promot more PR

HELENA, Montana, Sept. 4 -- Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * - Health Information Exchange will provide patient data in real time to improve care, reduce health care costs * * * Governor Steve Bullock today announced the state received $19 million from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to support a statewide health information exchange that will give providers access to patient data in real time to improve the quality of care and reduce hea more PR

HELENA, Montana, Sept. 2 -- Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Montana, issued the following statement on Labor Day: "On this day, we celebrate the hard-working men and women of Montana who go to work each day to ensure that the next generations will have even more opportunities than before. "Montanans have an unmatched work ethic and a proud history of the right to organize and collectively bargain. "As governor, I will always stand up for our workers and their rights - and I will always commit to buil more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Sept. 7 -- Montana State University issued the following news: Looking for some advice on how to negotiate those contentious family holiday dinner conversations? Philosopher Kristen Intemann might provide some key insights at the year's first Montana State University Provost's Distinguished Lecturer Series lecture. "Believing Responsibly in an Era of Fake News, Attacks on Science and Alternative Facts," is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the Museum of the Rockies. Intema more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Sept. 6 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Montana State University issued the following news: A team of researchers from Montana State University's College of Agriculture traveled to Fairbanks, Alaska, this summer to collect data they hope will help advance understanding of how thawing permafrost contributes to boreal greenhouse gas emissions. The team included faculty Jenny Watts and Scott Powell of the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, doctoral student Mary Far more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Sept. 3 -- Montana State University issued the following news: Montana State University's TechLink Center has been awarded a federal grant to expand its assistance to technology-related businesses across Montana. The U.S. Small Business Administration announced on Aug. 27 that it had awarded a Federal and State Technology Partnership Program grant for $125,000 to fund TechLink's Montana Innovation Partnership. Montana is one of 24 states to receive a FAST grant for the upcom more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Sept. 4 -- Montana State University issued the following news: A faculty member and a doctoral student in Montana State University's College of Agriculture received national awards for teaching at the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture conference in Twin Falls, Idaho, in June. Tracy Dougher, associate dean for academic programs and academic director for the College of Agriculture, received the Murray Brown Leadership Award for her continued involvement with N more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Sept. 6 -- Montana State University issued the following news: While on the faculty at St. Mary's University of Minnesota, Jenny Olin Shanahan was contacted by a friend seeking colleagues in the humanities to mentor undergraduate researchers. Shanahan had never before heard the terms "undergraduate" and "research" together, and most certainly not in relation to her English students. In the 15 years since, Shanahan has focused her efforts on reimagining the model for research  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Sept. 4 -- Montana State University issued the following news: Hernan Diaz, a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in fiction for his novel "In the Distance," will discuss fictions about the West that were written by foreigners as the Ivan Doig Center for the Study of the Lands and Peoples of the North American West's Perspectives on the American West Lecture Series resumes on Monday, Sept. 16. Diaz's lecture, "The Fictional West," is set for 6 p.m. in the Hager Auditorium at more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Sept. 7 [TNSscienceresearch] -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Streamflow variability brought on by climate change will negatively affect the survival of salamanders, according to a new study by the University of Montana, the University of Connecticut, and the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. The researchers discovered that streamflow variability -- fluctuations between low and high flows brought about by climate change -- can kill salamanders more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Sept. 4 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: 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." Patellofemoral pain (PFP) affects one in four of the general population every year, with women reporting PFP twice as often as men. The pain presents at the front of the knee, under and around the kneecap. W more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Sept. 7 [TNSscienceresearch] -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: New research from the University of Montana suggests that streamflow variability brought on by climate change will negatively affect the survival of salamanders. UM biology Professor Winsor Lowe and his partners studied spring salamanders living in five New Hampshire streams. Like many streams around the globe, these waterways are experiencing greater fluctuations between low and hig more PR