MISSOULA, Montana, Oct. 4 -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: Longtime University of Montana supporters Dennis and Gretchen Eck are once again enhancing infrastructure and student learning at UM. This time they have pledged $1.25 million to support the S.E.A. Change Initiative for UM Students, a new program that prepares women across disciplines to become next-generation leaders whose contributions will influence broad societal change. The Ecks already have gifted f more PR

SAN JOSE, California, Oct. 3 -- Calix, a communications service providers, issued the following news release: Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that 3 Rivers Communications has engaged Deployment Enablement Services, accelerating their network build outs and improving resource efficiencies by 50 percent. Previously, the Montana-based communications service provider (CSP) estimated it had lost several hundred technician hours. By leveraging the automation tools, best practices, and qualit more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 4 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news: Governor Laura Kelly today joined other states in legal action supporting the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Kelly joined Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin, as well as Montana Governor Steve Bullock, in filing an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in support of DACA. The friend-of-the-court brief, filed in Department of Homeland Security, et al., v. Regents of the Univers more PR

HELENA, Montana, Sept. 29 -- Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Steve Bullock today issued an executive order declaring an emergency in Montana due to a severe early season storm. Areas hardest hit include Cascade, Flathead, Glacier, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Pondera, and Teton counties and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Glacier County, and Pondera County have issued local emergency declarations. "With an unprec more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 4 [TNSbiologyresearch] -- Montana State University issued the following news: The work of a Montana State University professor examining the economic impacts of colony collapse disorder among commercial honeybees was published in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists last month. Randy Rucker, a professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics in the MSU College of Agriculture, began looking into colony collapse disorde more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 2 [TNSscientificresearch] -- Montana State University issued the following news: When student Denise Benden took a research methods class at Montana State University over the summer, one of her assignments was to develop a potential research project. She had never before conducted research or designed a research project, but Benden quickly found herself hooked on the process. And, even after the course had concluded, she knew she wanted to continue the work. So Benden - more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 4 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Montana State University issued the following news: For Khristian Jones, a trip to the bustling, tropical port city of Singapore in September started with a bit of enthusiasm and a simple act of courage: approaching his professor at Montana State University after a particularly interesting class lecture last fall to ask if he could get involved in research. "I really wanted to be part of something bigger than my coursework," said Jones, a senior more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Sept. 30 -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: The University of Montana spectrUM Discovery Area was honored with a national award for EmPower Place, its innovative, collaboratively operated, family learning center at Missoula Food Bank and Community Center. The 2019 Roy L. Shafer Leading Edge Award recognizes spectrUM's role in developing and anchoring EmPower Place, which serves over 15,000 people annually. Edgie awards are bestowed by the Associ more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Sept. 30 -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: The University of Montana and Montana State University have joined together to create a robust, interdisciplinary health sciences education and practice that will benefit patients, students and the health care industry across Montana and the nation. Bringing together many different aspects of health care to holistically treat patients and train students, the initiative also has spurred new privately sup more PR