Scott L. Whittenburg

UM #13 in Research Growth - The official NSF Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey numbers for University Research for FY21 just came out. The HERD numbers are the national standard for reporting research activity.   Among... tmblr.co/ZzUJsod8KWU_8y…

UM Faculty on National Council - Dr. Andrij Holian, UM Professor of Toxicology in the Department Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Director of the Center for Environmental Health Sciences has been invited to serve on the National... tmblr.co/ZzUJsoazGHqR0e…

UM Math Professor had Handbook Plublished - UM Mathematics Professor Bharath Sriraman had his Handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences published by Springer.  The handbook Serves as an authoritative source for the interplay between... tmblr.co/ZzUJsoatSeiR8a…

FLBS Hosts National Meeting - UM’s Flathead Lake Biological Station hosted the national Organization of Biological Field Stations (OBFS) for the second year in a row. Flathead Lake residents and FLBS Advisory Board Member Lysbeth Anderson... tmblr.co/ZzUJsoas9qZ4Cy…

UM NEH Award - University of Montana faculty member Tobin Shearer and a group of humanities faculty members have received a grant of $500k thru ARPA funding providing emergency relief to institutions and organizations working in the humanities... tmblr.co/ZzUJsoalBW6Wam…

NSF Award addressing graduate mental health in STEM - A new research award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to University of Montana with an intended total amount of $189,253.00.  This is part of a $500,000 joint award to UM, Montana... tmblr.co/ZzUJsoadiDqPiq…

NSF Award to FLBS - National Science Foundation (NSF) just announced a new research award of $793k to Jim Elser and the UM Flathead Lake Biological Station for “Collaborative Research: Testing for nutrient limitation in alpine snow algae... tmblr.co/ZzUJsoabqvitaa…

DHHS Award to NNCT - Just received notice of a US Department of Health and Human Services grant of $1.8M to UM’s National Native Children’s Trauma Center and Meagan Rides At The Door and an additional $1.2M for the Confederated Salish and... tmblr.co/ZzUJsoaN-V8l4m…

Montana Code School is Back! - The Montana Code School is back! The18-week boot camp will prepare graduates to fill open roles within a tech industry that the global pandemic has accelerated due to the forced digitization of business and... tmblr.co/ZzUJsoaCjW_xeq…

UM Research on Netflix - The research of Scott Mills, faculty member in Wildlife Biology at UM, is featured in two episodes of Sir David Attenborough’s three-part “Life in Color” series just released on Netflix. The “Chasing Color” episode... tmblr.co/ZzUJsoaBOYQ2uq…

Anthropology Professor published in Nature - Dr. Meradeth Snow, UM Department of Anthropology, was part of an international team, led by the Harvard Medical School-affiliated Joslin Diabetes Center, that used human “paleofeces” to discover... tmblr.co/ZzUJsoa9RaCmei…

UM Professor Receives NASA Award - UM geosciences professor Hilary Martens recently was awarded $443,000 from NASA to investigate the structure of the Earth’s interior using GPS observations of ocean tides. The California Institute of... tmblr.co/ZzUJsoa8BJE1Sy…

Research Award in Multidisciplinary Training - Keith Bosak, Professor of Nature Based Tourism and Recreation at UM recently received a $281,266 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his research project entitled “IRES Track II:... tmblr.co/ZzUJsoa3gYEoOy…

Producing Theatre in a Pandemic - Nice article in the Missoulian that answers the question: “How can you produce theater during a pandemic, and what can you produce with social distancing?”  The answer is provided by two students in the UM... tmblr.co/ZzUJsoZzacUaia…

UM Graduate Students Receive Top Award - Eight graduate students with connections to UM received an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Award or Honorable Mention.  The NSF Graduate Fellowship is considered the national top STEM graduate... tmblr.co/ZzUJsoZxehhtOW…

New Institute at UM - Both the Missoulian and Billings Gazette had nice stories about our new Skaggs Institute for Health Innovation. Congrats to professor Erica Woodahl and assistant professor Hayley Blackburn from the Skaggs School of... tmblr.co/ZzUJsoZwf4BNuu…

UM eSports Design Challenge - The University of Montana’s Blackstone LaunchPad and eSports team presents the 2021 eSports Design Challenge. This will be a four-week-long program involving entrepreneurial concept design, pitch development, and... tmblr.co/ZzUJsoZuNu3iyq…

NIEHS Award to UM - Nice award to UM faculty member Chris Migliaccio from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of $221,500 to research wood smoke and pulmonary function. Obviously of great interest to people in MT.  Hope we... tmblr.co/ZzUJsoZr9VBbey…

UM #6 Nationally in Research Growth - Finally back to posting research news from UM! The University of Montana is ranked in the top 10 nationwide for research growth, according to data from the National Science Foundation. NSF is the national... tmblr.co/ZzUJsoZmh9cLea…

Blurring the Lines in Public Health - The Missoula City-County Health Department and the University of Montana have joined forces to create a new Academic Health Department. The new organization will foster collaboration on public health... tmblr.co/ZzUJso2kuwABU