Vision 2007

Files

Publishers

Office of the Vice President for Research and Creative Scholarship; University Relations

Publication Date

2007

Rights

© 2007 University of Montana--Missoula

Contents

Contents of this issue include:

Message from the Vice President

Quick Looks

Report reveals environmental racism -- UM scientists bring home the bacon -- Shiny new buildings rise on campus -- Computer science department rakes in grants -- Brewer lauded for biology brilliance -- Forestry programs ranked among nation's elite -- Health college adds another school -- Work with critically ill patients lands award -- Bio station nets funding for major study -- Mercury invades Missoula-area osprey -- Bison study suggests distinct herds roam Yellowstone -- Archaeology educator honored for contributions -- Classroom hits the road -- Survey investigates global warming travel concerns

Feature Stories

• Warm New World: Efforts by the University to understand and adapt to climate change
• Sidebar: Are oceans becoming acidic?
• Language 911: UM faculty members strive to save fading indigenous tongues
• The Beach Builders: UM helps repair the shores of Montana's largest natural freshwater lake
• The Lost Lewis and Clark: Professor rediscovers explorers forgotten by history
• Birds as Barometers: UM center uses feathered friends to help monitor the environment
• A Growing Mystery: Ecologist studies why all plants don't flower and seed every year
• Student Scientist: Joy Adams
• Inviting Discovery: Some of UM's most engaging research takes place in two centers of the University's College of Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences
• Sidebar: Neurons get their close-up
• Sidebar: Core facility models molecules
• Understanding a Hazardous World: Center studies environmental impacts on human health
• Sidebar: Useful tools: toxic agents and air pollution
• Sidebar: Genes, the environment and you