It’s only fitting that UM evolutionary biologist Doug Emlen is hard at work creating the next evolution of the textbook.

An estimated 9 percent of youth will live with extended family for at least three consecutive months at some point before age 18.

UM's Montana Museum of Art & Culture will premiere two new exhibitions on Thursday, May 31.

Montana Public Radio (MTPR) News Director Sally Mauk and MTPR Capitol Bureau Chief Dan Boyce received a total of four awards from the Northwest division of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Positive changes such as decreasing numbers of automobile crashes and alcohol-related crashes involving drivers under age 18 were reported in the latest edition of the Montana KIDS COUNT data book.

For the second consecutive year, UM student Scott Halstvedt will spend his summer “flipping bits, not burgers” as a participant in Google’s Summer of Code.

University of Montana Presidential Leadership Scholarships have been awarded to 42 exceptional incoming UM freshmen. The scholarships recognize outstanding talent, academic performance, leadership and contribution to the community.

Seventy-five years after its completion, the Fort Peck Dam stands as one of the greatest achievements in the history of the West, and is the subject of a new historical documentary, “Fort Peck Dam,” premiering at 8 p.m. Monday, May 21, on MontanaPBS.

The University of Montana’s spectrUM Discovery Area will bring its popular “The Brain: A World Inside Your Head” exhibition to Ronan on Tuesday, May 22.

Earlier spring snowmelt and rising air temperatures over the past 50 years have led to decreased late-summer stream flows in arid Western U.S. landscapes, a new study by University of Montana researchers suggests.

University of Montana faculty and staff looking to rent out their homes or find a place to rent now have access to an online feature allowing them to post and view listings by other UM employees.

Television programs produced by students in the Department of Radio-Television in the School of Journalism at The University of Montana have earned Emmy nominations in four categories.

The University of Montana School of Business Administration and the Montana Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs (MADE) recently announced the winners of the 23rd Annual John Ruffatto Business Plan Competition, held May 10 in UM’s Gallagher Business Building.

A “Lunch Lady” with a local connection to the food she cooks, a harp maker with a loving connection to his muse and a telephone collector with connections galore are highlighted in the new edition of the travelogue program “Backroads of Montana,” which premieres at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, on MontanaPBS.

M. Sanjayan, lead scientist for The Nature Conservancy and a faculty affiliate in The University of Montana Wildlife Biology Program, has been named science and environmental contributor to CBS News.

The University of Montana’s seventh annual Day of Dialogue will be held Thursday, Oct. 25, at the University Center, and the organizing committee has issued a call for proposals for workshops, topics and presenters.

When Chris Cordingley, a University of Montana senior about to graduate with a degree in political science, saw a call for thesis submissions while browsing the Huffington Post website, he jumped at the chance to submit his.

The American College Dance Festival Association chose The University of Montana Dance Program to perform at the National College Dance Festival to be held May 24-27 at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, D.C.

About 150 high school students from Montana and Alaska will converge on The University of Montana campus for the eighth annual “Air Toxics Under the Big Sky” science symposium from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, in the North Underground Lecture Hall.

Low-income and first-generation high school students will continue to receive crucial college prep assistance through 2017 thanks to a renewed grant to fund the TRiO-Upward Bound program at The University of Montana.

For those who can’t attend in person, The University of Montana will offer live online video of its 115th Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 12, in Washington-Grizzly Stadium.

Thousands of people are flocking to eastern Montana and western North Dakota, looking for work in the Bakken oil boom. Towns like Sidney, Mont., and Williston, N.D., are struggling to deal with the increase in population, crime and traffic. Students in The University of Montana Department of Radio-Television traveled to the Williston basin this spring to document the boom and bring the story to viewers across the state.

The University of Montana’s Central and Southwest Asian Studies Center will once again host an Arabic language and cultures summer immersion program for Montana high school students, thanks to a recent grant from the National Security Language Initiative.

MontanaPBS has earned 11 regional Emmy award nominations. The winners will be announced June 2 in Snoqualmie, Wash.

The University of Montana College of Arts and Sciences recently announced the winners of its inaugural Richard Drake Award to honor written excellence in the humanities, specifically history, literature, philosophy, religion, politics and the classics.

Certain plant and animal species survived past ice ages tucked away in the complex terrain of mountainous regions. Scientists want to locate and understand these areas that harbored biodiversity despite significant population changes in surrounding areas. Studying these “refugia” will help inform predictions about the future impacts of climate change on biological systems.

The University of Montana and Missoula County Public Schools will showcase several innovative and collaborative educational programs at a half-day conference titled “MSLAedu” on Wednesday, May 9.

A ceremony to rename the University Theatre in honor of former University of Montana President George Dennison and his wife, Jane, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 11, on the steps of the theater.

Fox News Channel recently named two University of Montana broadcast journalism students the winners of the network’s College Challenge.

The University of Montana’s School of Extended & Lifelong Learning will offer an experiential learning opportunity unique in nature and curriculum this summer.

A University of Montana Dining Services student employee recently received a regional award for her outstanding work performance.

Bill Neukom, an attorney who served as Microsoft’s chief legal officer for 25 years and founded the World Justice Project, will speak at The University of Montana School of Law graduation and hooding ceremony this month.

State educators and community partners were honored at the 2012 Partnership and Scholarship Recognition Reception hosted April 27 by The University of Montana’s Phyllis J. Washington College of Education and Human Sciences.

The School of Extended & Lifelong Learning at The University of Montana is creating a buzz with its new apprentice-level beekeeping course.

Big trees 3 or more feet in diameter accounted for nearly half the biomass measured at a Yosemite National Park study site, yet represented only 1 percent of the trees growing there.

University of Montana students and members of the Blackfeet for Enrollment Amendment Reform, or B.E.A.R., will host a meeting at The University of Montana to inform community members of issues surrounding the tribe’s potential enrollment reform.

The University of Montana’s Entertainment Management Program will host the 10th annual Festival on the Oval from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 4. The event serves as the finale for the program’s semester-long Spring Thaw series.

The University of Montana School of Journalism gave students a total of $139,000 in scholarships and awards at the 2012 Dean Stone Awards Banquet on April 20.

Two University of Montana faculty members, Leora Bar-el and Robert Greene, received the Cox Award for Teaching Excellence.

The federal director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences will speak at The University of Montana on Wednesday, May 2.

Three School of Journalism students at The University of Montana have been named national winners and one a national finalist in the annual Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards.

The Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, a part of The University of Montana’s College of Forestry and Conservation, will host a discussion and video presentation about the impacts of climate change on the archaeology of ice patches in Glacier National Park and other high-elevation areas.

The University of Montana School of Business Administration will showcase the entrepreneurial aspirations of students across the state when it hosts the 23rd Annual John Ruffatto Business Plan Competition on Thursday, May 10, in the Gallagher Business Building.

University Dining Services at The University of Montana will present its grand finale omelet bar for the 2012 academic year from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, in the Lommasson Center Food Zoo.

The University of Montana honored members of the campus community who have proven their dedication to help the University become more sustainable during an April 20 ceremony on the Oval.

The University of Montana School of Business Administration will honor three alumni for outstanding career achievements on Thursday, May 3.

The Undergraduate Advising Center at The University of Montana recently earned an Outstanding Advising Technology Innovation Certificate of Merit from the National Academic Advising Association for creating a series of online tutorial and informational videos to help current and incoming UM students succeed.

A University of Montana graduate and former journalism professor is part of the team at The Seattle Times that won a 2012 Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism. Jerry Holloron served as desk editor for the Times’ “Methadone and the Politics of Pain,” a three-part series about Washington state’s practice of prescribing the pain drug for people on state-subsidized health care.

The University of Montana School of Art will present the 2012 BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition. The exhibit will be on display in the Gallery of Visual Arts, April 26 through May 11 and in the University Center Gallery April 23 through May 11.

University of Montana journalism student and Montana Kaimin editor Jayme Fraser has been selected as one of three Hearst Journalism Fellows, an opportunity that will have her working two nine-month stints at Hearst newspapers beginning in September.

The University of Montana’s College of Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences recently secured a grant that will allow UM to host the seventh National Smokeless and Spit Tobacco Summit next August.