Peter Baker, international programs development officer at the University of Montana, will participate in the fourth annual EducationUSA Forum in Washington, D.C., June 26-28.

MISSOULA – While still reeling from the effects of the housing collapse, the global financial crisis and record low wood products markets, the outlook for Wyoming’s timber industry should improve dramatically in the next year, according to University of Montana researchers.

MISSOULA – Missoula College University of Montana will host a one-day workshop on Thursday, June 20, where Career and Technical Education teachers from local high schools and the college will meet with business and industry representatives to discuss targeted programs of study.

POLSON – The faculty and staff at the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station will celebrate the renovation and rededication of the site’s Elrod Building from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, June 21. The event is free and open to the public.

MISSOULA – Fifteen Montana University System undergraduates have received summer internships to research climate science-related projects at sites throughout Montana.

MISSOULA – Thirty high school juniors and seniors from across Montana will be attending MedStart: An Exploration of Health Care Careers, June 23-28. The weeklong program, held on the University of Montana campus and hosted by the Western Montana Area Health Education Center, is designed to expose students to a variety of health science fields and health care career opportunities.

MISSOULA – An analysis recently completed by the Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research at the University of Montana highlights the economic contribution of nonresident travel spending to each of the six travel regions in Montana, as well as 15 of the state’s 56 counties.

MISSOULA –The RiteCare Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic at the University of Montana is hosting a cost-effective, high-quality, research-driven intensive speech-language therapy program for individuals with aphasia stemming from stroke or traumatic brain injury. Aphasia, an acquired communication disorder, can impact all communication modalities, including speaking, understanding, reading and writing.

Harriet and Ozzie, an adult pair of ospreys nesting high in their perch above the Dunrovin Guest Ranch in Lolo, have been Internet sensations for more than two years.

MISSOULA – Incoming University of Montana forestry graduate student Anna Bergstrom recently was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The Fellowship provides three years of tuition, a stipend and travel to two conferences.

MISSOULA – The Montana Museum of Art & Culture at the University of Montana will host a lecture and book signing by Dr. Richard Buswell at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 13, in the Masquer Theatre of the Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center.

MISSOULA – Recent University of Montana journalism graduates Sam Wilson and Jessica Murri won first- and second-place honors, respectively, in the Hearst Journalism Awards finals on June 6 in San Francisco

The University of Montana has hired Eric Gutierrez as its new director of equal opportunity and affirmative action after an extensive nationwide search.

MISSOULA – Members of the Bitterroot Valley community are invited to a new name- and logo-unveiling event for Bitterroot College University of Montana at 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, at 274 Old Corvallis Road in Hamilton.

At the University of Montana, 2,990 students made the spring semester 2013 Dean’s List.

MISSOULA – Ruesha Hendricks, a senior premedical student at the University of Montana, recently was awarded the U.S. Department of State Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship sponsored by the Institute of International Education.

MISSOULA – Anne E. Greene, adjunct faculty member for the University of Montana’s Wildlife Biology Program, recently published “Writing Science in Plain English.”

MISSOULA – Registration is open for the first-ever UM Campus Recreation summer Youth Camps. The camps are open to children entering kindergarten through fifth grade.

MISSOULA – Taking the national Board of Certification Exam for the Athletic Trainer is a daunting undertaking with an average first-time passing rate between 60 and 80 percent. But on May 6, University of Montana students who sat for the exam earned a 100 percent pass rate on their first attempt.

Members of the public are invited to enter the wild this summer as the Wilderness Institute at the University of Montana hosts nine free monitoring trips into the two western Montana wilderness areas.

A true sign of the times, mobile app developers took the top prizes in the 24th annual John Ruffatto Business Plan Competition at the University of Montana.

The Davidson Honors College at the University of Montana recently selected three outstanding research projects for the annual $4,000 DHC Student-Faculty Summer Research Award.

University of Montana athletic training students recently won the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Public Relations Contest for the sixth consecutive year.

MISSOULA – The University of Montana has named its next provost and vice president for academic affairs. The University announced Friday that Perry Brown, UM interim provost since 2010, has been named to the post after an extensive national search.

The University of Montana and Missoula College invite adult learners to attend an information session about Grizzly Opportunities for Adult Learners, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4, in the University Center Room 326-327.

MISSOULA – The University of Montana School of Journalism’s Native News Honors Project will publish its 22nd edition on Saturday, May 25. The publication, titled “Vast Expenses,” will be inserted inside editions of the Missoulian and the Billings Gazette.

Explore planets, nebulae, star clusters and distant galaxies during eight upcoming free public observing nights at the Blue Mountain Observatory.

The Western Montana Area Health Education Center at the University of Montana and the North Central Montana AHEC will host a one-day professional continuing education program around veterans’ mental health on Friday, June 7, in Helena.

MISSOULA – Two University of Montana students have earned Chateaubriand Fellowships to carry out collaborative research in a French laboratory in Clermont-Ferrand. Steven McDaniels is a graduate student in UM’s Medicinal Chemistry Program and Jaydene Topenio McDaniels is a student in the Neuroscience Graduate Program.