
RII Track-2 announcement
NSF EPSCoR RII Track-2 FEC PROGRAM SOLICITATION NSF 18-589 https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18589/nsf18589.htm

Who Lives in Education Deserts?
Interesting article on education deserts, highlighting the importance of higher education for rural America. The Chronicle of Higher Education: Who Lives in Education Deserts?

New York Times on Restoration of Silver Bow Creek
Let the Stream Run Through It (Jim Robbins, New York Times) It’s taken two decades to clean up most of Silver Bow Creek, polluted from a century of mining. Now some Butte residents want the last two miles restored, to babble on through the city.

MSU's Cathy Whitlock selected to National Academy of Sciences
Cathy L. Whitlock, professor of earth sciences, Montana State University, and fellow of the Montana Institute on Ecosystems is the first Montana University System faculty member to be selected to the prestigious National Academies of Sciences.

Montana Institute on Ecosystems (IoE) Statewide Undergraduate Summer Research Experience Program
Deadline: Friday, March 2, 2018 Online application here