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December 23, 2013

President Obama named 102 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the US Government on science and engineering professionals in their early independent research careers.  More information here.

John Priscu
December 16, 2013

Many WISSARD scientists, including LRES's John Priscu, were mentioned in this Discover Magazine piece "The Search for Life Trapped Under Ice," naming the discovery of life in the subglacial lake as #12 in the top 100 stories of the year.  Also featured here.

Alex Michaud
November 26, 2013 
Follow Alex Michaud and a team of other LRES and MSU scientists in this short video on their epic journey across Antarctica as they drill a half mile through the ice to a subglacial lake in their search for life. 
John Priscu
November 17, 2013 
John Priscu discusses the implications of the government shutdown on his team's Antarctic research. 
Rick Lawrence
November 6, 2013 
MSU's portion of the award will be almost $663,500, which will be used in mapping dead trees and developing tools to help scientists rapidly detect outbreaks throughout the Northern Rockies. 
John Priscu
October 18, 2013 
Many MSU faculty, students, and research scientists rely heavily on Antarctic field seasons each year for anything from data on climate change to research on Weddell seals.  This year many will not be able to go, some breaking 30+ years of continual data. 
David Weaver
October 14, 2013 
The five-year USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant will be sued to study wheat genes that show resistance to wheat stem sawflies, the most destructive wheat pest in the state. 
Tristy Vick-Majors
October 10, 2013
Tristy Vick-Majors travelled back to her hometown area in Colorado to get kids excited about science by speaking about her Antarctic research to middle schoolers.
John Priscu
October 7, 2013
On NPR's "All Things Considered, " Dr. Priscu discusses the implications the government shutdown may have on his 21-year-long Antarctic project.
Shavonn Whiten
October 7, 2013
Shavonn won best oral presentation for her presentation entitled, "Increasing Ambient Temperature and Susceptibility of the Mosquito Aedes aegypti to the Insecticide Permethrin: What's Global Warming Got to Do with It?" in the session on Infectious Diseases - Parasites and Vectors.
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October 1, 2013
Ferguson will be honored at the College of Agriculture Homecoming Ceremony on October 4th at 9:00 a.m. in 125 Linfield Hall.  Thirty-one other individuals will be honored with Homecoming awards in the following categories - alumni achievement, distinguished faculty, distinguished staff, and honorary alumni.
Diana Cooksey
September 28, 2013
MSU's new interactive classrooms help students pass tough classes.
Katie Kaylor
September 26, 2013
Water monitoring project gets residents involved in local water quality testing.
Diana Cooksey
September 23, 2013
TEAL classrooms are designed in a way that will support a new style of teaching that encourages students to teach each other and solve problems in a collaborative way, similar to the way students will often solve problems in future jobs.
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September 9, 2013
Rehabilitating pit lakes for mien closure - A new frontier for aquatic ecologists - Dr. Mark Lund, Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University - Co-Principal, Mine Water & Environment Research Centre, Joondalup, Western Australia
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September 3, 2013
MSU has signed an agreement with the Jack Creek Preservation Foundation to let students and professors in environmental programs use the new Outdoor Education Center and forested preserve for class studies and field research.
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August 1, 2013
Weed Coordinator talks about a MSU project where dogs sniff out weeds.  "Working Dogs for Conservation" are being used as part of the state's fight on noxious, invasive plants.
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July 26, 2013 
Partnering with the Crow Education Partnership in South Central Montana will provide science enrichment activities for 4th grade classes on or near the reservation and provide professional development for teachers. 
David Weaver
July 18, 2013 
Dr. David Weaver and Dr. Sharlene Sing participate as judges for the Super Grasshopper Contest for largest grasshopper and largest grasshopper jump. 
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July 17, 2013
Dr. Sterling and Dr. Peterson are recognized for their work on a multi-state research project entitled: W:2045: Agrochemical Impacts on Human and Environmental Health: Mechanisms and Mitigation.  A web-accessible version is available here.
Fabian Nippgen
July 17, 2013
Fabian Nippgen, a PhD student in LRES, has won the 2013 Horton Research Award from the Geophysical Union, one of the highest awards possible for students in hydrology and water resources. 
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July 10, 2013 
Nathan Korb, with the Nature Conservatory and an LRES Alum, is featured in this article explaining how ranchers and the Sage Group Initiative are working together to keep Sage Grouse off the Endangered Species List. 
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June 30, 2013 
Marcel Huijser, LRES Affiliate Faculty, is featured in this article discussing how wildlife highway underpasses are improving wildlife habitat connectivity and decreasing motorists' collisions with wildlife. 
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June 11, 2013 
Anna Bergstorm, 2011 LRES graduate, along with 6 other MSU grads receive NSF graduate research fellowships for 3 years to attend graduate school and conduct their research. 
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June 11, 2013 
Katie Noland, LRES Soil and Water undergraduate, is 1 of 15 Montana University System undergrads to receive a summer internship with the IoE to research climate science-related projects at sites throughout Montana. 
Cliff Montange
June 3, 2013 
LRES professor emeritus Cliff Montagne and graduate student Jason Baldes are part of the team awarded a grant from the NSF to study how indigenous peoples' native language use in two similar yet distinct parts of the world support environmental science learning. 
John Priscu
June 3, 2013
LRES professor John Priscu and LRES graduate student, Tristy Vick-Majors, are featured in this Discover magazine article about their successful drill mission searching for life in an Antarctic subglacial lake.
Adam Sigler
May 30, 2013 
Biannually, the Montana Watershed Coordination Council and the Montana Wetland Council select stewardship award recipients from your nominations and honor outstanding individuals and organization in a joint award ceremony and luncheon.  Please see page 14 in link. 
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May 13, 2013 
CISM director, Liz Galli-Noble, discusses how public awareness is the key to getting people engaged in activities that promote invasive species prevention. 
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April 18, 2013
Ten 4th grade classrooms from 3 schools on and adjacent to the Crow Reservation in Southwest Montana visit MSU for an inquiry-based science experience with hands-on activities and field experiments.  Their teachers participate in professional development activities. 
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April 17, 2013 
An LRES-sponsored seminar will be given by Dr. David Carlson, a renowned climate and Arctic scientist and founder and chief editor of the open access Earth System Science Data journal. 
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April 16, 2013 
The LRES 2013 Student Research Colloquium celebrates undergraduate and graduate departmental research.  Please join us from 4:00 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16th in SUB Ballrooms B & D for food, drinks, and intellectual discussion. 
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April 3, 2013 
Leigh Freeman, a member of the National Resource Council/National Academy of Sciences committee presents the unique role of Montana in developing state, national, and global leaders in the resources sectors for discussion. 
David Weaver
March 1, 2013 
Dr. Weaver discusses his latest research to battle the destructive and well-adapted pest known as the wheat stem sawfly - Montana's most costly agronomic pest. 
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2013 LRES Undergraduate and Faculty Winter Retreat 

February 27, 2013 
LRES undergraduate students and faculty gathered for a spring semester retreat for a night of food and fun and a day of cross country skiing. 
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February 19, 2013 
Dr. Mark Kozubal and his startup company, Sustainable Bioproducts, is partnering with MSU to turn a fungus discovered in the highly acidic hot springs of Yellowstone National Park into sustainable energy. 
Collin Preftakes
February 15, 2013
The 31st Annual Awards for Excellence will honor 40 MSU seniors and their mentors.
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February 13, 2013
Montana State University is one of 16 universities and colleges selected for the "Sustainable 16" in the second annual Environmental March Madness Tournament.
John Priscu
February 11, 2013
LRES Professor John Priscu featured in Nature article discussing the microbes he and his team discovered in the water and sediment of Subglacial Lake Whillans.
John Priscu
February 6, 2013
The New York Times reports that for the first time, scientists report, they have found bacteria living in the cold and dark deep under the Antarctic ice.
John Priscu
February 5, 2013
MSU Scientists discover microbes in Subglacial Lake Whillans, a half-mile under the ice surface, as reported by National Geographic.
Bruce Maxwell
January 31, 2013
MSU's Sustainable Food and Bioenergy Systems program has been named one of the 10 best college environmental programs in the U.S. by Mother Nature Network.  LRES professor and chair of the Campus Sustainability Advisory Council, Bruce Maxwell, comments on the recognition.
John Priscu
January 28, 2013
The WISSARD team is now celebrating after successfully melting through half a mile of ice to reach the subglacial Lake Whillans.
John Priscu
January 28, 2013
The New York Times published an article featuring the WISSARD team and their successful retrieval of water samples from subglacial Lake Whillans.
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January 23, 2013
President's list and dean's list announced for Fall 2012 semester.
John Priscu
January 22, 2013
MSU heads U.S. project to find life under Antarctica.
John Priscu
January 14, 2013
The New York Times published an article featuring LRES Professor Dr. John Priscu and the WISSARD project.  After their 628 mile trek across the Ross Ice Shelf, the WISSARD team has reached Subglacial Lake Whillans and will begin drilling soon.
Ana Murphy
January 9, 2013
Nominated by colleague Tony Hartshorn, Ana wins the award from the President's Office at MSU.