Montana Education/Business Partnerships

New Jersey’s economy outperformed most other states during the 1990s, based on factors such as average wages and worker productivity, but the state risks losing ground unless industries here strive for constant innovation, a leading…

County unearths budget windfall thanks to UM College of Technology program The students in the heavy equipment operation program at the University of Montana College of Technology were doing more than just playing in the…

Boise-based Micron Technologies, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of computer memory, announced last week it is adding the electrical and computer engineering department at Montana State University’s College of Engineering to its "key school"…

A new state research facility at the University of California, Berkeley, is designed to help shape the Internet of the future and create 1,000 jobs in five years. By Business Writer Oakland Tribune The Net21…

MILLBRAE – LIKE MOST teen-agers, Daniel Fabbri craved a summer job last year. But he didn’t want just any old job. By Tim Simmers – STAFF WRITER Oakland Tribune He wanted a technology job, in…

Montana State University business student Trisha Jones has been doing market research for a start-up company in rural Montana that wants to develop Indian rice grass as an alternative for people who can’t eat wheat…

On Tuesday morning, bank president Keith Cook learned about the business of education. By SUSAN OLP Of The Gazette Staff In the afternoon, Cindy Holtz, principal at Broadwater Elementary got an education in banking. Both…

There’s the old saying about walking a mile in someone else’s shoes. Today, about 30 educators will bring members of the business community into their world, and then trade places for the other half of…

Technology show-and-tell sessions have joined teaching and research as staples of academic life. By Jon Van Chicago Tribune staff reporter As universities have gotten into the business of starting new companies, more campuses are initiating…

Mark Ptashne and Tom Maniatis began more than two decades ago to research the mysteries of life’s genetic code, splicing strands of DNA, isolating genes, and growing proteins in bacterial and mammalian cells. By Naomi…