Montana Education/Business Partnerships

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…

Georgia Tech topped the nation in its efforts to help state and local agencies with economic development, according to a study released by the Southern Growth Policies Board’s Southern Technology Council (STC). Conducted by Louis…

Montana State University English student Lance Novak was pretty nervous about talking about short stories with 90-year-old ladies at a Bozeman retirement home, but it helped him understand literary criticism better. By GAIL SCHONTZLER Chronicle…

The Pied Piper of technology gave a party for young geeks this weekend, but not enough kids could come out to play. By Michelle Delio Wired.com Teams from 38 high schools engaged in a heated…

It’s a familiar story: A middle school girl stops going to the computer lab after school because boys hog the machines. That was Susannah Camic’s experience. It bothered her enough that she wrote a 10th-grade…

Responding to the demands of business leaders to close the nation’s workforce skills gap, the National Skill Standards Board (NSSB) has created the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Voluntary Partnership to represent the telecommunications, computer…