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UC Berkeley is No. 1 public school for startup founders in 2022 Pitchbook rankings

“That Berkeley is right at the top of the world’s universities for funded startups again will not be a surprise to many,” said Berkeley Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship Officer Rich Lyons. “We have the geography, we have the culture, we have the width, breadth and scale. How the campus ecosystem has developed over the last 20 years tells our story.”

FVCC’s Website Redesign Project Earns Two Prestigious Awards

Project6 Design created a case study on their work to outline the problem, solution, and result achieved with the FVCC project. As experts in the education industry paired with first-hand knowledge from a wide variety of FVCC user groups, the resulting website exhibits a user-friendly, accessible, and now award-winning design.

Montana State receives $4.47 million award for improving cybersecurity

“When you go to the grocery store, you can look at product labels to see if what you’re buying contains peanuts so you don’t have an allergic reaction,” Izurieta said. “But with software it isn’t like that. A lot of times programmers build something and trust it to work without knowing the vulnerabilities. That’s one area of what we’re trying to fix.”

UM Native Excellence Programs Receive $250,000 Cognizant Foundation Gift

The Cognizant Foundation support also will help UM launch the Indigenous First-Year Experience program, new for the 2022-23 academic year. That program will foster a supportive cohort of first-year American Indian students while connecting them with critical resources to ensure a successful start to their college experience.

Center for Humane Technology – Together we must Align Technology with Humanity’s Best Interests

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In one state, every class teaches climate change — even P.E. – Will your state be the second to do this?

The first state in the country to adopt learning standards obligating teachers to instruct kids about climate change across grade levels and subjects. The standards, which went into effect this fall, introduce students as young as kindergartners to the subject, not just in science class but in the arts, world languages, social studies and physical education. Supporters say the instruction is necessary to prepare younger generations for a world — and labor market — increasingly reshaped by climate change.

UM wild sustenance course teaches hunting and conservation through real-world experience

Students were taught about female engagement in the male dominated sport, how hunting and conservation go hand-in-hand and indigenous views on hunting. But the highlight of the class for most students was outside of the classroom.

Carroll College announces plans for graduate physician assistant program

Cech said Carroll now has approval to start the multi-year process of getting accreditation for the 27-month program. Leaders hope to bring on a founding director by 2023. The first cohort of 34 students would start classes in fall 2025 and graduate by December 2027.

Montana University system to explore ‘sprint degrees

A new pilot program at MSU-Billings looks to meet health care workforce demands by accelerating academic timelines.

Rural recruitment key to solving rural physician shortage – The WWAMI Program / The University of Montana’s Medical Residency Program

KayCee Gardner is from Broadus, Montana, where it’s not unusual for a horse trailer to double as a moving van.

It was the beginning of Gardner’s medical training at the University of Washington with the WWAMI program. The aim of the program, accessible to medical students from Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho, is to create a pipeline of physicians to underserved communities by recruiting directly from those underserved areas. 

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