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University of Montana eyes Montana Innovation Gateway Corridor at MonTEC, Missoula College

Several years after city officials and the University of Montana sat down with area businesses to discuss the concept behind a technology corridor, a parallel effort has emerged as the school and its tech partners eye the creation of an innovation corridor.

Great Falls College’s cybersecurity program joins consortium to help high school teachers

“You’re a detective, a good guy,” she said. “But you get to think like a bad guy, the whole ethical hacker thing. You have to be able to think like a criminal in order to get the criminal. It’s really fun.”

University of Montana Taking Montana Technology Corridor to Next Level

Once completed, these facilities will not only provide critically needed expansion space for MonTEC, but also the highly technical infrastructure needed by startups working in pharma and other bioscience industries.

University of Montana’s enrollment grows for first time in a decade

“It’s exciting to see UM returning to growth. We’ve spent the last couple of years really working hard to adapt how we recruit students, but also how we retain students,” said UM President Seth Bodnar on Monday. “I think there are lots of really positive indicators.”

Pandemic accelerates decline of kids pursuing traditional four-year degrees – Montana State University welcomes largest incoming class in university history

The changing mindset has led to a rise in Career and Technical Education Centers across the country, which focus on offering kids other options to the four-year path.

Research awards grow by 38% in last fiscal year at the University of Montana

The University of Montana has announced a record-breaking $138 million in research funding awards during fiscal year 2021.

The inside story of how UC Berkeley became the incubator for red-hot enterprise startups Databricks, SiFive, and Anyscale

They all emerged from UC Berkeley labs, which focus on innovative open source software.

Montana State University’s research spending breaks record at $193 million

The university topped its previous record research spending from the previous year of $167 million, a 16% increase. It marks about a decade of annual research spending for the university more than $100 million.

MSU awarded $20 Million grant for quantum technology development

The foundry will assist those studying 2D materials for quantum technologies by creating tools to aid their research and infrastructure to facilitate the exchange of ideas across academia and industry.

Montana State research expenditures hit all-time high

That figure marks a 16% increase over the previous year’s total expenditures of $167 million reported to the National Science Foundation and adds to more than a decade of research expenditures topping $100 million, according to Jason Carter, MSU’s vice president for research, economic development and graduate education.

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