MATR Newsletter – July 1, 2019
The state with the best education wins!

TechLink

• TechLink weekly tech roundup: communications technology available for licensing

  And we can help you navigate the licensing process at no cost to you.

MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

• MEDA July News 2019

  If you have a community that is on the edge of making
  progress – but needs a little organization,
  encouragement,
  and resources boost – MEDA would love to work with
  you to make that happen via a Montana Community
  Review.

Montana Business

• Why ‘Womenomics’ Needs to Be Part of Your Business Strategy

  Japan has made specific moves to equality; so has the U.K. What’s the holdup here in the U.S.?

• Visitors urged to plan before visiting Glacier National Park

  The park has a brand new tool for your planning — a monitor that shows real-time weather and parking availability around the park.

• Cognizant, University of Montana partner to graduate 28 students for jobs in Missoula’s high-paying tech industry

  Most indicated a desire to stay in Missoula at the company’s new Solutions Center in the Old Sawmill District.

Visit Montana

• Fascinating Video – No matter where you are sitting in Missoula, Montana right now, you are at the bottom of a lake.

  You can see evidence of this massive lake, every time you hike the “M” or Mount Jumbo.

Developing a more Entrepreneurial Montana

• “Got Milkweed?” – Leading Student Entrepreneurial Teams, Including May West (Montana State University) Begin LaunchPad Lift Program

  May West (Montana State University) – Using milkweed seedpod, May West produces an animal product- and synthetic-free, plant-based winter coat. Instagram: @may__west

Montana Education Excellence

• National Science Foundation Awards University of Montana $395K for Computing Cluster

  “A resource like this on campus is crucial for our researchers to be competitive in their respective research fields and academic contributions at UM,”

Transportation

• The death of the sidewalk – A Lawyer Explains Why Electric Scooter Laws Don’t Work

  While Barkalow didn’t trample anyone, his breach of sidewalk etiquette proved so intolerable that the officer finally shot him between the shoulder blades.

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