The UM campus of today would be almost unrecognizable to Missoulians of 100 years ago, or even 50 years ago!
The National Science Foundation recently awarded nearly $5 million to the University of Montana and its partners to fund scholarships for low-income graduate students studying engineering or natural resource fields.
W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation graduate student Andrew Lahr, right, and undergraduate assistant Atlas McKinley tag a Brook Trout before releasing it in a tributary of Lolo Creek on July 23, 2020.

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The UM campus of today would be almost unrecognizable to Missoulians of 100 years ago, or even 50 years ago!
Former Griz and National Football League player Scott Gragg started his role as principal at Big Sky High School, his daughter’s alma mater, t…
W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation graduate student Andrew Lahr, right, and undergraduate assistant Atlas McKinley tag a Brook Trout before releasing it in a tributary of Lolo Creek on July 23, 2020.
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