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State Tipoffs Involving Montana Newsletter for Sunday July 23, 2023 ( 8 items )  

'Fighting Like a Mother': UM Neuroscience Hunts Cure for Young Boy
MISSOULA, Montana, July 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: Amber Freed was like any mother looking for answers. Her twins - born in 2017 - were still babies when she and her husband noticed Maxwell wasn't advancing at the same pace as his sister, Riley. The doctors tried to reassure the family, but Freed knew there was something wrong. Soon the doctors did, too. "I noticed the doctor's tone change from, 'You're just a crazy new mom,' to one of panic," F  more

Mont. Gov. Gianforte Announces Appointments to Behavioral Health System for Future Generations Commission
HELENA, Montana, July 18 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Industries, and Janet Lindow, Executive Director and co-founder of the Rural Behavioral Health Institute, will serve on the commission as the governor's appointees. "After decades of previous administrations applying Band-Aids and kicking the can down the road, we're making a generational investment in our behavioral health and developmental disabilities service delivery systems," Gov. Gianf  more

Mont. Gov. Gianforte Delivers Permanent, Long-Term Property Tax Relief for Montanans
CONRAD, Montana, July 21 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Joining Representative Llew Jones, R-Conrad, Governor Greg Gianforte today celebrated a new law that delivers Montana homeowners over $120 million in permanent property tax relief over the next several years. "Property taxes are too high and need to be reined in," Gov. Gianforte said. "Working with Rep. Jones, we got a fiscally responsible, creative solution across the finish line to  more

Montana State Ecologist to Examine Response of Grassland Forage to Climate Variability
BOZEMAN, Montana, July 18 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: For agricultural producers around the state, forage plants are a key element of cattle grazing as well as helping maintain soil nutrition, preventing erosion and providing a food source for wildlife. Now, funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute for Food and Agriculture, or NIFA, will let a Montana State University scientist begin exploring how those crops respond to cha  more

Montana State Graduate Awarded Fulbright to Study in Taiwan
BOZEMAN, Montana, July 20 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Madeline Hemenway began the month of May focused on taking finals and graduating from Montana State University with a history degree and minors in political science and Asian studies. She ended it by learning she was awarded a three-year Fulbright scholarship to National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan, where she will continue her study of Mandarin and pursue a master's degree in history be  more

Montana State Part of $3 Million Defense Department Project on Social Elements of Climate Change
BOZEMAN, Montana, July 19 (TNSfund) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: A Montana State University geographer is leading part of a multi-institutional study funded by the U.S. Department of Defense to examine the effects of climate change on agriculture in Africa and how that may tie into U.S. national security. The study is funded by a $3 million grant from the Defense Department's Minerva program, which supports cross-institutional projects related to national secu  more

MSU Billings Professor Named Fellow at UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement
BILLINGS, Montana, July 18 (TNSres) -- Montana State University-Billings issued the following news: Montana State University Billings Professor of Communication Susan Balter-Reitz, Ph.D., has been named a University of California National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement Fellow for 2023-2024. Balter-Reitz and her co-author, Michael Bruner, Ph.D., University of Nevada Las Vegas Professor of Communication Studies, together round out the class of ten Fellows who will be examining issue  more

New Director for ASU Porter Henderson Library
SAN ANGELO, Texas, July 21 (TNSper) -- Angelo State University issued the following news: Dr. Aubrey Madler, formerly the director of library and learning services at Texas Tech University - Costa Rica, has been hired as the new executive director of Angelo State University's Porter Henderson Library. A native of Montana, Madler has over 20 years of experience working in various special and academic libraries. In addition to her post at TTU-Costa Rica, she has also served as: * Assistant libr  more