Category: MSU News Service

Coach drives rise of MSU Nordic skiing from underdogs to national podium

Parents often hyperbolize to their children that they had to ski to school through heavy snow, uphill both ways. It may not have been uphill both ways, but Grethe-Lise Hagensen, head coach of the Montana State University Nordic ski team since 2003 and t… more »
Permalink 01/17/12 09:30:00 pm, by Mel Email , 178 words, Categories: Profiles, MSU News Service, Outdoor Recreation , 1 comment »Send a trackback »

Native American food source may see improvement

A Montana State University graduate student has won a $94,000 fellowship for research that may improve fishways, or fish ladders, that help fish such as salmon and shad navigate dams and other obstacles to reach their spawning grounds. Katey Plymesse… more »
Permalink 01/17/12 09:26:00 pm, by Mel Email , 114 words, Categories: Science/Nature, MSU News Service, Environment , Leave a comment »Send a trackback »

Montana gold

MSU is helping develop oilseeds that may one day change the world Even after working at Montana State University's Central Agricultural Research Center near Moccasin for 25 years, Dave Wichman is still excited about safflower. He's standing in a f… more »
Permalink 01/17/12 09:23:00 pm, by Mel Email , 220 words, Categories: Science/Nature, MSU News Service, Agriculture , Leave a comment »Send a trackback »

MSU students get NASA experience sending experiments to the edge of space

Two groups of students, staff and faculty from Montana State University and the Montana Space Grant Consortium gathered on a plateau overlooking the Yellowstone River east of Livingston on Thursday morning. Some checked the rigging on what looked to be… more »
Permalink 07/21/11 05:27:18 pm, by Mel Email , 191 words, Categories: Science/Nature, MSU News Service , Leave a comment »Send a trackback »

Beer here

MSU helps brew a better beer. From Mountains and Minds (Fall 2009) Click on "Beer Here." Drinking beer is a simple act, but making beer is not. It starts out with genetics and tens of thousands of barley varieties and ends with a clear ambrosia th… more »
Permalink 03/23/11 09:54:14 am, by Mel Email , 1999 words, Categories: MSU News Service, Agriculture , Leave a comment »Send a trackback »

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