Gretchen Minton, Shakespeare expert and a professor in the MSU Department of English since 2006, will present a Letters and Science Distinguished Professor lecture, “’What Country, Friends, is This?’ Shakespeare, Adaptation, and the Global Environment.” montana.edu/news/23120/

Congratulations to Hua Li and Bridget Kevane, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, on receiving seed grants from the MSU Outreach & Engagement Council. montana.edu/news/22975/

Alexandria Montenegro, a psychology major, was awarded the College of Letters and Science Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence. She is a McNair scholar and works in the sleep lab under assistant professor Cara Palmer. Congratulations Alexandria! montana.edu/news/22860/

Jordan Pauley, a senior majoring in biochemistry, was awarded a Dean's Award for Academic Excellence in the College of Letters and Science. Congratulations to Jordan! montana.edu/news/22853/

A team led by Eric Sproles, Department of Earth Sciences, and Katey Plymesser, Department of Civil Engineering, received a NASA grant for calibration of a new satellite that will aid in remapping flood-ravaged Yellowstone River. montana.edu/news/22767/

The Montana State University College of Letters and Science will honor faculty, staff and students at its annual awards ceremony Wednesday, April 26, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., in the Strand Union Building, Ballroom A, on the MSU campus. montana.edu/news/22785/

Montana State University math student, Zane Nordwick, will compete in a national trading competition in April in Chicago. montana.edu/news/22772/

Henrietta Mann, a member of the Southern Cheyenne Tribe of Oklahoma and professor emeritus of Native American Studies at Montana State University, was presented with a 2021 National Humanities Medal by President Joe Biden at the White House. montana.edu/news/22760/

Amy Reines, an assistant professor MSU’s Department of Physics, was awarded a prestigious NSF CAREER grant for research into the relationships between massive black holes and the properties of the small galaxies that host them. montana.edu/news/22726/

Devon Orme, assistant professor of geology in MSU’s Department of Earth Sciences, has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to apply techniques she helped develop to unlock the unknown “deep-time” history of western North America. montana.edu/news/22675/

Congratulations to German instructor Kate Kithil on winning the Montana Association of Language Teachers Postsecondary Teacher of the Year award and the Pacific Northwest Council for Languages Postsecondary Language Educator of the Year award. bozemandailychronicle.com/ne…

Congratulations to all of the College of Letters and Science graduates and their families! montana.edu/news/22540/

Congratulations to Alexandra Adams, Joan Broderick and Dana Longcope from the College of Letters and Science! They are among the first recipients of the Montana State University Presidential Medallion for Achievement. montana.edu/news/22504

The College of Letters and Science at MSU will celebrate six faculty authors who have recently published books at a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, in Norm Asbjornson Hall’s Inspiration Hall. The reception is free and open to the public. montana.edu/news/22492/

Amanda Hendrix-Komoto, assistant professor of history in the Department of History and Philosophy at MSU, was quoted in this New York Times article. nytimes.com/2022/11/16/us/po…

The College of Letters and Science will host its inaugural Humanities Matter lecture by an expert on preserving humanities programs in higher education at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, at the Museum of the Rockies. This event is free and open to the public. montana.edu/news/22473/

Congratulations to Dr. Minton! This honor is very much deserved. montana.edu/news/22465/

A Montana State University graduate student was recently awarded the American Geosciences Institute’s Harriet Evelyn Wallace Scholarship. explorebigsky.com/montana-st…

Biochemist, Roland Hatzenpichler, received the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award, or MIRA, through the NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences montana.edu/news/22242/nih-g…

MSU doctoral student in the Department of Physics, backed by NASA fellowship, looks for answers in the sun montana.edu/news/22220/msu-r…