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Quantifying The Effects Of Beaver Dams And Stream Restoration On Headwater Salmonid Populations, Andrew Biche Lahr

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

The importance of freshwater habitats in supporting ecological communities and human civilization is irrefutable, yet they remain amongst the most imperiled systems in the world due to factors like resource extraction, non-native species, and climate change. In the Western United States, efforts to combat stream degradation and drought have sought to increase water storage, aggrade eroded stream beds, and increase base flows by promoting dam building by beavers and through restoration projects using human-made beaver dam analogs (BDAs). Even though beaver-related restoration projects are becoming increasingly popular, documentation of the effects of beaver dams and beaver-related restoration on headwater stream …

Climatological, Hydrological, And Economic Analysis Of Agriculture In Montana And The Western U.S.A., Zachary H. Lauffenburger

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Many studies have addressed the impact of climate on agriculture; however, fewer studies addressed how farmers adapt to climate change, to what extent implementation of adaptation strategies mitigates economic losses or alters the hydrologic system. Analyses of how historical climate affected not only farmer decision making, but also the economic and hydrological consequences of farmers’ adaptations to climate variations, and projections of the spatiotemporal climatic regimes at finer regional scales are critical for aiding in actionable climate change adaptations. This dissertation helps fill knowledge gaps on the impacts of climate change in rural regions of the agricultural western U.S.A. and …

Life After Ice: Ecology Of Mountain Lakes Across Glacial And Elevation Gradients, Joseph William Vanderwall

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Conceptual models of primary succession in lakes often do not match with empirical data. New lakes arising in mountain regions due to the loss of alpine glaciers offer an opportunity to study newly forming lakes. In addition to the loss of alpine glaciers, mountain lakes are currently experiencing rapid changes, including increased vegetation cover, variable snowpack, and increased nutrient deposition. In this dissertation, I used glacial and elevation gradients to investigate the ecology and biogeochemistry of early lakes and how they may change through time. The first chapter details the glacial gradient and shows that early lakes dominated by glacial …

Comparing Essential Components Of Transnational Jurisdiction: A Proposed Comparative Methodology, Anna C. Conley

Faculty Law Review Articles

Despite vast harmonization across many areas of private international law, approaches to transnational jurisdiction have proved resistant to harmonization. For example, the Choice of Court Convention started as large-scale attempt to unify transnational jurisdiction rules and enforcement of judgments and ended up with a significantly limited scope focused on forum selection clauses. During negotiations, deep rifts between the United States and EU delegates unearthed an unwillingness by the United States to forego common law discretionary jurisdiction doctrines such as forum non conveniens and anti-suit injunctions, and a refusal to allow such doctrines by the EU. Other examples are the European …

A Challenge To "Equitable Originalism" - The History Of Injunctions As A Principle-Based Adaptable Judicial Power, Anna C. Conley

Faculty Law Review Articles

“Equitable originalism” is a judicial philosophy that only injunctions allowable in English chancery courts at the time of America’s founding in the 1780s are allowable in federal courts today. Accordingly, previously unknown types of injunctions, such as structural or nationwide injunctions, are prohibited exercises of judicial power.

This article asks whether historical analysis supports the assertion that the founders intended to crystalize federal equitable powers in the 1780s. The answer is no. Analysis of Article III, federal legislation, rules of court, treatises and caselaw in the late 1700s and 1800s illustrate that the United States received equity from the colonies …

Documents From The December 14, 2022 Meeting Of The University Of Montana Staff Senate, University Of Montana -- Missoula. Staff Senate

University of Montana Staff Senate Meeting Minutes

Agenda and meeting minutes from the December 14, 2022 meeting of the University of Montana Staff Senate.

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Montana Kaimin, December 8, 2022, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Sb08-22/23: Resolution Regarding Asum’S Official Stance On Land Acknowledgement, Mary Melissa Glueckert, O'Shay Birdinground

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB08-22/23: Resolution Regarding ASUM’s Official Stance on Land Acknowledgement

This resolution passed unanimously at the November 30, 2022 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM). This meeting was voided. This resolution officially passed at the December 7, 2022 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Sb07-22/23: Resolution Commending Vickie Rectenwald, Alexandra Berna, Joselyn Jolly, Elizabeth Bowles

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB07-22/23: Resolution Commending Vickie Rectenwald

This resolution passed unanimously at the November 30, 2022 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana. This meeting was voided. This resolution was officially passed unanimously at the December 7, 2022 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Sb09-22/23: Resolution Requesting The Removal Of The Swastika Symbols From Corbin Hall, Josie Hess, Asher Swan Adams, O'Shay Birdinground

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB09-22/23: Resolution Requesting the Removal of the Swastika Symbols from Corbin Hall

This resolution passed unanimously at the November 30, 2022 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM). This meeting was voided. This resolution officially passed at the December 7, 2022 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Sacrificing Sovereignty: How Tribal-State Tax Compacts Impact Economic Development In Indian Country, Pippa S. Browde

Faculty Law Review Articles

Economic development is a critical component of tribal sovereignty. When a state asserts taxing authority within Indian Country, there is potential for overlapping, or juridical, taxation over the same transaction. Actual or even potential juridical taxation threatens economic development opportunities for tribes. For many years, tribes and states have entered into intergovernmental agreements called tax compacts to reduce or eliminate juridical taxation. Existing literature has done little more than mention tax compacts with cursory cost-benefit analyses of the agreements. This is the first Article to critically examine the role tax compacts serve in promoting tribes’ economic development.

This Article analyzes …

Foreword, Timothy Chartier

The Mathematics Enthusiast

Deep and broad work is being done by undergraduates, with a significant increase in the last three decades. The growth in undergraduate research opportunities has important effects in the STEM community. In particular, course-based research is a means toward attaining more inclusivity in the research community. This article provides some practical advice and resources for getting started, and describes the author’s own efforts to integrate sports analytics work, service-based learning and social justice research into his undergraduates’ research experiences.

Recommendations For Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences In Mathematics, Rommel J. Miranda

The Mathematics Enthusiast

Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have benefits for course instructors, undergraduate STEM students, and underrepresented students. CUREs consist of five essential components which include the use of science practices, discovery, broadly relevant or important work, collaboration, and iteration (Auchincloss et al., 2014). Over the past decade, a broad range of CUREs have been developed within and across STEM disciplines. However, resources to assist instructors to develop CUREs in mathematics are limited. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the extant literature on course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs), especially in mathematics, to provide future directions for reforming …

A Mathematics Pipeline To Student Success In Data Analytics Through Course-Based Undergraduate Research, Kristin P. Bennett, John S. Erickson, Amy Svirsky, Josephine C. Seddon

The Mathematics Enthusiast

This paper reports on Data Analytics Research (DAR), a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) in which undergraduate students conduct data analysis research on open real- world problems for industry, university, and community clients. We describe how DAR, offered by the Mathematical Sciences Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), is an essential part of an early low-barrier pipeline into data analytics studies and careers for diverse students. Students first take a foundational course, typically Introduction to Data Mathematics, that teaches linear algebra, data analytics, and R programming simultaneously using a project-based learning (PBL) approach. Then in DAR, students work in teams …

Undergraduate Research In An Applied Probability & Statistics Course, Michael Smith

The Mathematics Enthusiast

The author modified a course entitled Applied Probability and Statistics to engage students in performing their own hypothesis tests in a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE). This paper discusses the structure of the course, what it does to encourage undergraduate research, and changes one could make to tailor this experience to their own institutional needs.

Math And The Mouse: Explorations Of Mathematics And Science In Walt Disney World, Elizabeth L. Bouzarth, John M. Harris, Kevin R. Hutson

The Mathematics Enthusiast

Math and the Mouse is an intensive, collaborative, project-driven, study away course that runs during the three-week May Experience term at Furman University and has many of the attributes of a course-based undergraduate research experience in mathematics. We take twelve students to Orlando, Florida to study the behind-the-scenes mathematics employed to make Walt Disney World operate efficiently. Students learn techniques of mathematical modeling (mostly resource allocation, logistics, and scheduling models), statistical analysis (mostly probability, clustering, data collection, and hypothesis testing), and ow management (queuing theory and some beginning ow dynamics) in an applied setting. Through planned course modules, collaborative activities, …

Problem Solving For Teachers – Action Research In A Cross-Listed Undergraduate And Graduate Course, Diana Cheng

The Mathematics Enthusiast

This article describes a course-based research experience in a cross-listed mathematical problem solving course for middle school pre-service and in-service teachers. The course was conducted entirely online due to statewide and university restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. This study examines 4 undergraduate and 5 graduate students’ understanding of mathematical modeling. Undergraduate and graduate students were paired in groups to develop open-ended model-eliciting activities for their classmates to solve, and groups conducted educational action research to analyze their classmates’ work on the activities. We present one group’s activities and their results as an example of how action research can be conducted …

Guest Editorial: Reflections On Course-Based Undergraduate Research, Diana Cheng, John Gonzalez

The Mathematics Enthusiast

No abstract provided.

A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (Cure) In Soccer Analytics, Russell E. Goodman, Katelin Valster

The Mathematics Enthusiast

The authors designed an honors seminar course entitled Sports Analytics: Soccer to provide students with a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) using cutting-edge GPS/accelerometer athlete-tracking devices. This paper offers details of the design and structure of the course, where a goal was for students to contribute to a longitudinal research project of performing a comprehensive performance and load analysis on Division III women's soccer athletes.

Bringing A Cure Into A Discrete Mathematics Course And Beyond, Lipika Deka, Peri Shereen, Jeffrey Wand

The Mathematics Enthusiast

Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) have been well developed in the hard sciences, but math CUREs are all but absent from the literature. Like biology and chemistry, math programs suffer from a lack of research experiences and many students are not able to participate in programs like REUs (Research Experiences for Undergraduates). CUREs are a great alternative, but the current definition of CURE (see [1]) has potential barriers when applied to mathematics (e.g. time, novelty of project). Our solution to these barriers was to develop a math CURE pathway in which students complete "Math CUREs" in targeted courses. After finishing …

The Montana Travel Industry 2021, Melissa Weddell

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

2021 summary of the Montana travel and recreation industry.

December 2022 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Passion-Driven Statistics: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (Cure), Naomi J. Spence, Rachel Anderson, Sherryse Corrow, Susan A. Dumais, Lisa Dierker

The Mathematics Enthusiast

This paper describes the use of scientific practices in the Passion-Driven Statistics CURE and presents the results of surveys from the implementation of this CURE at three different colleges. Overall, students experienced positive changes in thinking and working like a scientist, personal gains related to research, and gains in research skills, attitudes and behaviors. The Passion-Driven Statistics CURE aims to equip the future STEM workforce with the data analysis skills and reasoning needed across industries.

Graph Theoretical Modeling Of Dna As A Vehicle For A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience, Amanda Harsy

The Mathematics Enthusiast

This paper outlines a mathematics course centered around the interdisciplinary topic of modeling self-assembling DNA which was used as a venue for a mathematics course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE). The structure and logistics of designing and teaching such a course in addition to suggestions and student feedback from the course are also included.

Applied Mathematics Laboratory: A Course-Based Research Internship, Mathew Gluck, Alexei Kolesnikov

The Mathematics Enthusiast

The paper describes the Applied Mathematics Laboratory (AML), a course-based model of undergraduate research engagement in applied mathematics at Towson University. We provide historical background of similar programs at other institutions in the US; describe the implementation and the logic model of the AML; include an example of a recent project; and describe the place of the AML in the context of other course-based student research experiences in STEM.

Experimental Mathematics – A Course-Based Research Experience In Machine Learning, Mathew Gluck

The Mathematics Enthusiast

Efforts to expand the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) work- force have been topics of United States policy action for more than 50 years (Hira 2010). Unfortunately, among U.S. undergraduate curricula, STEM has one of the highest attrition rates (Tinto 1993) with less than half of students in the U.S. that enroll in an undergraduate STEM program ultimately receiving a degree in a STEM field (Hayes 2009). Naturally, the high rate of attrition is a topic of persisting concern. Many programs have been designed and implemented to model best practices in retaining students in STEM disciplines. One retention strategy …

Montana Kaimin, December 1, 2022, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Documents From The Voided November 30, 2022 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), The University Of Montana--Missoula, Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

Agenda and minutes from the voided November 30, 2022 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM). The following resolutions were discussed:

SB07-22/23: Resolution Commending Vickie Rectenwald

SB08-22/23: Resolution Regarding ASUM’s Official Stance on Land Acknowledgement

SB09-22/23: Resolution Requesting the Removal of the Swastika Symbols from Corbin Hall

These Resolutions were officially passed at the December 7, 2022 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM)

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