News & Updates
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Discover Criminology This Summer
High school students can register for the Summer Exploration program at the University of Montana in July 2024, CJUS 191, affectionately named “CSI: Missoula.”
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New Criminology Degree at UM
A new Bachelor of Arts degree may join class lists as early as 2023. The program: criminology, which would be the first B.A. in criminology offered in Montana.
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Managing the Heat: UM Student Studies Mental Health Effects of Firefighting
UM Sociology student Luke Santore, a former wildland firefighter, studied the mental health issues surrounding those working on the frontlines of the nation’s wildfires.
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Sociology graduate students win national paper competition two years in a row
Two UM Sociology graduate students won a national award for best graduate student paper in consecutive years.