Campus on The Bozeman Daily Bee

MSU Senior Thesis on Bozeman Gentrification Submitted from $1,950/Month Apartment

Mon, 04 May 2026 09:00:00 -0600

An MSU sociology senior submitted her honors thesis on gentrification in the Gallatin Valley this week from a one-bedroom apartment on West Babcock that rents for $1,950 per month, a detail her thesis advisor called “methodologically rich” and her parents called “the reason we took out a second mortgage.”

Hannah Bergmann, 22, spent fourteen months researching the displacement of long-term Bozeman residents by rising housing costs, conducting interviews with families who could no longer afford to live in the neighborhoods where they grew up. She wrote the final draft at her kitchen table, which is also her desk, her dining area, and the only flat surface in the apartment not occupied by thesis research.

MSU Career Fair Reveals Most Popular Post-Graduation Plan Is Still 'Leaving'

Sat, 02 May 2026 10:30:00 -0600

Montana State University’s spring career fair drew 1,200 students and 85 employers to the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Wednesday, where the most frequently asked question was “Do you have remote positions?” and the most frequently given answer was “Not really, no.”

The fair, organized by MSU’s Office of Career Development, featured employers from sectors including engineering, agriculture, technology, health care, and what the program listed as “Other,” which turned out to be a single booth staffed by a man from a Billings insurance agency who looked like he’d been told he was going to Bozeman for a ski trip.

Museum of the Rockies Announces May Programming, Most of It Dinosaurs

Fri, 01 May 2026 10:00:00 -0600

The Museum of the Rockies at Montana State University has released its May programming schedule, which includes 14 events, 9 of which involve dinosaurs, 3 of which involve dinosaurs and wine, and 2 of which were initially not about dinosaurs but were revised to include them after early registration numbers came in low.

“People come for the dinosaurs,” said museum director Dr. Patricia Hollowell during a press briefing held, as always, beneath the T. rex skeleton in the main hall. “We’ve tried programming around other themes — geology, Native history, astrophysics — and the feedback is consistent: more dinosaurs.”

MSU Commissions $2.3 Million Study on Why University Studies Cost So Much

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:00:00 -0700

Montana State University announced Tuesday the formation of a new interdepartmental task force to investigate the rising costs of university-commissioned research, a study that will itself cost an estimated $2.3 million over eighteen months.

“We feel it’s critical that we understand why these investigations require such significant resource allocation,” said Provost Margaret Chenoweth during a press conference held in the newly renovated $4.7 million press conference room in Montana Hall. “The preliminary findings of our pre-study feasibility assessment suggest that the answer may be complex.”