Montana State University News

Montana Officials Seek Dollar Value on Dino Fossils for Insurance Purposes

Montana State University is trying to put a value on dinosaur bones after state auditors said they need it for insurance policies, despite opposition from Museum of the Rockies’ dinosaur experts who say it’s unethical and dangerous to treat scientific …

Student Sues Montana University Over ‘Negligent’ Sex Offender Hire

A former student is suing Montana State University for hiring a convicted sex offender as a music professor, saying the school’s negligence allowed Shuichi Komiyama to manipulate and rape her. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported that the judge has not …

Montana University Professor’s Discrimination Case to Go to Hearing

A state Human Rights Bureau investigator concluded there was reasonable cause to believe Montana State University discriminated against a professor who sought a reduced workload last fall while he was recovering from Bell’s palsy. Exercise physiology professor Dan Heil said …

Montana Man Sues University Alleging Harassment, Discrimination

A former janitor at Montana State University is suing the college over how he was treated by co-workers. Akram Zahran filed the lawsuit this past week in Gallatin County District Court against MSU, two co-workers and a supervisor. Zahran says …

Ex-Montana State Student Sues School Over Sex Assault

A former Montana State University student has filed a lawsuit against the school alleging she and other women were sexually assaulted and harassed by a former music professor. The woman’s Oct. 11 lawsuit alleges the university negligently hired, retained and …

Montana State University: Employee Social Security numbers at risk

The Social Security numbers of about 4,500 past and present Montana State University employees may have been accessible to others because of a computer virus, school officials said. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported that the school earlier this month mailed …

Montana’s Wheat Crop Valued At $1.7B

Agricultural analysts say Montana’s 2012 wheat crop was valued at a record $1.7 billion, making it the fifth time in six years that the crop has been valued at over $1 billion. The Billings Gazette reported farmers harvested 194.7 million …