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The University of Montana-Missoula PArtnership for Comprehensive Equity (PACE) works to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers. To date, twenty-eight ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grants have been awarded. Read more...
Visit our new collection of useful resources for Indigenous women in science! Click here.
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| Erica Woodahl, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
During a middle school science class, Erica Woodahl found her calling. She was struck by the taxol problem, a drug used to treat ovarian cancer that at the time couldn’t be synthesized chemically, but had to be extracted from the Pacific yew tree. Old growth forests, spotted owls, and other species were being threatened in order to obtain the taxol compound and Dr. Woodahl was intrigued as to why we couldn’t make taxol in a lab instead of cutting down these habitats.
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Both Assistant Professors for the Division of Biological Sciences were awarded a 5-year CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation. Read more...
WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FOR WRITING GROUP RETREATS!
CHECK IT OUT --
New Work-Life Policies at UM
UM has new policies for tenure-clock extension, reduction in FTE, and spousal/partner employment opportunities. To see the policies, CLICK HERE.
Congratulations to Dan Pletscher, PACE Director of Mentoring & Retention
Dan Pletscher, Director of UM's Wildlife Biology Program, received the "Appreciation Award" from the Montana Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Rarely given out, the award recognizes individuals who make exceptional contributions to the wildlife profession. Well done Dan!
Project PACE has helped develop a new Quality of Work Life page for UM. - CLICK HERE for information on everything from child and elder care resources to free events at UM.
PACE SPRING 2008 NEWSLETTER - Keeping Pace with Project PACE, CLICK HERE.
PACE BIANNUAL REPORT, 2006-2007 - An overview of activities and initiatives during the third and fourth years of Project PACE.
To view a PDF version of the report, CLICK HERE.
Project PACE mentioned in President Dennison's 2007-2008 University Agenda:
"As we develop the necessary policy revisions, we must also identify alternative scenarios for obtaining those outcomes. In a word we will need to define the proper mix of enrollment by level and residency that will enable the University to increase graduate education and research and devise strategies to obtain those goals while enhancing institutional vitality.Once again, doing so involves learning what other universities have done and adapting their strategies to fit our circumstances. We need not re-invent the wheel with so many valuable lessons available to us.
"Within that larger context, I’ll outline the agenda as I see it for the coming year.
"First, I will work closely with Professor Penny Kukuk, Professor Royce Engstrom, the various PACE Task Forces and Committees, and the Faculty Senate to bring to successful resolution the policy revisions developed over the last three years to assure that the University maintains a work environment supportive of gender and ethnic diversity among the faculty, staff and students. Most people will recall that we’ve enjoyed the assistance of a grant from the National Science Foundation to support this work and that grant ends in 2008."
President George Dennison -- The State of the University Address, 08/24/2007
To view the entire speech, or to view a video of the speech, CLICK HERE.
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