McLaughlin Institute lands $529,000 grant for schools

McLaughlin Research Institute of Great Falls http://www.montana.edu/wwwmri/ has received a $529,308 grant designed to spur interest in science by bringing local teachers and students into the laboratory.

"It’s a big deal," Josy McLean, a science teacher at C.M. Russell High School, said of the rare opportunity to step out of the classroom and into the real research world at McLaughlin.

By KARL PUCKETT
Tribune Staff Writer

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