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29 Sep UND’s Surojit Gupta receives young professional award from American Ceramic Society

Posted at 20:39h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

Surojit Gupta, associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of North Dakota, has been selected to receive the 2019 Du-Co Ceramics Young Professional Award from the American Ceramic Society. Gupta is an active researcher in sustainable materials, high temperature ceramics and alloys, nanotechnology, additive, and...

29 Sep UND Theatre Arts’ production Grace will play Oct. 1-5 at Burtness Theatre

Posted at 20:38h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

The University of North Dakota’s Department of Theatre Arts will open their season with Grace by Craig Wright, 7:30 p.m. nightly Oct. 1-5 at Burtness Lab Theatre on campus. Grace, directed by Brett Olson, is a tragicomedy that explores human assumptions about how God, goodness, faith...

29 Sep UND petroleum engineering graduate student receives travel grant to attend geophysics symposium

Posted at 20:36h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

Ogochukwu Ozotta, a petroleum engineering doctoral student at the University of North Dakota, was one of 50 students from around the world to be awarded a travel grant from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) to attend the SEG/Chevron Student Leadership Symposium earlier this month,...

29 Sep SBHE vote establishes Nistler College of Business & Public Administration at UND

Posted at 20:33h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

Werner and Colleen Nistler donated the lead gift toward construction of a new UND College of Business & Public Administration building. After a State Board of Higher Education vote, occurring today, the College will be named in their honor. Image courtesy of UND Alumni Association...

29 Sep UND Career Fairs link students with hundreds of regional and national employers

Posted at 20:31h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

Three career and internship fairs this month saw nearly 1,500 seek opportunities with over 200 employers. Photo by Mike Hess/UND Today. After two hours on the road, Adeline Barto arrived in Grand Forks just in time to slip into a dark pantsuit. An hour before noon,...

29 Sep UND is building the future, say leaders at annual Wake Up to UND and State of the University events

Posted at 20:28h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

UND President Joshua Wynne delivered an upbeat message to the Greater Grand Forks community and the University’s stakeholders at the Wake Up to UND breakfast at the Alerus Center on Tuesday. Photo by Mike Hess/UND Today. From the festive lighting and Fighting Hawks mascot to the...

29 Sep UND’s State-of-the-art, motion-capturing lab teems with experiential learning, cross-campus collaboration

Posted at 20:23h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

Holding a hockey puck with two infrared-reflecting markers, Associate Professor of Kinesiology Jesse Rhoades provided explanations and demonstrations of the BiPed Lab’s technology during an open house for the lab’s new location at the Clinical Education Center. Photo by Connor Murphy/UND Today. The new location for...

29 Sep UND researchers win federal grants to study anxiety disorders, waste-stream pollution

Posted at 20:20h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

In this 2017 photo, UND Environmental Engineer Frank Xiao (second row, right) is shown with post-doc researchers, graduate students and undergraduates in the Civil Engineering Lab at the UND College of Engineering & Mines. Image courtesy of Juan Pedraza. Two UND researchers have been awarded significant...

29 Sep UND Geology graduate students organize trip to expose undergraduates to the discipline

Posted at 20:18h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

A three-day geology-centered trip to western North Dakota exposed several University of North Dakota students to the region’s oil industry and natural formations. Above, fifth from the right, Marie Bergelin wears a white tank top. Photo courtesy of Marie Bergelin. Marie Bergelin wanted students to come...

29 Sep Fargo-based weather forecaster Lydia Blume credits UND for helping her realize her childhood dream career

Posted at 20:12h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

Now with WDAY-TV’s morning news show, meteorologist Lydia Blume pursued her passion for weather at UND. Photo by Shawna Schill/UND Today. Few people would call a tornado a “masterpiece.” Lydia Blume is one of them. It was a twister in the summer of 2004, after all,...

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