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16 Sep UND Civil Engineer Feng Xiao receives Early Career Award to address key health-pollution issue

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University researcher one of only three in nation picked to analyze everyday household and industrial chemicals’ impacts on human body UND Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Feng “Frank” Xiao has been named one of only three researchers in the country to receive a highly competitive Early...

13 Sep UND researcher Sabo Lei awarded five-year, $1.5M R01 grant from the NIH to study anxiety

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GRAND FORKS—Saobo Lei, Ph.D., professor in the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The prestigious R01 class grant, which is funded through the National Institute of Mental Health,...

13 Sep Provost’s Forum documents UND’s strengths

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University leaders share evidence of fiscal health, new leadership, campus renewal and growth At the first Provost’s Forum for the 2019-20 academic year, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Tom DiLorenzo and other campus leaders reported on UND’s financial health, enrollment figures and campus renewal....

13 Sep UND classroom and technology upgrades improve teaching and learning

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UND leaders toured 13 classrooms across campus that had been upgraded over the summer months. The updates and renovations are bringing UND’s facilities closer to what today’s students expect from a university experience. Photo by Mike Hess/UND Today. If you go: Teaching Transformation and Development Academy Open...

13 Sep UND business alum Jim Vasichek leads one of the country’s top John Deere dealerships

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Jim Vasichek, who earned a business degree from the University of North Dakota in 2005, heads Leading Edge Equipment, a four-shop John Deere dealership that his grandfather started in 1963 in Michigan, N.D. Photo by Shawna Schill/UND Today. If there’s a person who embodies what it...

13 Sep Airtonomy partners with UND Aerospace Foundation, Xcel Energy and Microsoft

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Airtonomy will test its idea of autonomous drone flight for commercial operations by inspecting wind turbines at Xcel Energy’s Foxtail Wind Farm near Kulm, N.D. On the left, a drone conducts a wind turbine inspection. On the right is a map of the drone’s programmed...

13 Sep UND intern pioneers new UAS technology

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InternGF program links with UAS tech startup to provide engaging, eye-opening internship Through InternGF, local UAS tech startup Airtonomy was able to bring on aspiring computer engineer Connor Propp as an intern this summer. Photo by Connor Murphy/UND Today. What started as a simple search for summer...

13 Sep UND works to be designated a Cardiac Ready Campus

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Terry Wynne, UND’s director of safety, stands next to an AED station on the first floor of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences. The University is making a push to receive designation as a Cardiac Ready Campus. Photo by Connor Murphy/UND Today. When a...

09 Sep North Dakota Statewide Cancer Registry recognized for contributions to NAACCR

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GRAND FORKS—The North Dakota Statewide Cancer Registry (NDSCR), managed by the Department of Pathology at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS), has once again received Gold Certification from the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR). This marks the seventh consecutive year that the NDSCR...

08 Sep UND to celebrate Constitution Day on Tuesday, Sept. 17

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Guest speaker will be Richard F. Duncan of the University of Nebraska College of Law The University of North Dakota will celebrate Constitution Day on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 by hosting a lecture at the UND School of Law in the Baker Courtroom beginning at noon....

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