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05 Jun SMHS Dean Joshua Wynne named interim president

Posted at 17:01h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

Dr. Joshua Wynne, UND vice president for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine & Health Sciences, has been named interim president of the University of North Dakota by a unanimous vote from the State Board of Higher Education. The doctor is in. The North...

05 Jun UND’s EERC Director Tom Erickson receives UND President’s Medal

Posted at 16:57h in Campus Happenings, Uncategorized by ddodds

Tom Erickson, CEO at the UND Energy & Environmental Research Center, shows the Presidential Medal he received Monday from University President Mark Kennedy. Photo by Patrick C. Miller/UND Today. Energy & Environmental Research Center CEO Tom Erickson on Monday became the 34th person to receive the...

05 Jun UND Admissions swoops on high school grad parties of 10 new Fighting Hawks

Posted at 16:53h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

UND Admissions office, together with student ambassadors, extended a surprise welcome to 10 fledgling Fighting Hawks by crashing their high-school graduation parties, a merry tradition now in its fourth year. Pictured above is incoming UND freshman, Lily Gibson surrounded by UND party crashers this past...

05 Jun UND scholar’s novel method could upend basic tenets of air research

Posted at 16:49h in Campus Happenings, Uncategorized by ddodds

Alena Kubatova and Jenya Kozliak, both chemistry professors at UND, engaged in a novel, comprehensive air study that pulled faculty from the departments of chemistry, atmospheric sciences and chemical engineering. The research sprang up from the master’s thesis of Brett Nespor, who has since graduated....

05 Jun University of Hawaii students partner with UND Space Studies to test out-of-this-world farm concept

Posted at 16:47h in Campus Happenings, Uncategorized by ddodds

A collaboration between the University of Hawaii and the University of North Dakota tested the potential of Box Farm technology to grow fresh produce for future space missions to the moon and Mars. Photo by Shawna Schill/UND Today. Future Mars and moon colonists probably won’t miss...

05 Jun Q&A: Catching up with UND alumna Heidi Heitkamp

Posted at 16:45h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

First U.S. Senator from North Dakota talks about her beloved alma mater Former U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp received an honorary degree during this year’s commencement proceedings. She served as the first female U.S. Senator from North Dakota. Photo by Shawna Schill/UND Today. If North Dakota maintained an...

05 Jun UND visitors find career growth, community

Posted at 16:40h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

Center for Innovation, through U.S. State Department, offers professional experience to six young fellows from Southeast Asia Six fellows from Southeast Asia spent the month of May embedded with Grand Forks organizations and UND departments thanks to the Center for Innovation’s inaugural participation in the Young...

05 Jun UND matches up with Australian tech firm in state known for drones, sunflowers and honeybees

Posted at 16:38h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

Bee Innovative, an Australian agriculture technology company, is bringing BeeDar to North Dakota to conduct a U.S. trial on sunflowers, one of nearly 100 crops that depend on bees for pollination. The company has successfully tested its technology on blueberries in Australia. Image courtesy of...

28 May UND Center for Innovation startup SkySkopes expands throughout Midwest

Posted at 16:30h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

Expanding out of the Center for Innovation at UND, SkySkopes, Inc., has situated itself as an important player in the regional energy industry in the last two years. Image courtesy of SkySkopes, Inc. Two years is both a blink of an eye and a lifetime in...

28 May UND teams up with North Dakota Game and Fish and Traill County for new Wildlife Management Area

Posted at 16:21h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

CUMMINGS, N.D. -- The University of North Dakota has partnered with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department and Traill County to establish a new Wildlife Management Area on University- and County-owned lands in Traill County. On Tuesday, March 19, Jeb Williams, the North Dakota Game...

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