Campus Happenings

17 Sep UND Army ROTC celebrates 100th anniversary with Friday, Oct. 4 open house

Posted at 15:25h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

The UND Army ROTC will celebrate their 100th anniversary on campus with an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, in the Armory. It will be followed by a social from 5:30 to 6 p.m., and a 6 p.m. dinner. Speakers at the...

16 Sep NDSU engineering outstanding staff award winners announced

Posted at 18:50h in Campus Happenings by hhotzler

Two staff members have been honored for their contributions to the success of the NDSU College of Engineering. Tiffany Neuharth was named the Outstanding Staff Award recipient for the paraprofessional or office support level. Neuharth has worked as an administrative assistant in the mechanical engineering department...

16 Sep Two NDSU entities receive Lifesaver Community Awards

Posted at 18:48h in Campus Happenings by hhotzler

The North Dakota chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has presented the NDSU School of Nursing and the NDSU Counseling Center with 2019 Lifesaver Community Awards. The entities were honored during the annual Out of the Darkness Walk held Sept. 15. The School of...

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

Posted at 14:44h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

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

Posted at 14:12h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

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

Posted at 14:10h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

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

Posted at 14:06h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

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

Posted at 14:03h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

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

Posted at 13:59h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

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

Posted at 13:57h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

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...