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March, 2021

Residents regarded with suspicion the state’s recommendations, but listened and responded to the evidence, a statewide survey by the Institute for Policy and Business Analytics at the University of North Dakota showed

‘And given that the United States is home to the world’s busiest airports, we might have been No. 1 in the world earlier this month,’ University’s chief flight instructor says Watch out, LaGuardia, and move over, O’Hare: According to official Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) numbers, Grand Forks International Airport (GFK) was the busiest airport in […]

Longtime Grand Forks Herald journalist ‘is a treasure for our city, state and nation,’ UND President Andy Armacost says  Here’s some news that we hope will make Marilyn Hagerty break into such a broad smile, she’ll award herself the honor of Cheerful Person of the Week: Hagerty, longtime reporter and columnist for the Herald, soon will […]

University honored this week by Arbor Day Foundation with 2020 Tree Campus Higher Education award “Nothing happens fast in the tree world,” as Jared Johnson, arborist at the University of North Dakota, likes to say. But even for Johnson and the other patient people who tend to UND’s trees, this week’s news – which has […]

Live stream presentation set for 7:30 p.m., start and is free and open to all

The University of North Dakota Biology Club, a student organization, is hosting a Datathon contest March 26-31. The contest will use Big Data, analytical techniques, and teams to uncover new discoveries in public health. It is co-hosted by the UND Biology Club, Dakota Cancer Collaborative on Translational Activity (DaCCoTA), and the Sanford Research & Biostatistics […]

In these times of uncertainty, America’s Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) across the country are celebrating in unison the success of our nation’s dreamers, innovators, and doers – America’s small businesses and their owners. The fifth annual SBDC Day will take place on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. This day unites the nearly 1,000 SBDCs across […]

The University of North Dakota’s Space Studies Colloquium on Monday, March 22, features Paul Abell, UND alumnus and NASA’s chief scientist for small body exploration science division, Johnson Space Center, Houston. He will present “Near-Earth Objects as Possible Destinations for Future Exploration.” It will be held from 5-7 Central Daylight Standard Time in an online […]

The University of North Dakota will hold an Eye of the Hawk Lecture, “An Evening with Tressie McMillan Cottom on the Future of Education” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11. Please pre-register for the Zoom link. Join us for an evening with scholar Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom, an associate professor in the School of Library […]

GRAND FORKS, N.D.  – The North Dakota Procurement Technical Assistance Center (ND PTAC), UND Center for Business Engagement & Development and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), are sponsoring the 9th Annual Government Procurement Fair. This year, the Procurement Fair will be held virtually on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m., CST. “Our annual […]