Research

The UND Energy & Environmental Research Center has been awarded two Department of Energy contracts to study enhanced oil recovery from conventional rock formations in North Dakota and Montana. Photo by Agustinus Zandy/EERC.

Squeezing oil from rock

August 13, 2019 at

UND’s EERC gets two new DOE contracts totaling $16 million to study enhanced oil recovery

Researchers at the UND Energy & Environmental Research Center have received funding for 10 projects through the new State Energy Research Center. Photo by Kari Suedel/EERC.

A unique research opportunity

August 6, 2019 at

10 EERC projects funded under new State Energy Research Center

The first meeting of the State Board of Higher Education Research Committee as held last week at the UND Tech Accelerator. Photo by Patrick C. Miller/UND today.

Coming together to advance research

August 6, 2019 at

State Board of Higher Education Research Committee holds first meeting on UND campus

Image courtesy of UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences.

UND SMHS nets $10M for gene research

July 30, 2019 at

NIH grant supports quest to treat cancer, neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s, and diabetes

UND biology graduated student Megan Zopfi and Valley City State undergraduate Aaron Springer study an area of the Oakville Prairie subjected to a prescribed burn in June. Photo by Shawn Schill/UND Today.

Getting fired up

July 23, 2019 at

UND researchers explore how fire helps prairie grasslands

Video: Answering ‘burning’ questions

July 23, 2019 at

Faculty and students discover native North Dakota through controlled burning at UND’s Oakville Prairie

UND Space Studies graduate student Stefan Tomovic was recently featured in National Geographic magazine wearing a space suit designed for NASA by Pablo de León, director of the University of North Dakota Human Spaceflight Laboratory. Photo by Patrick C. Miller/UND Today.

Moon mission still resonates

July 16, 2019 at

UND’s space research will leave imprint on future NASA missions

Charles Gorecki, director of subsurface research and development with the UND Energy & Environmental Research Center for the past four years, will succeed Tom Erickson as EERC CEO beginning Aug. 1. Photo by Kari Suedel/EERC.

Gorecki selected to lead UND EERC

July 9, 2019 at

Charles Gorecki will succeed current CEO Tom Erickson beginning Aug. 1

Virginia Clinton, assistant professor in education, health and behavior at UND, conducts research on reading comprehension and open educational resources. Photo by Patrick C. Miller/UND Today.

Reading beyond comprehension

July 2, 2019 at

Do students learn better when reading from pixels or paper? Education professor Virginia Clinton seeks the answer

State Sen. Ray Holmberg of Grand Forks, N.D., was honored as the 11th recipient of the UND Energy & Environmental Research Center' Energy Champion Award. Photo by Kari Suedel/EERC.

Holmberg honored as 11th Energy Champion

June 25, 2019 at

Created in 1986, honor recognizes leadership as well as commitment to energy and environmental research nationwide

Research with impact

June 18, 2019 at

A month-by-month reflection of UND research successes throughout the 2018-19 Academic year

On Tuesday, Tom Erickson, CEO of UND's Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC), announced his transition to lead the new State Energy Research Center of North Dakota. Photo by Kari Suedel/EERC.

EERC Director Tom Erickson to lead new State Energy Research Center

June 11, 2019 at

Longtime EERC leader, UND alum announces transition to head up exploratory research center to benefit North Dakota’s economy and environment

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 of bee pollination. Photo by Bee Innovative

Perfect trifecta

June 4, 2019 at

Australian company’s technology matches up with UND and state known for drones, sunflowers and honeybees

UND chemists achieve rare air

June 4, 2019 at

Novel method, the subject of upcoming paper, could upend the basic tenets of air research

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.

Aloha, North Dakota

May 28, 2019 at

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