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Deadline for removal of incompletes from spring and summer of 2014 is September 19th.

  Proposals are now being accepted for the 4th annual Near-Space Balloon Competition (NSBC).  Students design and build payloads (science/engineering experiments) to be flown on high altitude balloons that reach the stratosphere at ~100,000 feet.  That’s the edge of space! This NASA competition is open to North Dakota students grades 6-12 in teams of 3-20. […]

Congratulations to Sarah Pyle and Mary Wilkins who graduated with a Space Studies M.S. in August!

Dr. Jianglong Zhang, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at UND, has received a grant through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Program. This multi-million dollar project, named the Center for Regional Climate Studies, is part of a $20,000,000 NSF EPSCoR research grant to NDSU, titled Innovative and Strategic Program […]

The North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC) is now accepting proposals from faculty members at UND, NDSU, and all North Dakota affiliate institutions for research focus area (RFA) funding in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics) field that is also NASA-relevant. (UND and NDSU proposals must include collaboration and active participation with faculty and […]

The fall semester Brown Bag Seminar Series features graduate students providing presentations on their current research and recent internships.  The series continues on Wednesday, September 3rd, featuring grad student Travis Nelson presenting “Research on High Stress Environment Operations” This series of presentations will be held in the Space Studies Library at noon.  Lunch will be […]

Space Studies master’s student, Arturo Ortiz, will give his thesis proposal presentation as follows.  All Space Studies students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.  All department funded students are expected to attend. When:  Wednesday, September 3rd at 3:30 p.m. Where:  Ryan Hall, Room 111 (not available online) Title: Radiation Shielding Approaches for Planetary Surface Exploration:  A […]

September 3rd is the deadline for the following items: Last day to add a full-term course without a petition. December grads must be enrolled in a course. Last day to withdraw to zero credits at 100% refund. No refunds granted after this date unless student withdraws from all classes to zero credits. See space.edu calendar […]

During August 2014 a five member research team from the Department of Geography (Dr. Greg Vandeberg, Christian Sovak, and Sami Swartz) and the Department of Earth System Science and Policy (Dr. Jeff VanLooy and Robbie MacDonald) at UND participated in a nine day field mission to Continental Glacier in the Wind River Range of Wyoming.  […]

Space Studies master’s student, Tiffany Swarmer, will give her thesis proposal presentation as follows, later this week.  All Space Studies students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.  All department funded students are expected to attend. When:  Wednesday, August 27th at 3:30 p.m. Where:  Ryan Hall, Room 111 (not available online) Title: Planetary Extra Vehicular Activities Performance […]