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With the puck scheduled to drop on the 2016 IIHF U18 Men’s World Championship in only 30 days, USA Hockey and Ralph Engelstad Arena have announced that single session tickets for the world championship event will go on sale Tuesday, March 15, at 10 a.m. CST. Fans can purchase tickets online at www.GrandForks2016.com, in person […]

Empire Theatre Company will present Annie Baker’s Pulitzer Prize winning drama, The Flick, opening March 24.  Set in a run-down movie theater, director Chris Berg has chosen to utilize the historic theater’s old projection booth (now an office) and the vast 416 seat house as the “stage” of this play. Given this unique arrangement, audiences […]

The UND Presidential Search Committee hosted six presidential candidates on campus over the past several weeks before deciding today to recommend three candidates for final interviews with the State Board of Higher Education. The interviews will take place on Tuesday, March 15, on campus. The SBHE is the hiring authority for university presidents, and is […]

The Presidential Search Committee will meet at 8 a.m. Friday, March 11, in Room 116, UND IT Building to recommend at least three unranked candidates to the State Board of Higher Education. The State Board will then meet on Tuesday, March 15, at 8 a.m. in the Gorecki Alumni Center’s Gransberg Room on campus to […]

University Letter is being redesigned to better serve the University community. Providing that CTS, which is graciously assisting with programming and design, is able to migrate stories, we expect to premiere the new version on March 22. Here is what’s new: A clean, updated design Easy reading with any device, including a desktop computer, tablet, […]

Professor of Electrical Engineering Saleh Faruque has published the third book in his “Made Easy” series on electrical engineering concepts. In his latest release, Radio Frequency Channel Coding Made Easy, Faruque blends theory and practice to bring readers up-to-date in key concepts, underlying principles and practical applications of wireless communications. The presentation is designed to […]

The University of North Dakota has announced that it is offering a limited-time Staff Voluntary Separation Incentive Program (SVSIP).  The University is taking this step in an effort to reduce salary, benefit and wage costs in anticipation of funding cuts and to redirect the allocation and appointment of positions at the University to maximize the University’s […]

Together with the North Dakota Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the North Dakota Science Teachers Association, and the North Dakota STEM Network, the UND STEM Initiative will host the Spring North Dakota Collaborative STEM Conference April 21-21. Click for conference details. Conference activities will include optional pre-conference STEM networking sessions on Thursday for attendees to […]

Of the hundreds of programs across the country, the UND Trumpet Studio is among the most elite in the nation. This week, the group is headed to Columbus State University in Georgia (March 10-12) for the National Trumpet Competition. It’s the third year in a row that the UND Trumpet Studio has been honored to […]

In honor of International Women’s Day, here are 10 episodes of Why? Radio featuring some of the remarkable women we’ve had as guests. We have worked very hard to be inclusive on the show, although we have not yet reached the point at which 50 percent of our guests are women. Philosophy is an overwhelmingly male discipline and we at […]

Dear members of the UND Community, Here is an update on the UND Presidential Search as of Tuesday, March 8: Don’t forget to fill out the feedback form for each of the six candidates no later than Wednesday, March 9, at noon. All the feedback compiled from faculty, staff, students, administrators, Alumni Association & Foundation, and […]

The UND Student Amateur Radio Association and the UND-based North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), in collaboration with Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS), will host a telebridge contact with astronauts on the International Space Station. The event is set for 9 a.m .to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 10, in the Memorial Union […]

Check out the latest news and feature stories at the digital news center. This week’s stories include: Featured scholar: Brij Singh, biomedical scientist, zeroes in on calcium and its link to abnormal bodily functions such as dry mouth and cancer. Watch the video at https://vimeo.com/156611882. Crafting a solution: students learn to crochet special sleeping mats […]

This is a reminder to Flexible Spending participants who have funds remaining in their 2015 account: March 15, 2016 is the last day to incur an eligible medical expense and have it applied to your 2015 balances for flexible spending.  Expenses must be submitted to ADP by April 30, 2016 in order to avoid forfeiting […]

The Promotion, Tenure, and Evaluation (PTE) Working Group met on February 26 for the ninth time this academic year. During the meeting, the Working Group focused on the topic of collegiality and professionalism. Members discussed the importance of including information in the draft Faculty Handbook about the relationship between faculty expectations and collegiality and professionalism. […]