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The North Dakota Area Health Education Center (ND AHEC) has received a one-year, $249,835 Recovery Act grant to purchase human patient simulators to train rural health care providers. The grant, titled Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals, is from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of […]

Winter weather will mean more to some students at UND and area K-12 schools than ever before. That’s because student researchers will be studying snowfall in the Red River Valley from Nov. 15 to Dec. 6 in a project titled “SNOwD UNDER (Student Nowcasting and Observations with the DOW at UND: Education through Research). The […]

The UND Flying Team won top honors in the Region V National Intercollegiate Flying Association’s (NIFA’s) Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference (SAFECON) recently. UND’s winning score of 672 points gave the UND Flying Team first place in flight events and first in ground events. This SAFECON was hosted by UND in Crookston, Minn., and comprised […]

The UND Flying Team won top honors in the Region V National Intercollegiate Flying Association’s (NIFA’s) Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference (SAFECON) recently. UND’s winning score of 672 points gave the UND Flying Team first place in flight events and first in ground events. This SAFECON was hosted by UND in Crookston, Minn., and comprised […]

A high-level delegation from the University of Tromsø, Norway, met Monday at UND and will meet again on campus Friday to explore the potential for ongoing student and faculty exchanges—both short—and long-term—and collaborative research projects that could benefit both schools. “We’re looking for some real action, real projects, not just signed letters in a file,” said Curt […]

Please join us Monday, Nov. 8, in the River Valley Room, Memorial Union, for a campus conversation with the Undergraduate Learning Working Group.  Lunch will be at noon, and will be followed at 12:30 p.m. with an update on the Undergraduate Learning Working Group from co-chairs Ryan Zerr and Brett Goodwin.  The remainder of the […]

The Academic Advising Committee is now accepting nominations for the Outstanding Faculty Academic Adviser Award to be presented at Founders Day 2011. To access the nomination form online, go to http://ssc.und.edu/forms/nomination.php. Paper nomination forms are available at the Union Info. Center, Student Success Center, Dean’s offices, and the Student Government Office. All students, faculty, staff, […]

The Center for Human Rights and Genocide Studies will host journalist and scholar James Boys, the British Broadcasting Corp.’s (BBC’s) chief U.S. political correspondent, on campus for a week-long fellowship starting Monday. Boys was at UND last spring as a visiting fellow conducting research for papers he’ll present here next week. Here are highlights of Boys’ week on the […]

Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures will host Swedish scholar Kerstin Bergman for a talk titled “Negotiating Swedishness in the 21st Century—Swedish, European, and African alterities in Henning Mankell’s crime novels.” Bergman’s presentation is at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct 26, in the East Asian Room at the Chester Fritz Library. The event is free and open to the public. Bergman, […]

Lori Reesor, the third of three candidates for the position of Vice President for Student Affairs to visit campus, stressed her varied academic and administrative background, commitment to student learning and development, and her vision for creating a healthy University environment, at a public forum Oct. 18. She currently serves as Associate Vice Provost for […]

Steven Erwin, the second of three candidates for the position of Vice President for Student Affairs to visit campus, focused on his vision for creating a healthy University community at a public forum Oct. 14.  He currently serves as Associate Vice President for Campus Life and Auxiliary Services, Pittsburg State University, Kansas. Erwin earned an […]

Actor Sam Anderson – one of the University of North Dakota’s best-known theatre arts graduates – will return to Grand Forks to hold a Great Conversation on Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m., in the Chester Fritz Auditorium. An open reception will immediately follow the conversation. Anderson will help the university kick off its Theatre Arts 100th […]

Actor Sam Anderson – one of the University of North Dakota’s best-known theatre arts graduates – will return to Grand Forks to hold a Great Conversation on Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m., in the Chester Fritz Auditorium. An open reception will immediately follow the conversation. Anderson will help the university kick off its Theatre Arts 100th […]

The nationally recognized Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) neuroscience group at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences is hosting a neuroscience symposium titled “Building Better Brains,” which will be held at the Memorial Union Oct. 14–15. Senator Kent Conrad will greet the participants of the Friday, Oct. 15, session at 9:45 a.m. The […]

A nearly 1,500-pound pedestal and bronze bust of George Walsh, the man credited with writing the legislation to put UND in Grand Forks, was quietly installed this week on the campus quad near Twamley Hall. Passersby will notice the new addition just outside the east doors of Twamley, the school’s main administrative building. An informal […]