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Center for Innovation designated as "Soft Landings International Incubator"

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The Center for Innovation’s two technology incubators are designated as a “Soft Landings” International Incubator” by the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA). The Center for Innovation was one of first five incubators in the world to secure that designation in 2006, and there are 15 incubators out of 5,000 worldwide with that designation and certification. […]

UAS Center director Al Palmer named to Governor’s Military Task Force

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Alan (Al) Palmer, director of the UND Unmanned Aerial Systems Center of Excellence (UND UAS Center) has been appointed to an open-ended term on the 13-member North Dakota Governor’s Military Task Force. The UND UAS Center is part of the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences; UND Aerospace Dean Bruce Smith is likewise a […]

UAS Center director Al Palmer named to Governor's Military Task Force

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Alan (Al) Palmer, director of the UND Unmanned Aerial Systems Center of Excellence (UND UAS Center) has been appointed to an open-ended term on the 13-member North Dakota Governor’s Military Task Force. The UND UAS Center is part of the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences; UND Aerospace Dean Bruce Smith is likewise a […]

David Antonenko honored for service

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A retirement reception to honor David R. Antonenko, professor of surgery and director of the Surgical Simulation and Education Center at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences was held June 7. Antonenko was recognized for his 21 years of teaching and leadership in the Department of Surgery.  He practiced critical care medicine and general […]

Tiemann appointed associate dean for UND College of Arts and Sciences

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Kathleen Tiemann, Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor and chair of sociology, has been appointed to a three-year term as associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences by Dean Martha Potvin . Effective July 1, Tiemann succeeds John LaDuke, who accepted a position at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.  Her teaching interests include gender […]

Scientists kindle the intellectual fire in summer students

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On June 1, President Robert Kelley welcomed 50 undergraduate students from across the state, region and nation who will conduct research this summer at the  School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Kelley spoke with the students about his undergraduate research experience in the field of developmental biology and how it sparked his curiosity, a thirst […]

First RuralMed Scholar named

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Stephanie Lee, a second-year medical student at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and Joshua Wynne, vice president for Health Affairs at UND and dean of the SMHS, signed the first RuralMed Scholar contract on May 20. Lee is a native of Mercer, a community in west-central North Dakota with a population of 75 […]

Kupchella Preventive Medicine and Wellness Award winners named

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The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Health Care Center in Sisseton, S.D., and Thomas M. Seaworth, M.D., of Detroit Lakes, Minn., received Charles E. Kupchella Preventive Medicine and Wellness Awards. Named for former UND President Charles E. Kupchella, the fourth-annual Kupchella Wellness Awards were given during the School of Medicine and Health Sciences M.D. Class of 2010 commencement […]

Researchers receive NASA grant to improve satellite observations

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Xiquan Dong and Baike Xi in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences recently received $348,357 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to improve satellite-derived data that are used to figure out what’s going on in the Earth’s atmosphere. That’s the broad-brush picture of what this research is about. More specifically, this UND research project […]

Grünergy Technologies launches "Total Mercury Control"

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Grünergy Technologies PLC (Frankfurt: GN1) announced the launch and commercialization of its proprietary “Total Mercury Control” solution through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Grünergy Technologies USA Inc. and Grünergy Technologies Canada Inc. Grünergy’s mission is to offer the most advanced and innovative mercury emissions control technologies in the world for the electric utility industry. The company […]

Grünergy Technologies launches “Total Mercury Control”

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Grünergy Technologies PLC (Frankfurt: GN1) announced the launch and commercialization of its proprietary “Total Mercury Control” solution through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Grünergy Technologies USA Inc. and Grünergy Technologies Canada Inc. Grünergy’s mission is to offer the most advanced and innovative mercury emissions control technologies in the world for the electric utility industry. The company […]

Cuozzo looks at lemur teeth for climate change clues

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UND anthropologist Frank Cuozzo heads for his eighth year of field research on lemurs in their only natural habitat: the forests of Madagascar. Lemurs—named after Roman mythological ghosts—may shed a big light on climate change and its environmental impacts. Cuozzo, working with an interdisciplinary, international, multi-institution team, heads to Madagascar on a $199,000 National Science […]

Groundbreaking ceremony for the Education Building addition is June 4

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Please join us for the groundbreaking of the new Education Building addition at 11 a.m. Friday, June 4. The ceremony will be held on the north side of the Education Building (231 Centennial Drive). For any questions or directions, contact Jena Pierce at 777-0844 or jena.pierce@und.edu or visit www.edbuilding.und.edu. — Education.

SUNRISE scientists to host American Indian students, teachers

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North Dakota SUNRISE faculty from both UND and NDSU will host tribal college and graduating high school senior students for the Native American Freshman Research Experience May 24—June 4. The students will spend these two weeks working in laboratories with SUNRISE faculty mentors as well as participating in programs designed to introduce them to North […]

UND honors Sitting Bull College president Laurel Vermillion

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Laurel Vermillion, a lifelong resident of the Standing Rock Reservation who is president of Sitting Bull College, has received the Distinguished Alumni Achievement award from the University of North Dakota (UND) College of Education and Human Development (CEHD). Vermillion was one of seven alumni who were honored at the recent CEHD awards banquet for their […]