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Brian Tande named dean of Engineering & Mines

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Headshot: Brian Tande

Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Tom DiLorenzo has announced that Brian Tande has been appointed dean of College of Engineering & Mines (CEM). He was one of three finalists who interviewed for the position after a nationally competitive search that began last fall. Tande, who has served as interim dean of the College […]

Students count! For the Census, be counted at school, even if relocated

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Students count! For Census purposes, college students who normally live at school should be counted at school, even if they are temporarily living somewhere else due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please encourage your students to respond to the 2020 Census: https://my2020census.gov/ For more information, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Ee8ol_LxY.

Fourth-year medical students receive their residency “match”

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“Match Day” for graduating medical students is one of the most important milestones of their young careers. Each year on Match Day, medical school seniors across the country find out where they will complete their residency, a period of advanced intensive training in their chosen medical specialty, before embarking on independent practice as a physician. […]

Stand up and be counted! Census invitations have arrived

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Students count! All students – and members of the UND community – will receive an invitation to respond to the U.S. 2020 Census. Whether you’re in student housing or living off campus, you count as a Grand Forks resident. What matters is where you live most of the year, not your hometown. Even if you’re […]

UND Writers Conference has been canceled

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UND and the UND Writers Conference have been monitoring the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) closely. We have decided to err on the side of caution and cancel the UND Writers Conference, which was to be held March 25-27, 2020 at the North Dakota Museum of Art. The UND Writers Conference brings nearly 2,000 people together […]

Provost Forum set for today at 3:30 p.m.

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The March Provost Forum will be held today, Wednesday, March 11, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 7, Education Building. It will include presentations on: One UND Strategic Plan Goal 5, Inclusivity – Cara Halgren, Vice President for Student Affairs Emergency Operations Plan – Jennifer Berger, Director of Emergency Management  & Chief Eric Plummer, Associate Vice […]

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51st Annual UND Writers Conference to focus on ‘The Working Classes’

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Image of legs and boots hanging over wall with text: 51st annual UND writers conference, the working classes

The University of North Dakota will hold its 51st annual Writers Conference Wednesday through Friday, March 25-27, at the North Dakota Museum of Art on campus. Founded in 1970 and held every year since, the UND Writers Conference has featured some of the most well-known authors of the 20th and 21st centuries at all stages […]

Update on UND’s response to COVID-19

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Campus community: Earlier this week, we sent out a notice regarding UND’s response to the COVID-19 (a.k.a. coronavirus). At that time, we also established the Coronavirus Updates blog (https://blogs.und.edu/coronavirus/) as the central resource on this topic for our community. The University continues to monitor the situation and the advisories of the Centers for Disease Control […]

Raymond Santana

Two members of ‘The Exonerated Five’ will speak on campus on Wednesday, March 4

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Raymond Santana

Two members of “The Exonerated Five” will speak on campus Wednesday, March 4, at 5 p.m., in the Chester Fritz Auditorium. The conversation with Raymond Santana and Yusef Salaam will be moderated by Tamba-Kuii Bailey, assistant professor of Education, Health & Behavior. The Exonerated Five, known for decades as “The Central Park Five,” were coerced […]

Graduate Research Achievement Day set for March 5

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People who’d like to explore the frontiers of knowledge are invited to stop by Hyslop Arena on  Thursday afternoon, March 5. That’s where they’ll find some 150 to 200 graduate students from UND, who will have set up posters to present their research. The students will explain their work to faculty judges and to the […]