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The University of North Dakota Flying Team has once again found success on the national stage, taking second place overall and winning several individual events at the 2023 National Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference contest, hosted this year in Oshkosh, Wisc., May 8-13. In similar results to last year’s SAFECON competition, UND took home the […]

Ten teams of UND students competed for a $10,000 grand prize in the Middleton Business Plan Competition held April 21-22, hosted by the University’s Nistler College of Business & Public Administration. Open to all students, the competition is a comprehensive program of workshops and collaborations with UND faculty and partners such as the North Dakota […]

The University of North Dakota and its student-centered Memorial Union had another moment to shine recently at the annual conference for the Association of College Unions International in Boston. Memorial Union Director Cheryl Grew-Gillen said UND was part of the organization’s Architecture & Design Showcase featuring student union projects from across the country. UND Memorial Union architects — WTW Architects of Pittsburgh and […]

A team of UND Aerospace students has been named a finalist in the FAA’s first-ever Data Challenge, a national competition that offers as top prize a $25,000 award. The FAA Data Challenge focuses on the use of artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to address aviation-related problems and opportunities. The competition invites teams from U.S.-based colleges […]

The University of North Dakota Wind Ensemble, selected through a juried process, presented a feature performance at the 2023 North Dakota Music Educators Association Conference. Held in Bismarck last week, the conference was attended by hundreds of professional music educators from North Dakota, as well as talented high school students selected for the All-State Bands, […]

Sydney Menne, a UND senior and one of the University’s most honored current students, has landed yet another prestigious fellowship. The 2023 Marshall Scholar and Rhodes Scholarship finalist from Shoreview, Minn., has been awarded the 2023 Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship. She’ll intern this summer at the space launch company Astra in Alameda, Calif. Menne is one of only 30 […]

The School of Graduate Studies is pleased to announce the winners of the 7th Annual 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) competition that was held Wednesday, Jan. 25, at the Memorial Union. Congratulations to the top three presenters in 2023. First Place: Danielle Germundson-Hermanson, doctoral student in Clinical and Translational Science, “Food for Thought: Depression, Food Allergy, and […]

David Flynn, professor of economics and finance, will represent North Dakota during the sixth annual Regional Economic Conditions Conference on Friday, Jan. 13. The half-day, virtual conference, hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, features presentations and panel discussions with representatives from states in the Ninth Federal Reserve District. For Flynn, this will be […]

The UND Alumni Association & Foundation (UNDAAF) received seven awards in the 2022 Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Best of District VI Institutional Awards. CASE District VI represents educational institutions in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. The awards were received in the following categories: Photography: Portraits […]

The University of North Dakota Wellness Center recently received the Employer of the Year Award for 2022 from The Arc Upper Valley as part of the organization’s 2022 Impact Awards honoring peoples’ and other organizations’ contributions to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Wellness Center was nominated by the Grand Forks Public Schools Adult […]

Michelle M. Sauer, Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor of English & Gender Studies, is the winner of this year’s Award for Scholarly Achievement from the Southeastern Medieval Association. The organization’s awards committee, led by President Anne Latowsky, associate professor of French at the University of South Florida, said Sauer is a “trailblazing researcher” in the fields […]

Saying goodbye to an old friend is always tough. And tougher still when a worldwide pandemic prevents you from doing so in person. It’s for the same reason UND President Andy Armacost said that just any old send-off would not do when it came time for the University to bid farewell to Memorial Stadium, one of its […]

Dan Lewerenz, assistant professor at the UND School of Law, was recently selected as October’s “Member of the Month” for the National Indian Child Welfare Association. Lewerenz, a member of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, previously worked as a staff attorney for the Native American Rights Fund in Washington, D.C., a longtime partner […]

A team from UND’s AI/VR Lab received a 3rd Place Honorable Mention in the NASA MarsXR Challenge. In the challenge, teams were tasked with developing virtual reality assets and scenarios for use by NASA in researching Mars exploration activities. UND’s team won $1,000 for their work on a weather balloon inflation and launch scenario. Nine […]

On Friday, Sept. 30, the College of Engineering & Mines celebrated the achievements of three alums during the annual Alumni Academy Induction Ceremony. Family, friends and colleagues gathered in the Memorial Union to celebrate the highest honor bestowed by the College of Engineering & Mines to alumni. This year’s group of inductees include Scott Boe […]