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Funded by a generous endowment established by UND alumni Suezette Rene Bieri, ’69, ’70, ‘89 and Mike Jacobs, ’70, ‘14, the Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Awards provide undergraduate students with research and creative activity experiences that enhance their learning. Faculty apply for these grants to support projects that include undergraduate students […]

A UND engineering team has won funding in a geothermal manufacturing competition, along with an invitation to advance to the next stage in the contest. The “Dreamer Geothermophiles” won $33,333 and were one of 15 teams selected to continue in the American-Made Geothermal Manufacturing Prize. They will compete for part of a $1 million award. […]

The thesis project for a UND graduate student in kinesiology has been published by Sports Medicine, a top-ranking journal. Trevor Dufner is the lead author of the study, which brought together one of the largest datasets on handgrip strength ever assembled to estimate trends among adults in 14 high- or upper-middle-income countries. Handgrip strength is […]

Maylynn Riding In Warne, Educational Foundations and Research Ph.D. student, has been selected to participate in one of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s leadership programs. These programs connect changemakers across the country—from every profession and field—to help them learn from and work with one another in creating more just and thriving communities. Warne was selected […]

Last week, as part of the Economic Development Association of North Dakota fall conference, Gov. Doug Burgum announced the recipients of the 2020 Governor’s Choice Economic Development Awards. The ND SBDC is pleased to have a connections with three of the winners as well as a finalist in another category. The City of Lisbon was […]

The coordinators of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Sports Physical Therapy Residency learned this week that the residency has been reaccredited for a full 10-year accreditation period. The accreditation was granted by the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education and will remain active through Jan. 31, 2031. “Our […]

Rural Health Research Gateway, an online library of rural research, recently received funding of $135,000, from the Health Resources & Services Administration. Gateway is an online library providing access to research and findings of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP)-funded Rural Health Research Centers (RHRC), from 1997-present. The Gateway web site can be […]

At 3 p.m. Central on Sept. 2, UND’s Nistler College of Business & Public Administration, for the first time, rang the closing bell for the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. Representing the college – and ringing the bell remotely from North Dakota – was Pierson Painter, a Nistler College student and winner of this year’s Red River […]

“As a student of history myself, I have very few regrets in life,” said the speaker in the tribute video to Gordon Iseminger, retired UND history professor. “But one regret I do have is that as someone who went to North Dakota State versus UND, I never had the opportunity to take a class from […]

The State Office of Rural Health (SORH) will be able to provide additional support to North Dakota thanks to increased funding from Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP). Annual funding increased to $230,000 this year, allowing for additional services to begin. SORH is a federal-state partnership that helps rural communities build their healthcare services […]

The UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Adopt-a-Med-Student Program celebrated its 10th year this week by providing 67 engraved stethoscopes to first-year medical students in the MD Class of 2024. “It’s awesome,” said first-year med student Ajdin Ekic of West Fargo,  first generation immigrant and son of Bosnian parents. “This is the sort […]

The University of North Dakota has received the 2020 Sustainability Innovation Award for their public-private partnership with Johnson Controls to build a new steam plant. The award is from APPA, a professional association for facilities management professionals in education. The Sustainability Innovation Award is designed to recognize and promote unique and innovative sustainable practices in […]

Rosemary Pleva Flynn, principal librarian and archivist at the UND Energy & Environmental Research Center, chairs an archivists group which received a Council Exemplary Service Award from her professional association, the Society of American Archivists (SAA). The SAA Dictionary Working Group, chaired by Flynn, received the award for compiling and launching the Dictionary of Archives […]

Vasyl Tkach, UND Professor of Biology, is the newest president of the American Society of Parasitologists (ASP) as of July 30. In 2018 and 2019, Tkach served as vice president for the national organization under John Hawdon of George Washington University. Tkach was elected president that year. The ASP comprises a diverse group of around […]

Jacqueline Gray has been named a fellow of the Society for Women Psychologists and for Psychologists in Public Service of the American Psychological Association (APA). Gray is a research associate professor for the Department of Population Health and the associate director of Center for Rural Health (CRH) for Indigenous programs at the School of Medicine […]