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Casia Steinhaus balances research in astrophysics and machine learning with national-championship-level shooting<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Casia
Casia Steinhaus is a double major in physics and math at UND and a National Collegiate Rifle Championships competitor. Photo by Shawna Schill\/UND Today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When most people picture a college student, they may not imagine someone balancing national rifle competitions and coding satellite data to detect oil in oceans.<\/p>\n

But then again, Casia Steinhaus is not like most people.<\/p>\n

Casia grew up on a farm outside of Devils Lake, N.D., where she spent her days caring for alpacas and honing her skills in 4-H shooting sports.<\/p>\n

She began competitive shooting at age 8 and qualified for the Junior Olympics by age 12. Despite this success outside of the classroom, Casia felt academically unchallenged in high school.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t have a lot of advanced classes, so I was really bored,\u201d she said. That boredom became motivation \u2014 she enrolled in college courses early and earned her associate\u2019s degree by the time she was 17.<\/p>\n

Now a student in the UND Honors program and a double major in physics and math, Casia balances a 21-credit semester with research in astrophysics and machine learning, elite-level shooting and national scholarships that could one day take her to Oxford, Cambridge or NASA.<\/p>\n

Read and watch more about Casia<\/strong> <\/a>and her successful career at UND.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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