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An Epiphany of Cosmic Proportions
Mark Hoffmann describes a new chemical reaction that could explain how stars form, evolve, and eventually die University of North Dakota scientist Mark Hoffmann’s version of Star Search goes a long...
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“The 411″ on 511
Leon Osborne adapted a project for airline weather data to lay the groundwork for 511, the nationwide road and weather information system. A quick proposal grows into a nationwide service The evolution...
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No “One-Hit Wonder”
David Bradley, associate professor of microbiology and immunology, is a principal investigator for Avianax’ innovative antibodies research. UND researchers team up with Avianax, NovaDigm to explore...
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Bricks of Success
Bruce Gjovig (left), director of UND’s Center for Innovation, shows the original business plan prepared for Steffes Corp. to Rodger Pearson, head of its Grand Forks operations. Dickinson-based Steffes...
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Opening Windows with Partnerships
Alena Kubatova, associate professor of chemistry, meets with Marvin Windows staff members Stephen Fisher (center) and Ben Wallace in her Abbott Hall laboratory. The Marvin heritage at UND thrives with...
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“Fire Birds” Freeze for the Camera
New technologies help biologist Susan Felege analyze sharp-tailed grouse populations. Human activity impacts wildlife ecology, and Susan Ellis-Felege is hunting down the details. Three years ago,...
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“Bakken Map” Proves Valuable and Popular
The Regional Drilling Activity in the Bakken and Three Forks Formations map, or the “Bakken map,” as it has come to be known, has proved to be a valuable resource for those with a stake in the state’s...
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Partnering Through Art
Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg: prior to Aug. 29, if you lived in North Dakota and wanted to study firsthand a work by these internationally celebrated artists, you...
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Keeping the State’s Oil Industry on Target
Kathleen Neset, owner of Neset Consulting Service, talks with HESS employee Jeremy Brown at a new drilling site near Tioga, N.D. Tioga-based Neset Consulting maintains strong relationships with UND and...
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Message from the VP for Research and Economic Development
Johnson Research and its returns What do you find at a university? A lot of smart people, that’s what! In fact, one study on universities and economic development cited that fact as one of the main...
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Research Renaissance
Dheeshana Jayasundara, assistant professor of social work, is examining issues of domestic violence in Muslim populations and health concerns in developing countries. Her interest in human rights...
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Above and Beyond
Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor Mike Gaffey (left) and Department Chair Santhosh Seelan work with students from around the world who are enrolled in UND’s Space Studies program. UND's Space...
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On Top – and on the Bottom – of the World
Imagine flying across some of the most beautiful and majestic ice structures in the world every day and doing it for a living. UND alumna and NASA project manager Christy Hansen gets to do just that...
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The EERC Connects Around the Globe
The international reputation of the Energy & Environmental Research Center has been built by the talent and energy of its dedicated employees. Researchers at the UND’s Energy & Environmental...
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Getting Ahead of the UAS “Game”
Alan Frazier (right), assistant professor of aviation, demonstrates a camera-equipped UAS vehicle to Barry Milavetz, associate vice president for research, and Grand Forks County Sheriff Robert Rost....
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Man Camps
Research on temporary settlements in North Dakota’s oil patch aims to improve workforce housing statewide University of North Dakota researchers Bret Weber and William Caraher got to know each other...
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“North Dakota Bones and the Temple of ‘Toom’”
Dennis Toom (above) carefully sifts through the soil around the “On-a-Slant Indian Village” site near Fort Abraham Lincoln and Mandan. In 2001, this “dig” netted an abundance of artifacts, many yet to...
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Where in the World…?
Holding examples of new Grand Forks maps are (left to right) Tara Dupper, Lutheran Social Services resettlement coordinator; geography student Garrett Jepsen; Michael Niedzielski, assistant professor...
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A Palette of Business and Pleasure
In a style he calls both “chaotic” and “structured,” Tanner Pruess incorporated the UND logo colors of green and orange into a painting that was featured in the University’s “Spirit Week” celebration....
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Message from the VP for Research and Economic Development
Johnson Transcending boundaries — no passports needed “So who cares?” That’s a question that I like to ask scientists and researchers, and I don’t mean it in an insulting way. Fundamentally, if...
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