University of North Dakota will operate NASA's DC-8, world's only suborbital flying laboratory, for the next five years, thanks to partnership between NASA, U.S. Air Force, UND, state and federal leadership.
The Jack Abramoff scandal triggered a lot of questions about Indian gaming. But Kathryn Rand and Steven Andrew Light say that Abramoff's wrongdoing should not tarnish Indian gaming. The Casino Compromise, say Indians are the victims, not the perpetrators, of Abramoff's fraud.
The DC-8 will fly first to Houston, where it will be based until March 22. From there it will fly sorties to trace pollution plumes that flow out of Mexico City. The multiple measurements made on the DC-8 will be combined with those made from other aircraft flying at different altitudes.
An enterprising team of North Dakota college students is set to unveil a brand new space suit -- the result of a NASA-funded project to design a space suit for the exploration of Mars -- at a rugged, Mars-like North Dakota Badlands test site this week. The multi-institution group comprises students and their faculty advisors from the University of North Dakota, the North Dakota State College of Science, Turtle Mountain Community College, North Dakota State University, and Dickinson State University.
The Da Vinci Code, the Ron Howard movie based on the best-selling book by Dan Brown, was released Friday, May 19, in theaters across the United States to a loudly mixed chorus of critics and fans. University of North Dakota pop culture scholar and English professor Kathleen Dixon observes that the Da Vinci Code--love it or hate it--is a cultural phenomenon.
Join the University of North Dakota's Peter Johnson and Juan Pedraza on Wednesday, June 28, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. at the National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C., 13th Floor, in the Zenger Room, for an informal continental breakfast briefing about UND research, including aerospace, atmospheric sciences, energy, environment, engineering, health, medicine, nanotechnology, and more.
Energy, entrepreneurship, tech savvy, and cash: that's the dynamite combo for the country's only totally student-run venture capital fund, the University of North Dakota-based Dakota Venture Group (DVG). Seeded with $200,000 from retired venture capitalist Bart Holaday and his wife Lynn, DVG is making major waves in the world of student venture funds.
Dr. Edward Sauter, the new associate dean for research at the University of North Dakota's School of Medicine and Health Sciences, is on a mission to turn the research going on in the school's laboratories into treatments at patients' bedsides. The concept is known as "translational" research, according to Sauter, a cancer surgeon and researcher.
Now nearing reality, the $16 million-plus, 50,000-square-foot REAC 1 will provide a research and development hub to increase UND's output of innovative patents and get them commercialized with corporate partners.
SUNRISE is a student-centered, faculty-led research program at UND, North Dakota State University and other North Dakota universities. The mission of SUNRISE is to conduct research that contributes to solving complex energy problems, investigations of sustainable energy options, and economic development and job creation for North Dakota.
Rich Glynn, a straight-talking entrepreneur from South Dakota, doesn't mince words when explaining why a partnership between his fledgling goose operation and the University of North Dakota is a match made in heaven.
The University of North Dakota's Northern Plains Behavioral Research Center will investigate questions related to nutritional effects on cognition and flight performance in pilots, diabetes among migrant farm workers, dementia among elderly American Indians, obesity in children, and domestic violence, to name but a few.
Jeff Weatherly, University of North Dakota professor of psychology, is a casino boss, so to speak. But make no mistake: his machines are for gambling addiction research only, and casino is technically a "casino laboratory."
A rare Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar award is supporting University of North Dakota assistant professor Cindy Anderson's research on vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women in the rural Northern Plains. In addition to consumption of vitamin D-fortified foods, one of the main ways of obtaining the vitamin is through exposure to sunlight. However, sunlight in the Northern Plains is seasonally limited, contributing to an increased likelihood of vitamin deficiency.
University of North Dakota Associate Professor Holly Brown-Borg's lab first made waves in the aging research community in 1996, a year after her arrival at UND, when it published a paper in Nature about Ames dwarf mice living longer than normal mice.
Now that it is complete, the University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center's (EERC) new National Center for Hydrogen Technology (NCHT) is already in need of expansion. The $3.5 million facility was dedicated Sept. 5.
University of North Dakota's Aerospace school researchers envision a place for UAS activities away from the world's battlefields and smack dab in the mix of commercial aviation. They and researchers from several other UND departments imagine skies where unmanned aircraft co-exist seamlessly with jumbo airliners, crop dusters, parachutists, and birds. So they've begun working closely with the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Federal Aviation Administration on the many questions pervading unmanned flight.
University of North Dakota Law Professor Greg Gordon, an expert on international human rights law, as well as others on the UND campus are trying to preserve documents that reflect periods of suffering and genocide in recent history for all to learn from, in hopes they're never repeated. The first step in this endeavor was taken in December 2007 with the establishment of the UND Center for Human Rights and Genocide Studies.
University of North Dakota anthropologist Frank Cuozzo and his colleagues are interested in threats to the local ringtail lemur population in remote southern Madagascar. What they've found is that overgrazing by cattle herds has decimated the supply of soft fruits and other palatable lemur delights outside of the conservation zone. This forces the lemurs high into the trees above the grassland to feed on the tough pods of the fruit from the tamarind tree.
This is a revised version of a feature story that was issued Jan. 20. University of North Dakota anthropologist Frank Cuozzo and his colleagues are studying threats posed to the local ringtailed lemur population of a remote region in southern Madagascar. What they've found is that overgrazing by cattle herds has decimated the supply of soft fruits and other palatable lemur delights outside of a lemur conservation zone. This has forced the lemurs high into the trees above the degraded areas to feed on the tough pods of the fruit from the tamarind tree. The change in diet has been too rapid for the lemurs' bodies to adapt, causing intense tooth wear and severe oral infections that impact their overall health.
The new Health Workforce Information Center (HWIC) operated by the University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health, provides information on health workforce solutions in one centralized and easy-to-access online location. Resources available through HWIC's Web site will help health providers, journalists, educators, researchers and policymakers around the nation develop strategies to meet future workforce demands.
The new Health Workforce Information Center, www.healthworkforceinfo.org, will provide free access to the most recent resources on the nation's health workforce in one easy-to-use online location. As shortages of physicians, nurses and allied health personnel grow worse, information available through the center will help policy makers, hospitals and schools develop strategies to meet future workforce demands.
The University of North Dakota Research Foundation, a research and development partner of the University, invites the public to an open house and tours of its new $16-million-plus, 50,000-square-foot "REAC 1" building, which houses the Center of Excellence in Life Sciences and Advanced Technologies, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 16, at the REAC 1 building, 4201 James Ray Drive, on the western edge of the UND campus.
A research group from the University of North Dakota is headed to Antarctica to measure wind erosion as part of a National Science Foundation project.
A graduate student has used FEMA software in a new way to predict the effects of rising lake levels on Minnewaukan, N.D. Devils Lake has risen nearly 29 feet since 1993, and is in danger of overtaking the town, which was once eight miles from the lake. The maps will help officials and citizens make decisions about whether to relocate all or parts of the town.
Using audio tapes preserved by the University of North Dakota, eight John F. Kennedy news conferences from the early 60s have been digitized and placed online. These recordings, previously unavailable in digital format, will be featured by Apple iTunes on Jan. 20.
Devils Lake in northeastern North Dakota has risen more than 29 feet since 1993, cost more than $1billion, and inundated towns, farms, and homes. Runoff from heavy snow could swell the glacial lake, which covers 252 sq. miles, by more than 50 sq. miles this spring.
Scholars around the world have collaborated on a five-volume edition of the works of English poet and thinker Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The collection is the first in nearly a century and contains previously unpublished material.
"Spaceward Bound" mission unites University of North Dakota, NASA, Argentine Air Force in Antarctica. Follow the team's tests at http://spacesuitlab.blogspot.com .
The University of North Dakota is producing the nation’s first graduates with degrees in the operation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), a field in which job opportunities are expect to explode within the next four years.
Recently discovered and newly digitized versions of never-before-released videos of the “Beat Generation” poets are now on line. The 1974 footage records the 5th Annual University of North Dakota Writers Conference, featuring Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gregory Corso, Michael McClure, Kenneth Rexroth and Peter Orlovsky.
The University of North Dakota and Neomatrix LLC have signed an agreement to develop technology for the early detection of breast cancer using UND technology based on cancer indicators and the company's HALO device.
A grant from DOE will help develop technology that reduces greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The technology should also help the power industry continue to generate low-cost electricity.
Oceanographer explores impact and water quality of lake that has risen nearly 32 feet, increased in volume by seven times, and in area by five times.
Murder, mystery, and mayhem rule the landscape of television, where talk shows and dramas use autopsy reports from forensic pathologists. A new forensic facility at the University of North Dakota provides an expanded ability to investigate sudden, unexplained deaths that occur at home, in the workplace or from public health hazards.
The Museum of Intellectual Property, the country's first known museum of objects related to intellectual property cases, is on display at the University of North Dakota. A web site also showcases the collection.
The University of North Dakota announced $14 million in private and public partnership funding that will greatly enhance UND's efforts in petroleum geology and related fields. The announcement also included the naming of the Harold Hamm School of Geology and Geological Engineering in the UND College of Engineering and Mines.
Scientist describes a new chemical reaction that could explain how stars form, evolve, and eventually die.
The Rural Assistance Center, a national resource for rural health and human services, is celebrating 10 years of service to rural America. RAC has recently partnered with other organizations to create the website’s Tools for Success, http://www.raconline.org/success, which features toolkits and resources on topics vital to rural communities, such as obesity prevention, health information technology, community health workers, and planning for sustainability.
The national 511 traveler information system that provides weather and road information began as aerospace research and has now been moved to the private sector.
Jim Whitehead advocates for the tried and true adage that “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” This is especially the case with product claims made by the dietary supplement industry and other more shady outfits for rapid weight loss, muscle growth, increased energy and all around better health through pills.
Altitude chamber training at the University of North Dakota trains pilots to be aware of decompression and hypoxia. If the flight crew has been trained to recognize symptoms, they can take immediate action.
Researchers at the University of North Dakota look at how environmental influences like herbicides, pesticides, diets, and nutrition affect a person’s epigenetic programming.
Until recently, no one knew how eating disorders occur or what triggers them. Recently published research suggests a new strategy to understand eating disorders, and it may lead to innovative treatments.
The University of North Dakota has announced a $5 million gift from the Hess Corporation to the UND College of Engineering and Mines. The gift, along with a $2.5 million match from the N.D. Higher Education Challenge Fund, will provide $7.5 million toward the new Collaborative Energy Complex.
As part of the “Hudson Bay Project,” a collaborative research program that includes partners from the U.S. and Canada, researchers conducted nearly 90 test flights to show that Unmanned Aircraft Systems can be used non-invasively to study geese in the region and their impact on the tundra landscape.
Gaye Burgess sees most things in life as opportunities.
A lone camera in UND’s Oakville Prairie continuously snaps images of a plot of local grassland as part of a much larger transcontinental study of seasonal vegetation cycles.
University of North Dakota Associate Professor of English Heidi Czerwiec was recently named the winner of the health-themed Baltimore Review Winter 2016 Contest for her piece “Nervous Systems.”
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