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Released: 28-Jun-2019 2:00 PM EDT
NSF Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites Adds North Dakota State University Site
North Dakota State University

Joining current CB2 sites at Iowa State University, Washington State University, and the University of Georgia, NDSU has also been selected as the lead CB2 Center site by the CB2 Industry Advisory Board.

   
Released: 30-May-2019 12:50 AM EDT
Pilot study shows untapped resource to help people quit smoking
North Dakota State University

As “World No Tobacco Day” approaches on Friday, May 31, results from a pilot study show there may be another path to help people who want to quit smoking. A study led by Kelly Buettner-Schmidt, associate professor in the School of Nursing at North Dakota State University, Fargo, looked at the role chiropractic clinics could play in providing education about tobacco cessation to their patients.

Released: 28-May-2019 10:00 AM EDT
Research Proves Midwestern Fish Species Lives Beyond 100 Years
North Dakota State University

Recent research from NDSU shows that the Bigmouth Buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus), a fish native to North America, lives more than eight decades longer than previously thought. The study documents several individual fish more than 100 years of age, with one at 112 years, an age that quadruples all previous age estimates for this species. The Bigmouth Buffalo can now be considered the longest-lived freshwater teleost and the oldest age-validated freshwater fish.

Released: 20-Feb-2019 3:05 PM EST
Study Shows Longer-Term Impact of Weight Loss Surgery on Sexual Function
North Dakota State University

A longitudinal study led by Dr. Kristine Steffen, NDSU School of Pharmacy, shows patients undergoing bariatric surgery for obesity found the positive results of such surgery on sexual function may be longer lasting than previously known. The study included more than 2,000 patients at 10 hospitals in six clinical centers in the U.S.

Released: 17-Aug-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Pharmacy and Health Partners Announce ONE Rx Program to Help Prevent Opioid Misuse
North Dakota State University

A new opioid misuse prevention program called ONE Rx was announced by pharmacy and health care partners in North Dakota. This continuing education program for pharmacists at community pharmacies moves opioid misuse and overdose prevention to the initial patient encounter, increasing awareness when patients first fill an opioid prescription.

Released: 13-Aug-2018 2:05 PM EDT
NDSU Research Foundation and OncoThira Announce License Agreement to Develop & Market Compounds Discovered at NDSU for the Treatment of Cancer
North Dakota State University

OncoThira will develop and market compounds discovered by NDSU pharmaceutical sciences researcher Steven Qian that take advantage of high COX-2 expression in cancer to down regulate cancer promoting prostaglandins and elevate production of the recently characterized anti-cancer compound 8-HOA

Released: 28-Jun-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Study Shows Promise in Administering Insulin in Pill Form
North Dakota State University

A study by a team that includes Amrita Banerjee, assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences at North Dakota State University, Fargo, shows promise in administering insulin in pill form. Banerjee is listed as first author in the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

   
Released: 19-Jun-2018 1:05 PM EDT
NATURE program builds a STEM career pathway for tribal students in North Dakota
ND EPSCoR State Office

NATURE is a North Dakota EPSCoR-sponsored collaboration from the five North Dakota tribal colleges, North Dakota State University, and the University of North Dakota held annually for nearly 20 years. NATURE aims to improve science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education for North Dakota tribal college and middle/high school students.

Released: 13-Apr-2018 1:05 PM EDT
NDSU Researchers Develop Improved Production Method to Create Synthetic Silk Fibers
North Dakota State University

Researchers in the pharmaceutical sciences lab of Dr. Amanda Brooks at North Dakota State University, Fargo, have developed a method to improve the production of synthetic silk fibers. The goal is to develop synthetic silk fibers for biomedical and other applications. NDSU researchers developed a 3-D printed silk spinning device that mimics the natural gland structure of spiders.

Released: 26-Feb-2018 2:00 PM EST
Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Student Wins Three Minute Thesis Competition
North Dakota State University

A pharmaceutical sciences doctoral student studying results of weight-reduction surgery delivered the top presentation at North Dakota State University's Three Minute Thesis Competition hosted by the College of Graduate and Interdisciplinary Studies on Feb 22.

   
Released: 16-Jan-2018 10:05 AM EST
North Dakota State University Joins Two National Distributed Computing Groups
North Dakota State University

The NDSU Center for Computationally Assisted Science and Technology (CCAST) joins OSG (Open Science Grid) and XSEDE (Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment).

Released: 10-Jan-2018 12:05 PM EST
American Indian Nursing Documentary Receives Multiple Awards
North Dakota State University

A documentary film titled “Essence of Healing: Journey of American Indian Nurses” received the 2017 Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Media Award at the group’s 44th biennial convention in Indianapolis in October and the Best Service Film Award from the 42nd American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco in November.

Released: 8-Nov-2017 3:05 PM EST
Researchers Examine Fall Prevention Efforts for Seniors
North Dakota State University

Two NDSU researchers have published a paper giving high marks to a program designed to help aging adults prevent falls.

Released: 28-Sep-2017 3:05 PM EDT
NDSU Researcher Receives NIH Grant to Study Repair of Vascular Damage From Diabetes
North Dakota State University

A North Dakota State University research team led by Dr. Yagna Jarajapu in pharmaceutical sciences has been awarded more than $1.3 million in a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health for research to combat the negative impact of diabetes on blood vessels.

Released: 6-Jul-2017 12:05 PM EDT
Millennials View Support, Access to Information as Key to Staying with an Employer
North Dakota State University

A new study by researchers at NDSU and the National University of Singapore found members of the Millennial Generation may be interested in long-term employment with an organization when employee communication is open, thorough and applicable to their work.

Released: 14-Jun-2017 12:05 PM EDT
NDSU Assistant Professor Receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award
North Dakota State University

A North Dakota State University assistant professor has received a national award that will bring more than $500,000 to the geosciences department at NDSU and provide research opportunities for students.

Released: 8-Jun-2017 3:05 PM EDT
Student Researchers Prepare Space Satellite for Launch
North Dakota State University

NDSU students are putting the finishing touches on a project that soon will be rocketed into space.

Released: 7-Jun-2017 3:05 PM EDT
NDSU Study Examines Perspectives on State's Oil Development
North Dakota State University

The latest round of oil development in North Dakota’s Bakken region has raised a variety of issues and concerns, according to new research led by Devan McGranahan, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resource Sciences.

   
Released: 13-Mar-2017 9:00 PM EDT
NDSU Graduate Student Nears Landmark Publication Total
North Dakota State University

North Dakota State University entomology doctoral student Eduardo Faundez is nearing the rare and remarkable milestone of 100 scientific publications.

Released: 13-Feb-2017 10:00 AM EST
NDSU Student Studying Cancer Treatment Wins Three Minute Thesis Competition
North Dakota State University

NDSU students have many opportunities to practice skills they will use in their professional lives. The NDSU Graduate School hosted a Three Minute Thesis Competition to challenge graduate students to effectively communicate complex research to a general audience.

Released: 26-Jan-2017 1:05 PM EST
Leading Infectious Disease NDSU Expert Working to Increase North Dakota’s Immunization Rates
North Dakota State University

NDSU forms collaborative relationships with local organizations to serve the state’s citizens. The NDSU Center for Immunization Research and Education works closely with health care providers to improve the state’s immunization rates.

Released: 22-Dec-2016 4:00 PM EST
NDSU Scientist Uses Genetics to Identify Wood for High-End Guitars
North Dakota State University

NDSU faculty member Jill Hamilton’s research on spruce hybrids has applications for conservation, but it is also being used to identify suitable wood for guitars.

Released: 21-Dec-2016 9:00 AM EST
Research Experience Gives NDSU Student Confidence, Career Options
North Dakota State University

A team of North Dakota State University students and faculty are researching ways to use spider silk for medical treatments.

Released: 20-Dec-2016 3:05 PM EST
New NDSU Research Initiative Aims to Solve Large-Scale Public Health Problems
North Dakota State University

A Population Health Research Initiative is expected to help solve global public health problems by establishing a Public Health doctoral degree program and launching other collaborative programs that combine different fields from six academic colleges.

Released: 6-Dec-2016 10:05 AM EST
NDSU Researcher Awarded $1.89 Million Grant for Alzheimer’s Study
North Dakota State University

Jagdish Singh, chair and professor of pharmaceutical sciences at North Dakota State University, is receiving a $1.89 million grant award for his research to develop a nanotechnology-based system that effectively delivers Nerve Growth Factor across the blood brain barrier to treat Alzheimer's disease.

Released: 26-Oct-2016 3:05 PM EDT
Grand Challenge Initiative to Create Center for Cancer Research
North Dakota State University

The NDSU Grand Challenge Initiative was developed to solve complex and evolving global issues with collaborative, interdisciplinary research. Kalpana Katti, NDSU Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, leads a group of NDSU’s top researchers in an effort to find a cure for prostate and breast cancer with the start of the Center for Engineered Cancer Test Beds.

Released: 11-Oct-2016 10:05 AM EDT
NDSU Researcher Awarded $3.7 Million Grant for Weight Loss Surgery Study
North Dakota State University

Patients who undergo weight loss surgery to combat obesity don’t always lose the pounds they expect or they gain weight back. A team of researchers at seven institutions, including North Dakota State University, Fargo, is working to find out why.

Released: 7-Oct-2016 4:05 PM EDT
NDSU Researchers to Study Hurricane Matthew Evacuation Decision-Making
North Dakota State University

The researchers want to find out how and why local residents choose to evacuate. They also will study the many variables that can explain the uncertainty in making those decisions.

Released: 1-Sep-2016 11:30 AM EDT
NDSU Startup Invited to Demo Day at Congress
North Dakota State University

Uniqarta, a startup company at North Dakota State University, has been invited to Washington, D.C., to participate in University Startups Demo Day at Congress on Sept. 20, 2016. The National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2) organized the event and selected participants who have been named the “Best University Startups 2016.”

Released: 26-Aug-2016 8:00 AM EDT
NDSU, Sanford Health Select Human Health Research Grant Recipients
North Dakota State University

Three research projects have received $250,000 in seed funding from the Sanford Health NDSU Collaborative Seed Grant program.

Released: 16-Aug-2016 2:05 PM EDT
NDSU Researcher Receives $435,000 NIH Grant for Colon Cancer Research
North Dakota State University

Researchers in North Dakota State University’s College of Health Professions have received a $435,000 three-year grant award for colon cancer research that focuses on creating more effective therapies to combat colon cancer and lessen chemotherapy side effects.

Released: 4-Aug-2016 4:15 PM EDT
NDSU Study Shows Major Flooding Affects Growth of Unborn Babies
North Dakota State University

NDSU faculty and students conduct world-class research, searching for answers to important questions. In a recent study, NDSU researchers explored how major floods affect the growth and development of unborn children.

Released: 22-Jul-2016 4:05 PM EDT
Study Finds E-Cigarette Nicotine Labels Not Always Accurate
North Dakota State University

A study by researchers at North Dakota State University, Fargo, found that 51 percent of labels on e-cigarette liquid nicotine containers from 16 North Dakota stores don’t accurately reflect the levels of nicotine found in the products. In one instance, actual nicotine levels were 172 percent higher than labeled. The majority of e-cigarette liquid containers also did not provide child-resistant packaging.

Released: 16-Jun-2016 2:05 PM EDT
Research Program Studies Industrial Hemp
North Dakota State University

North Dakota farmers are growing industrial hemp for the first time in more than 70 years, and the New Crops research program in the NDSU Department of Plant Sciences is conducting research to assist them.

Released: 25-Apr-2016 9:05 AM EDT
Engineering Team Excels at NASA Rover Challenge
North Dakota State University

A team of four North Dakota State University mechanical engineering students took third place in the University Division of NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge April 8-9 at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The competition attracted 91 teams from around the world.

Released: 23-Feb-2016 12:05 PM EST
NDSU Researchers to Receive Up to $9.62 Million for Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research
North Dakota State University

Researchers in NDSU’s College of Health Professions and College of Science and Mathematics are receiving an Institutional Development Award (IDeA), Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant of up to $9.62 million. The award from the National Institutes of Health is being used to establish a research center aimed at early diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Released: 14-Jan-2016 12:05 PM EST
Study of European Shag Shows Parental Age May Affect How Long Offspring Live
North Dakota State University

A North Dakota State University faculty member is among a group of international researchers studying why older parents produce offspring who tend to have shorter lives. Britt J. Heidinger, assistant professor of biological sciences at NDSU, Fargo, has joined colleagues in Scotland to address this question through the study of a long-lived seabird, the European shag. The results appear in "Parental age influences offspring telomere loss," published in Functional Ecology.

Released: 4-Nov-2015 1:05 PM EST
Can Parents’ Stress Impact the Health of Future Generations?
North Dakota State University

A new review published in Biology Letters of The Royal Society examines the long-term impacts of exposure to stressors during development. The review by Dr. Britt Heidinger, North Dakota State University, Fargo, and Dr. Mark Haussmann, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, looks at whether the effect of stressors on parents lingers to impact the health of their offspring.

Released: 15-Oct-2015 1:05 PM EDT
NDSU Researchers Studying White Nose Syndrome Seek Bat Populations in North Dakota
North Dakota State University

While many people find bats scary, they actually play very important roles in our environment, according to Dr. Erin Gillam, associate professor in Biological Sciences at NDSU. Bats eat crop pests, such as cutworms, potato beetles, grasshoppers and corn-borer moths. Gillam and her students are partnering with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department and researchers at the United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck to better understand how bat populations in North Dakota may be vulnerable to this disease.

Released: 13-Oct-2015 5:05 PM EDT
“Adult Bullying – a Nasty Piece of Work” Sheds Light on Workplace Bullying and What to Do About It
North Dakota State University

From the workplace to the boardroom, research shows that adult bullying takes many forms. October is National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month. Dr. Pamela Lutgen-Sandvik, North Dakota State University, Fargo, has researched the topic of workplace bullying for more than a decade. Her book, “Adult Bullying – A Nasty Piece of Work: Translating a Decade of Research on Non-Sexual Harassment, Psychological Terror, Mobbing and Emotional Abuse on the Job," explains what workplace bullying is; how much of it occurs; what individuals can do; and how organizations can address it.

   
Released: 24-Sep-2015 3:05 PM EDT
NDSU Researchers Studying Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery to Combat Prostate Cancer
North Dakota State University

Two North Dakota State University researchers have received a National Institutes of Health grant award to study ways to use polymer spheres to deliver anticancer drugs to combat prostate cancers.

Released: 24-Sep-2015 9:05 AM EDT
Valspar Foundation and NDSU Announce Coatings Scholarships and Student Research Program
North Dakota State University

Valspar Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of paints and coatings, and North Dakota State University (NDSU) announced scholarship and research opportunities for students studying coatings and polymeric materials at NDSU. The Valspar Foundation has contributed $25,000 to support up to five graduate student scholarships of $3,000 each through the Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials at NDSU and coordinated through NDSU’s Development Foundation.

Released: 18-Sep-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Seven Named to NDSU Unmanned Aircraft Systems Advisory Panel
North Dakota State University

North Dakota State University has named an interdisciplinary group of seven members to its Unmanned Aircraft Systems Advisory Panel, which provides a mechanism to foster cross collaboration of UAS research spanning colleges and disciplines. The FAA gave its approval allowing unmanned aerial vehicles to fly up to 1,200 feet above the entire state of North Dakota, including night flights.

Released: 27-Aug-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Dr. Allan Ashworth Named President of International Union for Quaternary Research
North Dakota State University

Delegates attending the congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research have elected Allan Ashworth, North Dakota State University Distinguished Professor-Emeritus of geology, president of their organization for 2015 to 2019.

Released: 25-Aug-2015 5:05 PM EDT
Revealing the Role of Beclin 1 in Cellular Interactions
North Dakota State University

North Dakota State University researcher Sangita Sinha is studying the structure of a protein critical to maintaining cellular health. Sinha, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at NDSU, Fargo, received a four-year, $890,900 award from the National Science Foundation to understand the structure and mechanism of a protein called Beclin 1.

Released: 24-Aug-2015 10:05 AM EDT
"Tobacco Goes to College" Shows Battle for Youth Market Began Early
North Dakota State University

In her book “Tobacco Goes to College: Cigarette Advertising in Student Media, 1920-1980,” Dr. Elizabeth Crisp Crawford, North Dakota State University, Fargo, studied how tobacco advertising targeted college students to smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette. Crawford found the advertising plans and creative tactics to be extremely strategic over the six decades studied. The book’s in-depth analysis of vintage cigarette ads provides insights into sophisticated advertising that was well ahead of its time, and still applicable in today's discussion of promoting e-cigarettes.

   
Released: 31-Jul-2015 3:05 PM EDT
NDSU Professor Awarded Funding to Research Environmentally Benign Approaches to Chemistry
North Dakota State University

Jayaraman Sivaguru (Siva), Ph.D., James A. Meier Jr. Professor of chemistry and biochemistry at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has received a three-year, $440,000 award (CHE-1465075) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop environmentally benign, green strategies for performing chemical reactions with light.

Released: 17-Jul-2015 4:05 PM EDT
NDSU Researcher Studies Regulation of Transporters That Are Key to Bacterial Survival
North Dakota State University

Christopher Colbert, NDSU assistant professor of biochemistry, has received a $348,000 grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health to conduct research on structure-function relationships of iron transport and transcriptional regulation in Gram-negative bacteria.


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