NASA Selects MSUM Education Project to Help Broaden STEM Participation

NASA has selected a diverse group of projects from museums, science centers, library systems, and other informal education organizations across the country as NASA Informal Education Community Anchors- including one from MSUM! Planetarium Director Dr. Sara Schultz proposed “An Expanding Universe: Bringing NASA’s ViewSpace to the Fargo-Moorhead Area”, in collaboration with Regional Science Center director Tony Bormann and Oceanarium director […]

Finals Week at the Library

Finals Week is here, but don’t worry. The Livingston Lord Library has what you need to get through it! We have 4 floors of study spaces (computer labs, study rooms, 3rd and 4th quiet floors, and more) and our Reference Librarians available in person, through email, or through chat. Lastly, take advantage of our stress relief activities. Best of luck, […]

Two Physics and Astronomy students presented at AAVSO Annual Meeting

Physics and Astronomy students Brett Schulz and Maxibillion Thompson presented research on variable stars and on observations of planets in other stellar systems at the 113th annual meeting of the American Association of Variable Star Observers in November. Max presented a new observation of the exoplanet KELT-1b and used it to evaluate the accuracy of the measured period for the […]