Dennis Jacobs Emeritus publishes book of life journey

Dr. Dennis Jacobs, faculty Emeritus of The Corrick Center and the Physics Department, publishes a memoir of his life’s journey. “Searching for Sophia.” Sophia is the Greek word for wisdom adopted by early Gnostics and Christian Gnostics to describe their pursuit of knowledge, reason, and enlightenment. I apply the term to describe the human pursuit to better understand nature, my […]

Moorhead’s Julia Poplin redesigns learning with AI

Through its new Institute of Applied AI, Moorhead is reshaping the way professors teach and students learn. Dr. Julia Poplin, one of five AI Faculty Fellows, is using AI to re-create project-based assignments, increase critical thinking, and remove learning barriers. “We’re not waiting to be told how AI fits in higher education,” Julia says. “We’re building it from the inside […]

2025 Minnesota Renaissance Festival Ticket Discounts

Enter for the chance to win free Renaissance Festival Tickets! Two winners will be selected to receive two complimentary tickets to the 2025 Minnesota Renaissance Festival taking place August 30-31, September 1, 6-7, and September 26, 2025. Entries must be submitted by noon on Tuesday, August 26th. Winners will be notified via MSUM email in the afternoon of Tuesday, August […]

Website design updates begin rolling out

Over the next several weeks, a series of upgrades will be made to the layout of the university website. The first update launches this week, extending the top (header) and bottom (footer) bars to full width. As a result, the current navigation links that are across the top when the website loads will move into a hamburger menu on the […]