Dr. Elizabeth Nawrot, Professor of Psychology and Honors Program Director, will be honored as the recipient of the 2015/2016 Dille Faculty Lecturer of the Year Award on Thursday October 8th at 4:30 p.m. in Langseth Hall 118. Dr. Nawrot will be presenting “The Thinking Baby: Developmental Science Beyond the Blank Slate”
MSUM Physics & Astronomy Seminar Series Presents: Clear as a Bell: Seeing how the Bell-Curve Arises in Nature Friday, September 25 | 3:30 pm | HA 324 The bell curve, or Gaussian distribution, shows up in many interesting, practical situations. It arises when measurements are independent, and measurement variations are small and random. Would you like to see an interesting […]
Lunar Eclipse Viewing Party this Sunday from 7:30 – 10:30 p.m. Come join the MSUM Planetarium, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Fargo-Moorhead Astronomy Club and the Society of Physics Students on campus Sunday, September 27 to view the SUPER BLOOD MOON ECLIPSE! FREE planetarium shows, professional grade telescopes, activities and fun for everyone!
Oscar Flores and Tonya Jo Hansen, Economics, had a paper accepted for publication in the journal Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies. The paper “The Impact of Local Conditions on the Retention of College Freshman Across Regional, Public Universities in the United States” studies factors that may explain differences in retention rates across public, regional universities across the country.
Dr. Marilea Bramer, Philosophy Department, will be presenting the first Philosophy colloquium of this academic year “Are Infants Autonomous?” on Wednesday, September 30th from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. in MacLean Hall 273. Are Infants Autonomous? Much of the philosophical literature on autonomy either assumes that children are not yet autonomous or that only older children (age 10 and up) are […]