Six MSUM students volunteered at the 10th annual Dakota Nights astronomy festival at Theodore Roosevelt National Park Sep 16-18, 2022. They set up several telescope for evening star viewing and gave visual tours of the constellations using laser pointers. Five of the students, Alex Niemi, Emily Watson, Izzy DiOrio, Mara DeRung, and Tanner Weyer, have majors in the Department of […]
MSUM is participating in the nomination and submission process for the MinnState Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence for Teaching Faculty – Educator of the Year. Per the announcement, these awards acknowledge and provide system-wide recognition for consistently superior professional achievement of our college and university faculty. Faculty who have served 3 years in the MinnState system are eligible. Anyone […]
Neuroscience Meetings on Campus this Month! Come to our Neuroscience Minor Meet & Greet, meet faculty and students, and eat free food! Then stay for our Journal Discussion Group where we’ll be questioning and discussing the Serotonin Theory of Depression. Wednesday 9/28, Hagen 104 Science/Tech Library, 6 p.m. Check here for details and to download our article for discussion. (https://sites.google.com/view/msum-neuroscience/home) ————————————————————– […]
MSUM is hosting a Major & Career Exploration Fair and Grad School Fair & Grad Prep Event next Thursday, September 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the CMU Ballroom. Please save the date and encourage MSUM or prospective students you work with to attend. At this event, students will have the opportunity to explore different majors or career […]
MSUM students Mara DeRung and Emily Watson submitted observations of an exoplanet transit to NASA’s TESS mission as part of the ground follow-up group. A transit occurs when a planet orbiting another star passes in front of the star, briefly dimming its light. The green line in the graph below shows the tiny dip in brightness of the star as […]