Vijay Antharam to present at a disease therapeutics conference

Vijay Antharam from the MSUM Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will give a presentation at the Disease Therapeutics Symposium-2014 on Neuron to Synapse/Optogentics & Microbiome-2014 on Dec. 3-4, 2014 in Cambridge, MA, USA. His talk will be: “Can the gut microbiota reduce cholesterol? An integrative approach in determining cholesterol reducing gut microbiota.” http://www.expressgenes.com/dts12014/main.htm

Graduate student in Teaching English as a Second Language presents at annual conference.

Kathrina O’Connell, a Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language student, presented at the annual Minnesota English Learner Education (MELEd) Conference in Bloomington, MN on November 15. O’Connell’s talk, titled “Language Analysis of Leveled Readers” had an attendance of 80 people, many of whom had to stand for the whole presentation, reports O’Connell’s advisor, Dr. Linda Houts-Smith, […]

Social Work students participate in forensic interview training

Child Welfare Scholars in the MSUM School of Social Work participated in forensic interview training on November 13th, 2014 at Cornerhouse in Minneapolis, MN. Founded in 1989, CornerHouse is an accredited Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) that coordinates multi-disciplinary teams to assist each child and family and offers services that are designed to minimize trauma to child victims of abuse, to […]

Help conserve energy on campus

Lights are being left on in dorm rooms, using unnecessary amounts of energy. Does the use of light covers reduce the energy bill within the halls? The goal of the project is to lower the cost of energy in halls. The expected outcome is the cost of energy will be reduced in residence halls and on campus by providing students […]