Bachmeier facilitates Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara (MHA, Three Affiliated Tribes Nation) traditional pottery-making revival efforts

The Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance invited Professor Brad Bachmeier to help facilitate a pottery workshop June 17-18 at Twin Buttes, ND, on the Fort Berthold Reservation. The workshop followed archeological research and records of traditional forming and firing techniques. Native ND clay from the reservation was dug and processed. Hand-made vessels were produced, decorated and open-pit fired. Bachmeier joined the Paleo […]

Dr. Kramar collaborates on bald eagle telemetry, banding project

Dr. David Kramar from Geosciences was recently invited to collaborate on a bald eagle telemetry and banding project in Iowa with researchers from Conservation Science Global and the USFWS out of the Moline, IL office. The project required accessing the eagle nests and capturing the juvenile eagles so they could be outfitted with high-resolution GSM-GPS telemetry units. The purpose of […]

Noyce internships available

Interested in sharing your enthusiasm for Science and Math? Noyce internships are available for Math and Science majors. Interns are being recruited to help with summer K-12 science and math enrichment activities. Preference is given to first and second year undergraduates. Internships pay $1,000 for approximately 100 hours of work. Noyce Internship applications are open until April 30. See the […]

Dr. Kramar, Minei present at national conference

Dr. David Kramar and undergraduate Geosciences student Asami Minei attended the 2019 National Conference of the American Association of Geographers in Washington D.C. from April 3 – April 7. At the conference, they presented their research entitled “Application of Object-Oriented Classification and Non-NIR Vegetation Indices to Quantify Prairie Restoration Efforts at Two Sites in Western MN.” Co-authored by Dr. Valquiria […]