Lisa Nawrot (Psy), Sumali Pandey (Bio) and Donna Stockrahm (Bio) attended the CUR Undergraduate Research Programs conference June 27-29 at the Ohio State University. You might know CUR from its signature student programs — Posters on the Hill and NCUR, the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. But there are more resources and events for both faculty and students. CUR divisions […]
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) hosted the 2019 Noyce Summit: The Role of Teacher Preparation Programs in STEM Teacher Retention in High-Need School Districts in Washington DC July 10-12. In attendance were Steve Lindaas, Physics and Astronomy, and Alison Wallace, Biosciences, co-principal investigators with Tim Harms, Mathematics, for MSUM’s Noyce […]
Dr. Marsha Weber, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, has announced that Dr. Ellen Brisch, Professor, Biosciences, has been selected as the recipient of the 2019-2020 Dille Outstanding Faculty Lecturer Award. Dr. Brisch will be honored at a campus award ceremony next fall, during which she will present a lecture of her choosing. Please join Vice President Weber in extending congratulations […]
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 […]
A team of four MSUM undergraduates (Bioscience majors Trysten Jensen and Whitney Shegrud and BCBT majors Kervens Accilien and Nik Newville) was awarded first place in the Mayo Clinic’s annual IMPACT competition. The team submitted a proposal earlier this semester detailing their hypothesis explaining what may be the underlying cause of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). Their proposal was selected […]