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November 21, 2025

Noyce Scholars and mentors gather and present at the National Science Teachers Association conference

Dr. Steve Lindaas, Physics and Astronomy, and Dr. Alison Wallace, Biosciences, attended the National Science Teachers Association conference in Minneapolis last week with seven MSUM graduates currently teaching middle and high school science, including Isaac Skalsky, physics and chemistry education; Erick Hernandez, physics education; and Katie Olson, Jake Pundsack, Anneliese Johnson, Briana Kowalke, and Whitney Shegrud, all life science education […]

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November 20, 2025

Minnesota State Moorhead collaboration with United Prairie Foundation brings new native pollinator garden to campus

Patrice Delaney, a former Minnesota State Moorhead Biosciences research student with Dr. Alison Wallace and currently a Senior Biologist with the United Prairie Foundation (UPF), brought a $2,000 grant from the Hector Foundation and her crew to campus to plant a highly diverse native pollinator garden. The location is a triangular are just south of Kise dining hall. Over 400 […]

Biosciences
November 20, 2025

Biosciences Professor gives keynote at NDSU Research Symposium

Dr. Alison Wallace, Biosciences Department, presented the afternoon keynote presentation at the North Dakota State University’s School of Natural Resource Sciences annual research symposium on November 14th. The talk was titled “Climate Ambition in 2025: the Impact of Science on Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)” and presented information and insights gained from Dr. Wallace’s recent two-year fellowship experience at the United […]

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November 14, 2025

Moorhead professor to be featured in Minnesota documentary

A 160-acre prairie restoration, funded by a Minn. trust fund, is the focus of a Science Museum of Minnesota documentary.  Bioscience professor Alison Wallace will be featured in a documentary created by the Science Museum of Minnesota. This documentary will focus on the prairie restoration at the Minnesota State Moorhead Regional Science Center (RSC), and is expected to be released in […]

Biosciences
November 13, 2025

Minnesota State Moorhead Oceanarium publishes its first research paper on Ocean Literacy

The MSUM Oceanarium offers a summer program as part of College for Kids called Junior Aquarist Camp for Kids (JACK). Biology (EEB) majors Katie Hanson and Amber Sullivan developed and assessed the effectiveness of curricula based on the seven principles of Ocean Literacy (https://oceanliteracy.unesco.org/). The resulting manuscript based on that work has been accepted for publication in Current, the peer-reviewed journal […]

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