College Lab Specialist Cheryl Brown has been nominated by a colleague for wholeheartedly helping faculty and students with laboratory and research needs and skillfully solving problems when issues with vendors arise. “Any behind the scenes lab needs, she’s on top of it,” says Sara Anderson. “On top of that, she always has a joyful attitude and makes everyone feel noticed […]
Join the MSUM Astronomy Club and the Fargo-Moorhead Astronomy Club for an evening of looking through telescopes and binoculars in the night sky, 8:30 – 10:30PM at the MSUM Regional Science Center (directions). If you have a telescope and want to set it up (or need help setting it up) please arrive a little earlier — 7:45 or 8 — […]
A unique study abroad experience brought together students from various majors for a once-in-a-lifetime trip through Italy and Turkey. “Traveling through a faculty-led program gave me the opportunity to explore with peers while learning from knowledgeable professors,” advertising & public relations student Celia Hawton shared. With students from diverse disciplines like art, history, and chemistry, professors took up the challenge […]
The SPARQ (Synthesizing Proposals for Ambitious Research Questions) competition is a program that charges students to think about potential solutions to challenging scientific research questions. Participating students must delve into primary literature to understand the scope of the question, then devise a hypothesis and means to address the question. Students were required to submit a brief written proposal and present […]
In a five-day span, 600 Horizon 5th grade students spent the afternoon on campus engaged in a variety of learning experiences. Student visited the Planetarium, Oceanarium, and experienced a science demonstration from several of our science departments. Through a collaborative effort, the 5th graders were able to meet one of their science standards, while getting to explore some of the […]