Come out to see the stars and do some hands-on activities. The Minnesota State Moorhead Astronomy Club and the FM Astronomy Club will, in conjunction with the Minnesota State Moorhead Planetarium and Buffalo River State Park, have several telescopes set up and some hands-on activities in the Minnesota State Moorhead Regional Science Center. Free and open to all! NOTE: This […]
Dr. Sara Schultz, director of the Planetarium, presented at the annual Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium (LIPS) held at the Fiske Planetarium at CU Boulder. The symposium is a master class in live and interactive planetarium presenting and programming. Schultz presented on the wide variety of unique programming created regularly at the MSUM Planetarium. Schultz is well-known in the planetarium field […]
In a quiet corner of rural Minnesota, archaeology students excavated old saloon sites and trash pits to uncover forgotten artifacts that date back more than a century. Led by Dr. Amanda Butler, the Fieldwork in Archaeology course give students hands-on training, public engagement, and research opportunities to prepare them for a meaningful career in archaeology and beyond. “As long as […]
Moorhead Department of Physics and Astronomy alumna Madelyn Madsen, class of 2023, and Professor Emeritus Matt Craig are part of a team that discovered 30 planets around other stars. Data taken by Madelyn at the Paul P. Feder Observatory at the MSUM Regional Science Center in summer 2020 was one of many data sets used to confirm that the object […]
Nancy Stock, Associate Professor in the School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership, was selected to attend the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Faculty Workshop, a grant-sponsored conference in Portland, Oregon, on July 24-25. The competitive application process was open to undergraduate and graduate faculty who teach palliative/hospice courses at their home institutions. With an aging population living longer with multiple, […]