Information meeting: Spring 2019 Hiroshima Peace Studies Tour

Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. in Hagen Hall 325 Thursday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. in Hagen Hall 325 The Hiroshima Peace Studies Tour (PSCI 385/HON 385) is a LASC 8 (Global Studies) 3-credit course that will be offered Spring 2019. Information about the tour may be found at http://physics.mnstate.edu/Hiroshima/ Come to one of the information meetings on the dates listed […]

Tanzania Study Tour/Environment, Culture and Human Services

ANTH 490/STL 490/590 Led by Dr. Bruce Roberts (Anthropology/Earth Science) and Dr. John Benson (School of Teaching and Learning) this unique immersive, experiential educational opportunity will focus on the challenges of delivering basic social services — healthcare and education — to the diverse population of this rapidly developing nation. This program is open to students of all majors. Both instructors […]

Physics & Astronomy Seminar Series: Student Summer Internship Presentations

Friday, Oct. 12 | 3-3:50 p.m. | Hagen Hall 325 Andrew Louwagie Gordon, Updating Java applets using python notebooks. With new updates to the most modern browsers, Java has become obsolete and is being discontinued. Since some of the university’s simulations are written in Java, the simulations needed to be re-written. The presentation is about the python notebooks that have been used […]

Barkhymer publishes research in Journal of Fish Biology

Alison Barkhymer (Cellular and Molecular Biology major) has published her research on zebrafish in the international peer-reviewed publication Journal of Fish Biology. The research was co-mentored by Shawn Garrett (Chemistry and Biochemistry Department) and Brian Wisenden (Biosciences Department). Alison measured changes in whole-body cortisol in response to the type of injury-released chemical compounds that result from an attack by a […]

Dr. Kramar, Minei present at GIS/LIS conference

Dr. David Kramar attended the 28th Annual Minnesota GIS/LIS conference in Duluth, Minnesota from Oct. 3-5, 2018. He presented a paper co-authored by Dr. Valquiria Quirino entitled “A Low Cost Alternative to Crop Assessment in Minnesota Using Object-Oriented Classification and a Visible Vegetation Index.” In addition, Asami Minei, a student in Geosciences, presented her ongoing facilities management work as the […]