Erin Aadland, a physics major with astronomy emphasis, has been accepted into the summer research program at the University of Notre Dame for the summer of 2016. This 10-week program will have Ms. Aadland working with Notre Dame astronomer Peter Garnavich on an observational astronomy project studying cataclysmic variable stars.
Applications for Interim Dean of the College of Science, Health, and the Environment are now being accepted. Screening begins Wednesday, March 30. To ensure full consideration, interested persons must apply no later than March 28. The full vacancy notice and application instructions can be found at https://www.mnstate.edu/humanresources/employment/unclassified/
Curie, the Biosciences Department’s beloved iguana, passed away on Monday, March 14. Curie had been declining for some time due to his advanced age. He was donated from a member of the community in February 2010, at the age of approximately 6 years, and was an immediate hit on campus. He could often be seen strolling the hallways of Langseth […]
Lisa Nawrot (Psychology) has been elected as a Councilor to the Psychology Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR). The mission of the CUR is to support and promote high-quality undergraduate student-faculty collaborative research and scholarship. The CUR hosts an undergraduate research poster session on Capitol Hill, produces a Quarterly journal, and provides special Institutes on undergraduate research and […]
Adam Stocker, Biosciences, had a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE titled: “Emx1 is Required for Neocortical Area Patterning.” The published findings identify a new gene that participates in specifying functional areas in the developing neocortex. The neocortex is the most recently evolved and the most iconic part of the human brain (i.e. it is the large wrinkled […]