Brain scientist to speak on brain mapping

Explores way we receive and process media information and communicate emotions Dr. Nelson Klahr, a computational neuroscientist currently teaching at Brooks Debartolo Collegiate High School in Tampa, Fla., will speak at Minnesota State University Moorhead Wednesday, March 12 at 1:30 p.m. in Langseth Hall 102. The title of his talk is “Investigation of the Common Patterns of Brain Activation in […]

Philosophy Colloquium Series

Dr. Ted Gracyk, Philosophy, will present a colloquium Wednesday, March 26, at 4:15 p.m. (Langseth Hall 118 (Science Lecture Room)). His topic is “Audiences, Performances, and Virtual Performances.” The following is the abstract of his paper: Although painters create paintings with the intention that they will be viewed, and composers create music with the intention that it will be heard, […]

Seven nursing students provide care in Nicaragua

Six RNB nursing students and one graduate nursing student recently returned from a medical trip to rural Nicaragua where care was provided to the ‘Los Pipitos’ (children with handicaps), and the general population. This trip is lead by Dr. Jane Bergland on an annual basis during spring semester. The medical team consisted of nursing students, pediatric residents, pediatricians, dentists, a […]

Wisenden invited by Iowa State University to give departmental seminar

Brian Wisenden, professor of Biosciences, gave an invited Departmental Seminar at the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (NREM) at Iowa State University on Feb. 14, 2014. The title of his talk was “Scents of Danger: Chemically-mediated risk assessment against predators large and small,” which featured research by MSUM undergraduates. web.mnstate.edu/wisenden

Economics Department involved in Winter Institute

Economics faculty member, Dr. Gregory Stutes, and six members of the Economic Society student organization (Fanuel Asrat, Kofi Boadu, Cody Brandt, Jed Eix, Jasmin Lam, and Taylor Rodriguez) attended the 52nd Winter Institute in St. Cloud February 12-13. Dr. Stutes presented a workshop for high school economics teachers, “Technology, the Lemonade Stand, and Economics.”