Daniel McEwen, Department of Biosciences, was part of an interdisciplinary team that was awarded a 1.37 million dollar grant from the Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative under the direction of the United States Geological Survey to study the impacts of climate change on linkages between hydrology, insect emergence, and migratory shorebird reproductive success. McEwen has been working on arctic ecology issues […]
Henry Chan, history, authored the intellectual biography of Stanford-educated Chinese historian Zhang Yinlin (1905-1942), and co-edited his writings in three volumes. Titled “Complete Works of Zhang Yinlin,” the book was written in Chinese and published by Qinghua University, Beijing, China.
Minnesota Undergraduate Scholars, a consortium of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities institutions that supports research, scholarly works and creative activity of undergraduates, is pleased to host the first Posters at St. Paul. The poster session will allow undergraduate students to share the results of their work with leaders in our state government and highlight the exciting work being done on […]
Physics and astronomy department captures day-old supernova Jan. 22 was a stellar night for MSUM’s physics and astronomy department. Professor Juan Cabanela, physics and astronomy, and physics majors Nathan Heidt, Laura Herzog, Michael Meraz, and Beau Scheving, made a trek to the Paul P. Feder Observatory in an attempt to capture images of a day-old supernova. The supernova, located in […]
MSUM Physics and Astronomy Seminar Series Presents: Using Softchalk to Increase Immediacy by Embedding Pop-Ups in Student Handouts By: Richard Lahti, Ed.D. Chemistry & Biochemistry Physics & Astronomy Friday, Feb. 28 3-3:50 p.m. 325 Hagen Hall Softchalk is a program that allows faculty to create interactive lessons and upload them to a learning management system (such as D2L).