Emily Watson and Cassie Ishaug presented at the Great Lakes Planetarium Assn annual conference in conjunction with Western Alliance Conferences at the Riverfront Museum in Peoria, IL. Emily, 4th year physics/astrophysics major, presented on the work she has been doing in the planetarium with the open source software, OpenSpace. She has been working with OpenSpace developers and American Museum of […]
Sara Schultz, PhD, director of the planetarium presented four talks/workshops during the recent Great Lakes Planetarium Assn (GLPA) annual conference. She presented with two of her students, Cassie Ishaug and Emily Watson. Schultz, as the elected Inclusion & Outreach officer for GLPA, presented on a program to encourage pre-career students interested in the planetarium field as a potential career path […]
Dr. Amanda Butler of Anthropology and Earth Science, was invited to give the evening lecture at this year’s Minnesota Archaeological Society Annual Meeting held in September. She presented on her ongoing research regarding a Cahokian religious movement. This research examines interactions at the periphery of the Mississippian world to better understand the founding and expansion of a religious movement that […]
MSUM Professor Matt Craig is a core contributor among more than 500 volunteers worldwide to be recognized with the 2025 Lancelot M. Berkeley–New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy. The Berkeley Prize has been awarded annually by the American Astronomical Society (AAS) since 2011. It is supported by a New York Community Trust grant and includes a […]
The Marketing and Communications team and the MSUM Foundation collaborated on the Fall 2024 Moorhead Magazine. It was mailed to alumni and friends in Cass and Clay Counties and Foundation donors from the past year. It features the new Christianson Alumni Center, stories of student, alumni and faculty achievements, and much more. The feature stories are also on the MSUM story […]