Letter: Generous Feder will be missed

By: Roland Dille, Moorhead, INFORUM The death of Betty Feder meant the loss of whole-hearted support for a dozen community projects, reminding us of how important volunteers are in the life of Fargo-Moorhead. Her decades of support of Minnesota State University Moorhead were crucial in its years of change. Succeeding her husband, Paul, in the Moorhead State Foundation Board, she […]

MSUM Planetarium Presents “Season of Light”

This holiday season the MSUM Planetarium is showing “Season of Light,” a Loch Ness Productions special program that explores the history of holiday traditions. The presentation runs from Nov. 29 to Dec. 23. Showings will be held Mondays and Thursdays at 7 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Learn about holiday customs including the burning […]

Math professor Tim Peil discusses Powerball with WDAY News

Are certain numbers better for winning the $425 million Powerball? FARGO – No one won the Powerball drawing over the weekend. That means a record jackpot of $425 million will be up for grab on Wednesday. Besides that very large amount there are some interesting numbers behind Powerball drawings. By: Rob Kupec, Forum Communications, INFORUM Watch the video here.

Norma Andersen featured in Area Woman

Construction Management Professor Norma Andersen is featured in the holiday issue of Area Woman. MSUM Marketing intern Kristin Kirtz wrote the story, which also focuses on the opportunities available to women in the construction management field. Read the story on pages 88-89.

Sayel Ali published mathematics paper

Sayel Ali, Mathematics, had his paper, “The phi-ratio tests” published in Elemente der Mathematik, a Journal of the Swiss Mathematical Society published by the European Mathematical Society, Volume 67, Issue 4, 2012, pp. 164–168. The paper is a joint work with Marion Deutsche Cohen from Arcadia University, Pa. In this paper a family of new convergence tests, the phi-ratio tests, […]