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 […]
Dr. Claudia Gates presented the contents of her presentation titled “College Students as Critical Readers: Developing New Strategies for Reading Digital Texts” at the OCTELA conference in Ohio. Teachers learned how to combine comprehension strategies with digital text to encourage critical reading in the classroom.
Prairie Business magazine has announced its third annual Top 25 Women in Business list, which includes MSUM President Anne Blackhurst. Results are included in the March issue of the magazine, which is available at www.prairiebizmag.com. The contest was created to draw attention to the many creative, successful businesswomen in North Dakota, South Dakota and western Minnesota. In its third year, […]
Twelve graduate students in school psychology and four MSUM faculty attended the National Association of School Psychology Conference in New Orleans, LA on Feb 9-13. Several faculty and students presented at the conference. Dr. Olivia Melroe and colleagues presented a Symposium on “An Indigenous Conceptual Framework: Guiding Culturally Effective School Psychology Practice.” Kristy Boomer and Dr. Lisa Stewart presented a […]
The Paseka School of Business welcomes Dr. Ye Zheng Xin from Shanghai Finance University as a visiting scholar until December 2016. Dr. Ye has a Ph.D. in Economics and head of International Business. He is our second exchange scholar from Shanghai Finance University. He will serve as guest lecturer, research scholar, and consultant on China business and relations. His office […]