Points of Pride Faculty/Staff

November 21, 2025

Noyce Scholars and mentors gather and present at the National Science Teachers Association conference

Dr. Steve Lindaas, Physics and Astronomy, and Dr. Alison Wallace, Biosciences, attended the National Science Teachers Association conference in Minneapolis last week with seven MSUM graduates currently teaching middle and high school science, including Isaac Skalsky, physics and chemistry education; Erick Hernandez, physics education; and Katie Olson, Jake Pundsack, Anneliese Johnson, Briana Kowalke, and Whitney Shegrud, all life science education […]

Academic Conference

November 20, 2025

Biosciences Professor gives keynote at NDSU Research Symposium

Dr. Alison Wallace, Biosciences Department, presented the afternoon keynote presentation at the North Dakota State University’s School of Natural Resource Sciences annual research symposium on November 14th. The talk was titled “Climate Ambition in 2025: the Impact of Science on Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)” and presented information and insights gained from Dr. Wallace’s recent two-year fellowship experience at the United […]

Biosciences

November 17, 2025

Moorhead professors featured in news stories about the Aurora Borealis

Two Moorhead professors and night sky experts were featured in stories last week about the Aurora Borealis, or the Northern Lights. Planetarium Director Sara Schultz was featured in the Forum/WDAY news story, MSUM planetarium director shares when and where to see northern lights. Professor Juan Cabanela, Computer Science & Information Systems Department, was featured in the KVRR news story, Northern […]

Computer Science & Information Systems

November 14, 2025

Moorhead professor to be featured in Minnesota documentary

A 160-acre prairie restoration, funded by a Minn. trust fund, is the focus of a Science Museum of Minnesota documentary. Bioscience professor Alison Wallace will be featured in a documentary created by the Science Museum of Minnesota. This documentary will focus on the prairie restoration at the Minnesota State Moorhead Regional Science Center (RSC), and is expected to be released in […]

Biosciences

November 14, 2025

Dr. Wooyang Kim’s Recent Study Accepted for Presentation at AI-related Academic Conference

Dr. Wooyang Kim, Professor of Marketing at Paseka School of Business, along with coauthors from Temple University, has had his research paper accepted for presentation at the 40th Anniversary Conference of the Korean American University Professors Association (KAUPA), to be held in San Antonio, TX, from January 22 to 24, 2026. The conference, themed “Korean Studies in the Artificial Intelligence […]