Theodore Roosevelt National Park held its annual Dakota Nights Astronomy Festival over Labor Day weekend. Dr. Matt Craig, Department of Physics and Astronomy, presented one of the evening keynote talks — about the impact of satellite constellation on astronomy — and an afternoon talk about similarities between the surface of Mars and the badlands.
Matt Craig, Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, was recently elected to a one year term on the Astropy Coordination Committee, the governing body for the Astropy project. The project provides foundational software for the astronomical community, supporting research at institutions across the country. The project was award the Royal Astronomical Society Group Achievement Award for Astronomy in […]
The MSUM Marketing team is intentional about how we share our story with the media. We send news releases and media advisories weekly and respond to media inquiries. If you have a story to share, please submit the story submission form on the Marketing & Communications website. Below is a small selection of Dragons in the News for the month of August. Some news […]
Dr. T. J. Hansen presented “Economic Recovery and COVID-19: An Update,” at the Tuesday, July 27, 2021 meeting of the Moorhead Rotary Club. After first speaking to the Rotarians on this topic in summer 2020, she returned to highlight characteristics of the economic recoveries that have occurred in the Fargo-Moorhead region and nationally over the last year. Hansen’s economic outlook identified challenges on the health […]
The International Astronomical Union announced this past summer that an asteroid has been named for Dr. Walter Worman, Professor Emeritus in the Department in Physics and Astronomy. Dr. Worman was nominated for the honor by former student Dr. Sherry Fieber-Beyer, an Assistant Professor in the Space Studies department at the University of North Dakota. The statement released by the IAU […]