Wisenden publishes paper in international peer-reviewed journal

Brian Wisenden, Biosciences Department, published a paper in the international peer-reviewed Wilson Journal of Ornithology on signal evolution in red-winged blackbirds. Collaborators on this project were Muir Eaton from Drake University and 23 undergraduates who comprised the summer field courses in Animal Behavior (Wisenden) and Field Ornithology (Eaton) at the Itasca Biological Field Station, University of Minnesota. Open-ended inquiry-based pedagogy […]

MSUM professors’ paper accepted for presentation at international conference

A co-authored paper, “Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: Searching Combinatorial Potential through Knowledge Networks”, by Dr. Siwei Zhu, Dr. Gokce Serdar, and Dr. Xiang Gao from Paseka School of Business has been accepted for presentation at MBAA International 2020 Conference in Chicago. Under the circumstances, the paper would be published in the conference proceeding without in-person presentation.

MSUM proposal moves up the Shark Tank Open ladder

The MSUM Shark Tank proposal entitled, “Finding Refuge: Using GIS technology to unite natural, historical, cultural, and creative experiences in the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge” was chosen as one of the 24 Shark Tank finalists. The faculty involved in this project are Travis Dolence, Alex Fogarty, TJ Hanson, David Kramer, and Kevin Zepper. Learn More

Bioscience research students present posters at MN The Wildlife Society meeting

Dr. Donna Bruns Stockrahm and Dr. Christopher Merkord, Biosciences Department, took 13 Bioscience research students (and members of the MSUM Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society) to the Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Chapter of The Wildlife Society held in Willmar, MN, on 18-20 February 2020.  The students presented 6 posters on their research:  Morphometrics of female painted turtles (Chrysemys […]