New Rivers Press publication ‘throughsmoke: an essay in notes’ by Jehanne Dubrow has been selected as a finalist for the 2019 Big Other Book Award for Nonfiction. The winner will be announced on May 16. ‘throughsmoke’ was edited and designed by MSUM students in the Publishing program and in the English, Mass Communications, and Graphic Communications departments.
A team of four MSUM undergraduates — Bioscience majors Kayla Mehrer, Asma Mohammed, Andrea Schaefer, and Nick VanRaden mentored by Biosciences professor Adam Stocker — was awarded second place in the Mayo Clinic’s annual IMPACT competition. The team submitted a proposal earlier this semester detailing their hypothesis explaining what may be the mechanistic link between binge alcohol drinking, addiction, and […]
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
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 […]
MSUM Biosciences Research Students won the “Best Undergraduate Poster Award” at the Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Chapter of The Wildlife Society held in Willmar, MN, on 18-20 February 2020. In a long-term study (2001-2019), research students from the Biosciences Department at MSUM have live-trapped and marked over 1,000 painted turtles (Chryemys picta belli) in Clay County, Minnesota, in order […]