The SPARQ competition gives students an opportunity to develop a novel hypothesis to an open question asked by a regional employer. Each individual of the winning team nets a $100 gift card of their choosing. Participants in the competition will explore primary literature to develop a hypothesis and rationale to address the question selected, as well as how to experimentally […]
Dr. Amanda Butler of Anthropology and Earth Science, was invited to give the evening lecture at this year’s Minnesota Archaeological Society Annual Meeting held in September. She presented on her ongoing research regarding a Cahokian religious movement. This research examines interactions at the periphery of the Mississippian world to better understand the founding and expansion of a religious movement that […]
Juan Cabanela (Computer Science and Information Systems) and Matt Craig (Physics and Astronomy) along with their colleague Nicole Brewer (Arizona State University) presented a tutorial at the SciPy 2024 Conference in Tacoma, Washington on July 8-12. The SciPy conference typically has about 800 attendees who are Python programmers in a wide range of disciplines, both in academia and industry. Tutorials […]
Despite growing up in landlocked Western Minnesota, where freshwater rivers and lakes dominate the landscape, Savanna Hohenstein has always harbored a deep-seated passion for marine biology. Though the Breckenridge, Minnesota, native didn’t know it at the time, her decision to attend Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM) for her college education would ultimately lead her to a career pursuing this passion. […]
Two students from the Paseka School of Business have received the best conference paper award (1st Place in Undergraduate Student Research) at the 2024 Korea-America Hospitality & Tourism Educators Association (KAHTEA) conference, a leading conference for hospitality and tourism research, in Chicago, IL, on April 5-6. This research competition included students from top-tier universities such as Arizona State University, Iowa […]