Student submits data to NASA project

Physics and Astronomy student Emily Watson submitted measurements of an exoplanet, a planet around a star far from Earth, to NASA’s TESS mission as part of its ground-based follow-up observers program.  Emily took the data using MSUM’s Paul P. Feder Observatory at the MSUM Regional Science Center, operating the observatory remotely over Thanksgiving break. She observed the star dimming briefly […]

Register for Summer Session

Do more in your off-season by registering for summer session today. Summer courses can help you graduate sooner, lighten your load in the fall and spring, make up a class or even add a certificate. Courses are offered in three-, four-, five-, six- and eight-week sessions from May 17 through July 28. Flexible summer housing is available if you want […]

Presidential search update – Dec. 9

The presidential search committee had its first meeting on Nov. 30. The search consultants with Greenwood Asher & Associates have indicated that interest in the position has been very good. The search advisory committee will reconvene in early January to begin review of applications. For more information about the search, visit the presidential search website.