The MSUM Planetarium and faculty will perform with Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra for The Planets & Beyond this weekend. The MSUM Planetarium will provide the breathtaking live visuals through space while you experience the Original Star Trek theme, The Planets by Gustav Holst, and the piece that inspired the Star Trek theme’s composer! Full-time MSUM Faculty who are members of the […]
Alison Wallace and Ellen Brisch, faculty from the Biosciences Department who teach the first- and second-semester introductory biology courses, participated in a study to introduce socio-scientific issues through writing activities to large lecture classes as a way to learn biological concepts involving cancer. Their collaborators are Dr. Meena Balgopol (who taught at MSUM 2008-2009) and Dr. Paul Laybourn, both currently […]
Spots are still available for BIOL 308 “Pacific Northwest Ecology.” This LASC 10 travel course runs July 5-15. Explore the mountains, forests, tide pools and coasts of Oregon and Washington. Hike, camp, explore, and discuss socio-environmental issues. If you are interested you need to register this week! For more information contact Dr. Wallace (wallacea@mnstate.edu) in Biosciences or Dr. Lindaas (lindaas@mnstate.edu) […]
Saturday, April 28 | 2-5:30 p.m. | Langseth Hall The greater Fargo-Moorhead community is invited to attend a Climate Convening this Saturday, April 28, from 2 to 5:30 p.m. at MSUM in Langseth Hall. The Sustainable Students Association is co-sponsoring this event which is part of Youth Convening Minnesota (YCM). YCM is an opportunity for students to learn about climate […]
In tandem with a series of month long events called “Printober” focused on printmaking at the Plains Art Museum, Corinne Teed’s intermediate printmaking class created a collaborative screenprint installation titled “Fragile Preservation: A Tallgrass Community” that will be installed in the museum’s sky bridge. The students developed a collaborative public work focused on ecology and threatened species in the tallgrass […]