Brain-eating amoeba in Lake Lilly kills young boy

Dr. Ellen Brisch, MSUM, provides information on Naegleria fowleri. By: WDAY Staff Reports, WDAY Lake Lilly, MN (WDAY TV) — A warning, but also some assurances, from the Minnesota State Health Department tonight concerning that horrible brain-eating death of a 9-year old boy. The health department is investigating the Naegleria fowleri, as the amoeba responsible for the boy’s death. The […]

WGS faculty, students & alumni presented at regional conference

Alumni Natassja Gunasena and Jamie Holding Eagle, and Women’s and Gender Studies student Deepa Trivedi and faculty members Linda Fuselier, Claudia Murphy and Kandace Creel Falcon, presented their work on Women Scientists in the History of Western Science, Women of Color Feminists using Social Media, and Food Politics at the Red River Women’s Studies Conference Oct. 7 at NDSU. MSUM hosts […]