Your Way, My Way, Norway
Our cultural “cousin” is more complicated and more relevant than many of us appreciate. Learning about different lands and cultures, whether in the classroom or through study abroad, enhances both...
View ArticleOceanographer is No ‘Fish Out of Water’
Oceanographer Xiaodong Zhang finds special challenges and valuable lessons in exploring the impact and water quality issues of rising Devils Lake. Zhang prepares to lower a Secchi Disk to measure...
View ArticleSpotlight on Students
Three University of North Dakota undergraduates were recognized for their research accomplishments recently at the Ninth Annual American Indian Health Research Conference and North Dakota IDeA Network...
View ArticleFocus on Faculty
Tkach Vasyl Tkach, associate professor of biology, and colleagues Jason Weckstein and John Bates of the Chicago Field Museum have received a $787,000 collaborative grant from the National Science...
View ArticleKing Calcium
Brij Singh is investigating how calcium, one of the most important biochemical regulators in the body, works at the cellular level and how malfunctions might figure into disease processes. Brij Singh,...
View ArticleAutumn 2011 | The Land, Its People
In this issue of UND Discovery, we explore our own backyard and the myriad ways research right here makes a difference for our “land and its people.” This can be seen over the next 20 pages in stories...
View ArticleGetting to the Core
A UND scientist, experienced with China’s most active oilfields, eyes bigger extraction payoffs for the Bakken. Dongmei Wang, a soft-spoken scientist in UND’s Department of Geology and Geological...
View ArticleClearing the Air
What’s good for North Dakota is also good for the planet. Steve Benson: The energy infrastructure of the UND campus provides an excellent platform for testing technologies and building expertise....
View ArticleIn Grain
Through poetry, Lisa Linrud uncovers themes of the complexities and evolving nature of life in rural America. Linrud Lisa Linrud has lived what she writes. It’s what makes her verse so authentic, so...
View ArticleResearch in ‘our own backyard’
I recently had the opportunity to speak to the Red River Regional Council (one of eight regional planning councils in North Dakota) about how UND’s research and scholarly work relate to our state. I...
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