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UND provost aims for ‘next level’

May 6, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

GRAND FORKS Entrepreneurship is one of the broad goals the University of North Dakota’s new provost hopes to focus on as he settles into his role as second in command at the university. Continue Reading

Crew camp life: UND researchers continue chronicling Oil Patch way of living

February 9, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

TIOGA An RV camp here that was recently full of workers and their families is now abandoned with wooden pallets, a dozen coolers, a set of dumbbells and other debris left behind. Continue Reading

UND students eyeing new FAA rules as future pilots

November 23, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

GRAND FORKS Approaching his last semester of classes at University of North Dakota, aviation student Randy Lewis hopes to join a regional airline but isn’t sure his friends will follow. Continue Reading

UND FOOTBALL: UND faces grueling schedule from here on out

October 14, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

The UND football team is already dealing with the program’s first go-around in the Big Sky Conference, feeling its way through an established league after a handful of years in the smaller Great West Conference. Continue Reading

Banking on the future of medicine: Grand Forks start-up stores human cells for later treatment

September 28, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

GRAND FORKS The goal of a Grand Forks start-up is to get customers to prepare for a future in which today’s medical breakthroughs based on stem cells are commonplace. Continue Reading

UND suspends more players for opener

September 22, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

GRAND FORKS The University of North Dakota has suspended four players of the hockey team for underage drinking at a team party. Continue Reading

UND researchers study impact of oil boom’s temporary housing

September 14, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

GRAND FORKS Long after the oil boom and its workers have left, sprawling patches of leveled gravel, colored only by hints of blue tarp or a few grommets, may be all that’s left of crew camps in western North Dakota. Continue Reading

UND faculty researches ND crew camps

August 24, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

GRAND FORKS A team of researchers led by faculty from the University of North Dakota are working on the “North Dakota Man Camp Project” to document social conditions in camps in North Dakota’s Oil Patch. Continue Reading

UND would welcome Idaho with open arms

August 16, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

GRAND FORKS The University of Idaho plans to join the Big Sky Conference in all sports except football, pending Idaho State Board of Education approval today. Continue Reading