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Writers Conference set for late March

Marie Monson, Staff writer January 30, 2015

For the past 45 years, the UND Writers Conference has brought big names to Grand Forks, and the 46th Annual UND Writers Conference, set to take place March 25-27, is no exception. For the first time in...

Memorial Union hours extended

Memorial Union hours extended

Megan Hoffman, Staff writer January 30, 2015

After a bill was passed by UND Student Senate last semester, the Memorial Union is now open 24 hours a day, Sunday through Thursday. The semester is still in its early stages though, and student response...

Gender crime related reports on the rise

Marie Monson, Staf writer January 30, 2015

Despite numerous nationwide initiatives taken in recent years, there is still a strong stigma attached to Title IX and all it entails, but evidence suggests the efforts are not entirely fruitless. In...

Campus holds IP seminar

Campus holds IP seminar

Jamie Hutchinson, Staff writer January 30, 2015

A seminar on intellectual property at the university and beyond was held in the Memorial Union lecture bowl Thursday. Among the topics of discussion were what type of intellectual property an inventor...

UND welcomes CVIC adviser

UND welcomes CVIC adviser

Marie Monson, Staff writer January 23, 2015

Logan Kassa (left) and Donna Smith (right). Photo by Marie Monson/The Dakota Student. After years of working together to provide resources to students coping with acts of sexual violence, UND has allocated...

New nickname task force to be formed

New nickname task force to be formed

Jamie Hutchinson, Staff writer January 23, 2015

The Task Force holding a virtual town hall meeting last month. Photo by Jennifer Friese/The Dakota Student. The UND Nickname and Logo Process Recommendation Task Force is putting the final touches...

University Senate proposes separate faculty senate

University Senate proposes separate faculty senate

Megan Hoffman, Staff writer January 23, 2015

Melissa Gjellstad speaks at the University Senate meeting. Photo by Jennifer Friese/The Dakota Student. University Senate hosted its first meeting of the new semester on Jan. 15 and had several big...

Students sent email about diversity, sensitivity at UND

Students sent email about diversity, sensitivity at UND

Megan Hoffman, Staff Writer January 22, 2015

Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion Sandra Mitchell. Photo by Nick Nelson/The Dakota Student. Efforts on diversity and inclusion at UND have been at the forefront of the administration’s agenda...

Driver, student die in Larimore bus crash

Driver, student die in Larimore bus crash

Parker Payne, Staff Writer January 22, 2015

Emergency vehicles respond to the bus crash near Larimore, N.D. Photo courtesy of The Grand Forks Herald. On Jan. 5 near Larimore, N.D., a school bus collided with a train killing the bus driver, one...

North Dakota receives substance abuse grant

Jamie Hutchinson, Staff Writer January 22, 2015

An interdisciplinary team of UND faculty members was awarded a $550,000 grant to train students in North Dakota in an evidence-based program which screens patients for alcohol and drug abuse. The United...

Multicultural Center holds grand closing, grand opening

Multicultural Center holds grand closing, grand opening

Jamie Hutchinson, Staff Writer December 13, 2014

Provost Thomas DiLorenzo cuts the ribbon at the grand opening of the new Era Bell Thompson Multicultural Center. Photo by Jennifer Friese/The Dakota Student. Multicultural Student Services bid farewell...

Search for new NDUS chancellor begins

Search for new NDUS chancellor begins

Megan Hoffman, Staff Writer December 13, 2014

Interim NDUS Chancellor Larry Skogen. Photo via ndea.org. The search for a new chancellor for the North Dakota University System has begun with Interim Chancellor Larry Skogen stepping down at the end...

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