News Articles
New semester, new parking fees
Department drafts new policy, more stringent on repeat offenders.
Moving into the spring semester, the UND Parking Office released the new rules and regulations being put into effect.
Ticketing
Beginning this semester parking tickets will no longer double after 14 days. All tickets will remain $20 or lower, other than a handicap parking violation, that will still sit at $100.
Inaugural debut for America's 44th president
History will soon be made as Illinois Senator Barack H. Obama prepares to take the country's top position as the 44th and first Black president of the United States of America.
Next week marks the end of the long road to the White House for the junior Senator from Illinois, Barack Obama and the start of a new and unique era for Americans as inauguration activities begin Saturday, January 17th with what has been called a "whistle-stop" train tour through Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and ending in the Washington D.
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN?
Armed with a microphone, an open mind and the thoughts and feelings of millions of Americans, Jack Weinstein is doing something truly (un)conventional
"I think therefore I am."
When you think of the philosophical greats, you think of Rene Descartes, Socrates, Marx, Nietzsche, Thoreau, Emerson, Confucius, Locke, Hobbes, and Plato; add to that list, Jack Russell Weinstein (who oddly enough shares a name with another famous philosopher).
Nation continues to hurt in tough financial times
North Dakota not hurting as badly, but UND grads may find it tough to find a job.
The North Dakota economy is doing well, but it's not immune to the reality of the nations depression.
North Dakotans have been shielded from the economic downfall, but not for long. Students, faculty, staff (and all citizens) across the country have been feeling the effects of the economic crisis harshly, including in neighboring Minnesota.
UND recognizes $1.1b impact to ND economy
University accounts for 5-10 percent of state's economy, officials aim higher.
Two NDSU professors recently released a report entitled "Economic Impact of the North Dakota University System." Their findings showed that combined, all North Dakota universities contributed over 2.8 billion dollars to the states economy. While UND, for the third time in three years was responsible for over 1 billion of the total dollars.
EERC awarded for CO2 sequestration
PCOR program leads the charge in global effort to reduce carbon dioxide.
Global climate change continues to pose a serious threat to life on planet earth. With continued expansion and globalization of major industries and continued growth of countries around the world, the danger that greenhouse gases is ever more prevalent. While many states across the United States are taking the initiative to decrease emissions and develop an infrastructure of clean, renewable energy resources, much still needs to be done about the existing CO2 gas in the atmosphere.