Jim Poolman(9PM UPDATE) — Jim Poolman has resigned as chair of the Board of Directors of the University of North Dakota Alumni Association & Foundation and the Forever UND campaign committee. His resignation is below: Dear distinguished UND Alumni Association and Foundation Board of Directors and UND Campaign Committee partners, Serving on the Board of the University of North…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR: UPDATE 5PM) — UND Police have identified the owner of a pickup involved in a hit and run but are still seeking witnesses. They say an elementary-age kid was hit near Lake Agassiz Elementary on 39th Street and 6th Avenue North. The pickup could be seen fleeing the scene. Police have not given any update on…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – The University of North Dakota is trying something new to help their students prepare for the future. The experiential learning center provides students opportunities they may not get elsewhere such as undergraduate research and the chance to study abroad. “Just a really exciting opportunity to provide that equitable access for all students on our campus…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Governor Burgum reappoints University of North Dakota student Sadie Hanson to a second one-year term on the state Board of Higher Education. She is the student representative on the board that has eight voting members. Hanson graduated from UND earlier this month with bachelor’s degrees in marketing and public affairs. She is also Grand Forks Red River…
UND women’s hockey teamGRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A federal class action lawsuit brought by would-be members of the women’s hockey team against the North Dakota University System after the University of North Dakota eliminated the program has been dismissed. The case, filed in district court last June, claimed UND violated Title IX, a rule designed to provide gender equity…
ANTARCTICA (KVRR) – A University of North Dakota geology professor may have found the oldest ice in history. Jaakko Putkonen and a team of researchers found the five-million-year-old sample in 2018 under two feet of dirt in the Ong Valley of the Trans-Antarctic Mountains. They melted part of it to analyze the dirt and sand inside to date it. Geologists…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — UND leaders announce they have found additional Indigenous remains in the School of Medicine & Health Sciences, along with possible human skeletal remains used in the teaching of anatomy. It follows the announcement in late August that 250 boxes of Indigenous remains and artifacts were discovered on campus earlier in March. Ever since they were…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – University of North Dakota’s Delta Tau Delta fraternity hopes to raise money and awareness for diabetes with its pasta feed. Saturday from 8:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. for $5 you can get all you can eat unlimited alfredo pasta at the fraternity house at 2700 University Avenue. There will also be raffles for Lululemon, Gymshark…
Andrew ArmacostGRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-KNOX) – The president of the University of North Dakota says there may be additional Native American remains and artifacts on campus that are yet to be found. UND President Andrew Armacost recently disclosed that some 250 boxes of Indigenous remains and artifacts were discovered in March. Research is under way to figure out why the…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Many University of North Dakota students, particularly those with Native roots, are upset after hearing from school president Andrew Armacost. The school committee are looking to identify which tribes the ancestral remains belong to. Once identified, they said they’ll have two years to return them. A member from UND’s American Indian Center says, “We’re here,…
