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,…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A University of North Dakota assistant professor helped make space flight system components on the Artemis One rocket whose launch had to be postponed. Dr. Keith Crisman worked on the project during an internship with Marshall Space Flight Center in 2012. The Chair of the UND Space Studies program, Dr. Pablo De Leon, was at…
UND women’s hockey teamFARGO (KVRR) – Four women who recently graduated from North Dakota high schools have filed a class action lawsuit that seeks to reinstate the University of North Dakota women’s hockey program. The complaint was filed in federal court. It comes three years after a judge dismissed a similar complaint by former UND Fighting Hawks players. The women…
By: Jeannie Kopstein ARLINGTON, Va. (KVRR) – Drone technology is the topic of discussion and display at the first UAV Technology USA conference. University of North Dakota President Andrew Armacost chaired the event. “We thought this was just an extraordinary opportunity for UND to be part of the national discussion on UAV technology. It really gives us a chance to…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – UND President Andrew Armacost says the University will stop work on its draft policy on gender inclusion — and will not implement it. The policy was recently criticized by the North Dakota Catholic Conference, in a letter to parents of students in Catholic high schools. In a statement Friday, Armacost said “when speech becomes the…
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KVRR) – Two University of North Dakota men’s basketball games have been canceled due to COVID-19 protocols. The Summit League office made the announcement, canceling Thursday’s game against South Dakota and Saturday’s game with South Dakota State. The Summit League’s Joint Council voted unanimously to change its COVID-19 No Contest policy for the remainder of the 2021-22…
