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UND Space Studies: UND Space Studies to Host Public Viewing of Once-in-a-Lifetime Celestial Event

Thu, 24 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400

NDSU Research News: Fulbright Scholar Carries Out Novel Cancer Drug Research at NDSU

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:05:06 -0400

Ihor Tarnavchyk's brief 2008 visit at NDSU helped lead to a new product used to treat burns. Now the Ukrainian researcher is hoping to use his second stay to develop innovative ways of delivering cancer-fighting drugs within the body....

NDSU Research News: NDSU Soil Scientist Receives Grants for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Research

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:05:06 -0400

Amitava Chatterjee, assistant professor of soil science at NDSU, received a $20,000 grant from the North Dakota Corn Council and a $15,000 grant from the Minnesota Wheat Research and Promotion Council...

NDSU Research News: NDSU Animal Sciences Students Publish Articles on Nutrition and Health

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:05:05 -0400

Students in the animal sciences course, Lactation Biology Lab at NDSU, recently published two articles related to maternal methyl nutrition and health of offspring. Chung Park, professor of animal sciences, directs the students....

NDSU Research News: NDSU Human Development and Education Researchers Publish, Present

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:05:05 -0400

Several faculty members and students from NDSU's College of Human Development and Education received awards, published research-related articles or gave presentations at conferences. Several students also received awards....

NDSU Research News: NDSU Communication Researchers' Work Published

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:05:05 -0400

Amy O'Connor, associate professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of Communication at NDSU, and Laura Beauchamp, a former communication graduate student, will have their article, "America's Most Admired Companies: A Descriptive Analysis of CEO Corporate Social Responsibility Statements," published...

UND Research News: DUE TO THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY, THE DIVISION OF RESEARCH WILL NOT BE POSTING A NEWSLETTER FRIDAY, MAY 25TH

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:44:15 -0400

UND Research News: Julie Anderson Named to National Advisory Council for Nursing Research

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:43:10 -0400

Julie Anderson, associate professor of nursing at UND, is one of five new members named to the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research (NACNR), the principal advisory board for the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR).

Members of the council are drawn from the scientific and lay communities, embodying a diverse perspective from the fields of nursing, public and health policy, law, and economics. NINR, a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is the primary federal agency for the support of nursing research.

The NACNR meets three times a year on the NIH campus to provide recommendations on the direction and support of the nursing, biomedical, social, and behavioral research that forms the evidence base for nursing practice. An important role of the council is to conduct a second level of review of grant applications that have been scored by scientific review groups. In addition, the council reviews the institute's extramural programs and makes recommendations about its intramural research activities.

Anderson previously served as associate dean for Graduate Studies, director of the Ph.D. program, and interim dean of the College of Nursing. She has extensive experience in neonatal intensive care, serving as a transport nurse and a clinical resource nurse. Her primary research interests center around skin and wound care.

Anderson has authored or co-authored over 40 articles and several book chapters on topics ranging from venous, arterial, and pressure ulcers, pressure mapping, support surfaces, maggots and honey as wound treatments, and palliative wound care. She serves on the American Association of Colleges of Nursing's Master's Committee and is an American Council on Education Fellow.

The other four members named to the advisory council are:

Susan Gennaro, dean and professor of the Connell School of Nursing at Boston College.
William L. Holzemer, professor and dean at the Rutgers University College of Nursing, Newark.
Anne Rosenfeld, professor and associate dean for Research at the University of Arizona College of Nursing, Tucson.
Col. Bruce A. Schoneboom, associate dean for Academic Affairs at the Uniformed Services University (USU) Graduate School of Nursing, Bethesda, Md.

NINR supports basic and clinical research that develops the knowledge to build the scientific foundation for clinical practice, prevent disease and disability, manage and eliminate symptoms caused by illness, and enhance end-of-life and palliative care.

NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases.

Useful links:

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR): www.ninr.nih.gov
National Institutes of Health (NIH): www.nih.gov
College of Nursing: www.nursing.und.edu/

For more information, contact Julie Anderson, associate professor, Nursing, at 777-4553 or julie.anderson@und.edu.

-- David L. Dodds, media relations/writer and editor, University Relations, 777-5529, david.dodds@und.edu.

UND Research News: UND to Help with Weather Forecasts During NWS Radar Outage

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:29:56 -0400

UND’s WSR-74C polarimetric Doppler radar produces ultra-accurate images of what goes on in rain clouds. It’s an essential weather eye that helps scientists figure out, among other things, how storms develop and track.

For the next week or so, UND’s highly specialized radar unit will help local media get weather news to the public while the National Weather Service (NWS) upgrades its Grand Forks area radar to the kind already in use at UND. UND’s polarimetric Doppler radar images will also be used by Fargo TV stations to deliver vital weather info for this Saturday’s Fargo Marathon.

“NWS is upgrading the radar system near Mayville, part of a national system of planned upgrades, to a system like UND’s, which we’ve had since 2004,” said UND radar research meteorologist Chris Theisen. “This type of radar produces more information on the moisture in clouds so we can better predict what’s happening. Media have asked us to help out because the NWS Grand Forks area radar system will be down for the upgrade. We’ll step in to help local media provide the public with accurate weather information.”

“The upgrade at the NWS Grand Forks facility is expected to take about a week—it should be up and running early next week, if everything goes as planned,” said Theisen, an Upsala, Minn., native, who got both his bachelor of science and master of science degrees in atmospheric sciences from UND.

UND’s Polarimetric Doppler Radar unit is part of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences in the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences.

Useful links:

Polarimetric Doppler Radar: http://radar.atmos.und.edu/
Atmospheric Sciences: www.atmos.und.edu/
Aerospace: www.aero.und.edu/
National Weather Service page describing the upgrade: www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=fgf&storyid=82840&source=0

For more information, contact Chris Theisen, radar research meteorologist, Atmospheric Sciences, 777-6139 or ctheisen@atmos.und.edu.

-- Juan Miguel Pedraza, writer/editor, University Relations, 777-6571, juan.pedraza@und.edu.

NDSU Research News: Students Receive Nearly $175,000 in Research Assistantship Awards

Mon, 21 May 2012 16:30:29 -0400

The North Dakota Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research awarded five Graduate Student Research Assistantship awards totaling nearly $175,000 and ranging from 12 to 24 months....