BISMARCK, North Dakota, Sept. 27 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement on Sept. 26, 2023: * * * Gov. Doug Burgum today released the following statement after the National Park Service (NPS) announced that the public comment period is now open on its draft environmental assessment related to the herds of wild horses and cattle within Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The public comment period closes Oct. 25. "We continue to urge the National Park Service to mainta  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Sept. 28 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on Sept. 27, 2023: Public input is now being accepted for the second round of Gov. Doug Burgum's Red Tape Reduction initiative aimed at eliminating unnecessary and outdated regulations, rules, policies and procedures to make government more efficient and effective and help lower costs for taxpayers, Lt. Gov. Tammy Miller announced today. Burgum created the Red Tape Reduction Working Group by executi  more

FARGO, North Dakota, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- North Dakota State University issued the following news: This summer, Kristen Fellows, NDSU assistant professor of anthropology, and John Creese, NDSU associate professor of anthropology, ran field schools. Field schools provide unique opportunities for research, as well as training students in the methodologies of archaeology. Six students participated in the inaugural field season of the 4e Farmstead Historical Archaeology project. Fellows guided t  more

FARGO, North Dakota, Sept. 29 (TNSres) -- North Dakota State University issued the following news: Jagdish Singh, NDSU chair and professor of pharmaceutical sciences, has received a $3.2 million federal grant to investigate whether increasing a specific protein in the brain could help treat Alzheimer's Disease when delivered intravenously or via a nasal spray. National Institutes of Health R01 grants are among the most competitive and prestigious research funding awards. Currently, researchers  more

FARGO, North Dakota, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- North Dakota State University issued the following news: The Discipline-Based Education Research community at NDSU was recently awarded a three-year, $1.2 million grant under the NSF STEM Edu OPRF Solicitation. NDSU's Collaborations in Discipline-Based Education Research program will immerse four postdoctoral research associates into the NDSU DBER, according to Jenni Momsen, NDSU professor of biological sciences and the director of the DBER program. "  more