Communications
News from the President
UND earns Military Friendly® School designation for 2024-25, with ‘Silver’ distinction
Designation recognizes University’s high level of customer service to servicemembers, veterans and their families
11/12/2024
5:12PM
Veterans Day Ceremony offers chance for reflection, gratitude
At 2024 Veterans Day Ceremony, UND honors impact, sacrifice of those who have served
11/12/2024
5:12PM
VIDEO: Celebrating military appreciation, services at UND
President Armacost talks with military-affiliated students about their work at UND, previews upcoming events
11/7/2024
4:40PM
A president’s speech with 40,000 in attendance
As keynote speaker at the Artificial Intelligence Summit, President Armacost discusses AI’s future in North Dakota
11/5/2024
5:07PM
2024 State of the University Address
UND Press Releases
Robots invade, but students are winners at VEX Robotics Signature event
Inaugural North Dakota Signature event offers engineering challenges, fun and future career pathways Robots did indeed invade Grand Forks from Nov. 1-2, but teams of high school students from across the nation and Canada ultimately emerged victorious in a VEX Robotics competition. And one of those teams will soon be bringing their robots to compete on the […]
11/20/2024
1:20PM
Theranos whistleblower Erika Cheung to speak at UND
Lecturer Erika Cheung helped reveal company's plan to provide patients with false lab results
11/19/2024
1:31PM
UND in The Conversation: ‘Yellowstone’ highlights Montana’s long-forgotten connection to the Confederacy
History offers insights into state’s changing dynamics, writes UND Vice Provost Randi Lynn Tanglen in The Conversation
11/13/2024
12:40PM
Newly translated Utopian novel offers timeless insights
Translated by a UND alumna and with an introduction by a UND professor, novel describes ‘journey to a hidden world’
11/13/2024
11:15AM
President’s Reading List
These are many books that have impacted the way I view the world and our role as educators. Some authors share perspectives that I had not heard, but that changed me in some important way. I encourage you to continue reading works that offer different views of the world and expose you to knowledge and ideas that might be outside your normal area of study.
- The Innovators, Walter Isaacson
- Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman + The Undoing Project, Michael Lewis
- Whistling Vivaldi, Claude Steele
- The One World School House, Salman Khan
- What the Best College Teachers Do, Ken Bain
- Mindset, Carol Dweck
- Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt
- The Indigenous People’s History of the United States, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (recommended to me by UND Professor Beth Klemetsrud)