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Highlights: UMD Choir and Vocal Jazz Fall 2020 Concert

Nov 25, 2020 No Comments

Singers at the University of Minnesota Duluth overcame great odds this semester during the COVID-19 pandemic. They wore masks and rehearsed online, outdoors and in large lecture halls, ultimately sharing their musical talents in a virtual concert on Nov. 13. Some highlights are in the clip above.

An audience of more than 150 joined together on Zoom to hear the University Singers, Concert Chorale, Chamber Singers, Lake Effect and Chill Factor perform on location in Weber Music Hall, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, and around Duluth and the UMD Campus.

Music, Videos UMD

Video: Henry V in Ordean Court at UMD

Oct 08, 2020 No Comments

Theater students at the University of Minnesota Duluth recently finished a run of outdoor performances of William Shakespeare’s Henry V. Auditions were in May, about three months into the COVID-19 pandemic.

Art, Events, Videos Theater, UMD

Raina Costello: Tick and Mosquito Researcher

Sep 09, 2020 No Comments

In this video Raina Costello talks about her work researching ticks and mosquitos at the Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center, about 15 miles north of Duluth.

Videos Boulder Lake Dam, Mosquitoes, Ticks, UMD

Selective Focus: UMD Bathroom Reviews

Aug 25, 2020 No Comments

Students and faculty may not be on UMD’s campus for a few more weeks due to Coronavirus concerns, but you can enjoy a virtual tour thanks to the UMD Bathroom Reviews Instagram account.

Joe Gallian: There Will be an Answer

May 11, 2020 No Comments

University of Minnesota Duluth Professor Joe Gallian has inspired a community of more than 260 top-performing mathematicians.

Videos Mathematics, UMD

Selective Focus: Lend a Paw Virtual Exhibit

Apr 17, 2020 No Comments

UMD’s Senior Design Studio II class has created a virtual gallery to show their work, and is using the opportunity to raise money for the Douglas County Humane Society. The exhibit, online store and Go Fund Me page will be active until May 5. Each piece in the exhibition is inspired by the story of a rescue pet. Visitors can move around the inside and outside of the gallery space to look at the art, read the stories and interact with the objects in the display. The class is led by UMD Department of Art & Design Assistant Professor David Short, and one of the organizers, Jack Schneewind, fills us in on how the exhibit came together, and what the class hoped to achieve with the project.

UMD’s 125th Anniversary: The Rare and Remarkable

Apr 02, 2020 No Comments

Duluth Normal School May Queen and Her Court.

On April 2, 1895 — 125 years ago today — Minnesota Governor David. M. Clough signed legislation approving the creation of the State Normal School at Duluth. It would be seven more years before classes were held, but nonetheless, the University of Minnesota Duluth traces its beginning to that moment in 1895.

History UMD

UMD considering sale of KUMD radio station to WDSE-TV

Feb 13, 2020 No Comments

KUMD has entered into a nonbinding letter of intent with Duluth-Superior Area Educational Television Corporation that could lead to the station being acquired and operated by WDSE-WRPT.

News and Current Affairs KUMD, UMD, WDSE-TV

Video Archive: Attempting to save UMD’s Old Main

Feb 13, 2020 No Comments

During WDIO-TV’s annual March of Dimes Telethon circa 1990, Dennis Anderson introduced a Colder by the Lake Comedy Theatre slide presentation by Bruce Ojard featuring old Duluth buildings as a plea to convince the city to preserve the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Old Main building instead of tearing it down.

The building was destroyed by fire on Feb. 23, 1993.

History, Videos Colder by the Lake, Dennis Anderson, UMD, Video Archive, WDIO-TV

Writers share time with students at UMD

Jan 18, 2020 No Comments

Every year, regional writers spend time with my students. Last semester, Julie Gard, Linda Grover, Lucie Amundsen, Terrance Griep, Michael Fedo and Roy Booth made the trip. This year, Katya Gordon will be visiting on April 22. Maybe you can join us?

Above are photos of one of the author visits by Paying Thao, journalist for the UMD Bark and student in Introduction to Writing Studies.

Random Literature, UMD

Micro Adventures

Dec 05, 2019 No Comments

Let’s get small. Explore the microscopic world through the scanning electron microscope in the UMD Research Instrumentation Lab.

Videos Science, UMD

Alexandera Houchin: Where the Water Ends

Nov 19, 2019 No Comments

Cloquet native Alexandera Houchin is best known as the 2018 and 2019 women’s Tour Divide winner. The annual self-supported bicycle race follows the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, which crisscrosses the Continental Divide from Banff, Alberta, Canada to Antelope Wells, N.M.

In this video, produced by the University of Minnesota Duluth, Houchin tells her story of growing up never seeing a Native American dentist or doctor, and deciding to counter that with plans to practice dentistry on her reservation.

Videos Alexandera Houchin, Bicycling, UMD

Zombie self defense at UMD

Oct 31, 2019 No Comments

What better place to find big juicy brains to feast on than an institute of higher learning. UMD Chief Information Officer, Jason Davis, explains how to defend against a zombie attack using principles of Jujutsu.

Sports, Videos Halloween, Jujitsu, UMD, Zombies

UMD Senior Spirit: Richard Gurske

Oct 16, 2019 No Comments

Richard Gurske has been attending University of Minnesota Duluth athletic events since before there was a University of Minnesota Duluth.

Sports, Videos UMD

Postcards from Duluth Normal School (UMD Old Main)

Oct 16, 2019 1 Comment

The postmark on the card above is difficult to read, but it appears to have been mailed in March of 1916. It depicts the State Normal School at Duluth, which later became the State Teachers College and then the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Old Main building.