The University of North Dakota is the chief opportunity engine for its students and the State of North Dakota. Founded in 1883 – six years before North Dakota statehood – UND is among the nation’s premier regional public research universities. With an enrollment of 14,000 students, UND is a leader and innovator in rural and Indigenous health, energy, aerospace, autonomous systems, and national defense. Classified as a “Doctoral University: Higher Research Activity” institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, UND is characterized by a solid foundation of the liberal arts, high quality students and faculty, a diverse curriculum, a widely recognized program of graduate education and research, law and medical schools praised for quality and innovation, rich cultural resources, and an outstanding record of alumni support. Its major academic divisions include Arts and Sciences, Aerospace Sciences, Business and Public Administration, Education and Human Development, Engineering and Mines, Nursing and Professional Disciplines, Medicine and Health Sciences, Law, Extended Learning and the School of Graduate Studies. Long a provider of distance education, UND also has developed a robust online presence.
Changes that often accompany later life can raise questions and concerns that people may explore in counseling or therapy.
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Counseling in later life isn’t just for coping with loss and illness – it can help people work through questions of identity and how they seek meaning in their lives.
Rates of anxiety and depression have grown since the COVID-19 pandemic – as have prescriptions for antidepressants.
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Calls to reduce the use of antidepressants highlight valid issues with long-term use and withdrawal, but blanket efforts to discourage their use overlooks why they are so widely prescribed.
In hurricanes and other disasters, being able to call for help and reach family is crucial – and sometimes impossible.
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Mobile phones have become part of just about everyone’s emergency infrastructure. But what do you do when the power and service go out?
Um raio dura apenas uma fração de segundo, mas as consequências podem durar a vida inteira: sobreviventes de descargas elétricas muitas vezes têm dificuldade em encontrar médicos que saibam como tratá-los, ou mesmo que acreditem que seus sintomas são reais.
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A maioria dos sobreviventes de descargas elétricas não apresenta cicatrizes visíveis, mas como suas lesões são invisíveis muitas vezes eles não recebem tratamento ou enfrentam ceticismo
Survivors of lightning strikes often struggle to find physicians who know how to treat them.
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Most lightning strike survivors have no visible scars, but their invisible injuries often go untreated.
Because course grades get averaged, a student who receives just one zero can be dragged down more than a perfect score can lift them.
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“No-zero” grading policies are becoming more common in US schools. South Carolina is the first state to ban these policies.
Fast-moving floodwater from a storm damaged bridges and homes and broke apart Million Bible Church in Richmond, Ky., in late June 2026.
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Regardless of whether Americans think socialism is bad or good, or how they define it, most of them embrace socialist policies and programs – as long as no one calls them that.
In ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2,’ legendary fashion editor Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, starts to doubt her abilities and wonders when she should step aside.
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Sometimes they hear they’re supposed to stay active and engaged. Other times they’re vilified for holding on to power too long. It’s all made ‘knowing when it’s time’ a whole lot harder.
Top NASA officials give an update on major changes to the Artemis program on Feb. 27, 2026.
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A subset of AI called reinforcement learning is helping scientists improve nuclear fuel technology, which they could use to power spacecraft and rockets.
Professors and other faculty were under a lot of strain even before the Trump administration took office.
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Faculty members say they are worried about job security but also whether they should be introducing certain topics, like gender, in their class or with colleagues.
Flying is routine and safe. Hard lessons were learned to make it that way.
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Data analytics, putting safety out of bounds for competition, and collaboration among industry, labor and government are key to reducing a technology’s risks.
A melhor forma de obter antioxidantes de qualidade e realmente eficientes nos benefícios à saúde é através dos alimentos que ingerimos, e não dos suplementos.
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The Earth’s own heat can be brought up from underground and used as a source of energy that emits almost no greenhouse gases and can operate 24/7 almost anywhere on the planet.
Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint, N.M., is the largest tribal university in the country.
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The federal government is more likely to fund curiosity-driven basic research, while industry is more likely to support research that has a clearer eventual payoff.
Most kids want to know whether the adults in their lives are genuinely interested in their day – and aren’t just going through the motions.
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