Undergraduate Research

The ability to take part in individually mentored research and creative activity is one of the unique advantages MSU Moorhead offers students. Faculty-student mentored activity is a valuable part of our mission and is reflected in the University’s strategic priorities:

  • To provide real-world opportunities for students to apply learning
  • To connect students, faculty and staff in meaningful relationships with one another and the community

The resources on this page are designed to help you navigate the many opportunities that exist for collaboration and success.

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Undergraduate Research News
  • Faculty Input Needed: Tell Us How You Are Using AI!
    As part of a campus-wide initiative, the AI faculty fellow team invites you to take part in a brief (≈10-minute) survey on artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education. Whether you use AI regularly or not at all, your insights will help us better understand how faculty and staff are experiencing and responding to AI across teaching, research, advising, and administration. […]
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  • Archaeology Coauthors Win Regional Poster Prize
    Archaeology student scholars win the Council for Minnesota Archaeology Undergraduate Poster Prize for their poster presentation on the importance of community collaboration. Their poster, titled “Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: The Importance of Collaboration Between Archaeologists and Indigenous Communities,” details collaborative and volunteer work completed at the request of the Tribal Historic Preservation Office of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
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  • Student-Faculty Research Paper on Short-Term Study Abroad Wins Best Paper Award at International Academic Conference
    Nora Simondet and Dr. Wooyang Kim of the Paseka School of Business received the Best Conference Paper Award (1st Place in Undergraduate Student Research) at the 2025 Tourism, Hospitality, and Event Conference for Researchers, Educators, Practitioners, and Students (THEREPS)—a leading international conference in the hospitality and tourism discipline—held in New York City on April 11–12. The student research competition featured […]
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  • Impress Local Employers in the SPARQ Competition
    The SPARQ competition gives students an opportunity to develop a novel hypothesis to an open question asked by a regional employer. Each individual of the winning team nets a $100 gift card of their choosing. Participants in the competition will explore primary literature to develop a hypothesis and rationale to address the question selected, as well as how to experimentally […]
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  • Butler is Guest Speaker at Minnesota Archaeological Society Annual Meeting
    Dr. Amanda Butler of Anthropology and Earth Science, was invited to give the evening lecture at this year’s Minnesota Archaeological Society Annual Meeting held in September. She presented on her ongoing research regarding a Cahokian religious movement. This research examines interactions at the periphery of the Mississippian world to better understand the founding and expansion of a religious movement that […]
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