Fargo-Moorhead: A strong higher education system

North Dakota State University, Minnesota State University Moorhead and Concordia College give the Fargo-Moorhead area a strong representation of higher education offerings for a community its size.

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University of South Dakota gaining prominence

The 274-acre University of South Dakota campus is home to South Dakota’s only law and medical schools as well as students actively engaged in research, the arts and a wide range of recreational, cultural, social and professional activities and organizations.

• University of South Dakota at a glance
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Incubators foster business startups

Incubators in research and technology parks help foster business start ups and lead to innovation in the marketplace.

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• NDSU Technology Incubator
• SDSU Innovation Campus

South Dakota research centers aid economic development

South Dakota's 2010 research centers program created by Governor Mike Rounds is aiding economic development efforts and increasing research capabilities in the state.

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• Center for Bioprocessing Research and Development

University housing projects on the rise

A look at university student housing projects in the region.

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• Cityscapes Plaza, NDSU
• Hamline Square, UND
• Evergreen Hall, UM Crookston

South Dakota State University's Innovation Campus

A look at the 125-acre Innovation Campus at South Dakota State University.

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NDSU Research and Technology Park

A look at the NDSU Research and Technology Park that opened in 2001.

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• Check out a short video clip of an interview with Tony Grindberg of the NDSU Research and Technology Park

UND Technology Park

A look at the 55-acre UND Technology Park that was formed in 1991.

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Research and technology parks link universities, regional economy

Research and technology parks at North Dakota State University, the University of North Dakota and South Dakota State University continue to grow and expand, connecting cutting-edge research at universities to high tech companies and helping economic development efforts.

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• Jim Petell
• NDSU Research and Technology Park
• UND Technology Park
• South Dakota State University's Innovation Campus
• Check out a short video clip of an interview with Tony Grindberg of the NDSU Research and Technology Park

University of Minnesota, Crookston changing with the times

The University of Minnesota, Crookston has undergone an amazing transformation in the last half century from a residential agricultural high school to a two-year technical college and now a four-year university. The university, which opened in 1906 as the Northwest School of Agriculture, transitioned from a two-year technical institute into a four-year university offering baccalaureate degree programs in 1993.

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EERC follows aggressive expansion plan

The University of North Dakota's Energy and Environmental Research Center is so unique that it is a little difficult to place it in just one category. The Grand Forks, ND-based high tech nonprofit is a division of the University of North Dakota and conducts research, development, demonstration and commercialization activities, but operates more like a business than most nonprofits.

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Higher education news briefs

News briefs from colleges and universities in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota

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Industry Progress: Higher Education

NDSU downtown building is a 'living laboratory'

North Dakota State’s architecture, landscape architecture and visual arts departments are housed in a downtown Fargo warehouse building that was renovated to become the first LEED certified building in North Dakota after the project was completed in 2004.

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The role of higher education