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Graduate Student Research Shines at UND GRAD Event

By Bill Dubensky Mar 18, 2026 | 5:49 AM

(Photo by Michaela Richards/UND Today)

 

 

(By Michaela Richards. UND Today) – With topics ranging from species conservation to various uses of Artificial Intelligence, UND’s Graduate Research Achievement Day or GRAD showcase on March 5 displayed research from students in these areas and many more.

Online students also had the chance to present their research through GRAD’s virtual event on March 3. Students gave three-to-five-minute presentations for their posters, which were then judged by faculty.

Donna Hastings and Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor Jonathan Geiger, a Grand Forks couple who are contributing sponsors for the event and originators of the Geiger & Hastings Excellence in Graduate Research Endowment, spoke at the event about why the GRAD showcase is important to UND and the Grand Forks community.

“I think it’s so wonderful to have all these students get to explain what they’re working so hard at and be able to defend what they’re doing,” Hastings said.

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