Events & News

UMD Events
Minnesota Million at Cafe Scientifique
At Cafe Scientifique, learn about the Minnesota Million project, raising climate-smart tree seedlings to re-establish a resilient northern forest and bolster the regional economy. Then, learn about the place of art in grounding our experience of the environment and moving our community to action in the face of climate change. If you are moved, you will be able to take one of the Minnesota Million home with you, to plant yourself.
Independence day holiday: campus closed
Climb Shovel Point

FREE Wonderstruck Wednesday: Discovering Neutrinos + Q&A with Dr. Alec Habig
I wonder…what are neutrinos and why do we want to study them? Enjoy a premiere of our new show 'Chasing the Ghost Particle' which explores the neutrino detector IceCube. Afterward, we will be joined by Dr. Alec Habig, a professor in the Physics and Astronomy department who studies neutrinos, for a Q&A session.
Solithromycin: It’s all in the chemistry
Please join us for a summer seminar on July 10. Dr. Robert Carlson and Dr. Prashanth Poddutoori will be hosting UMD alumnus Dr. John R. Peterson from Tétard, Inc. and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Chico.

Athletics News
A Recap of the 2025 Bulldog Awards
The University of Minnesota Duluth Athletic Department held its third annual Bulldog Awards Wednesday night inside the Marshall Performing Art Center on campus, with around 450 Bulldog student athletes in attendance and local community members in attendance.
Record 19 Bulldogs Earn Myles Brand Academic Honor from NSIC
UMD Bulldogs "ALLETE" Moments: Classroom
The Legacy of Saving a Life: Owen Leach's Greatest Shot
Owen Leach wasn't thinking about the impact he could make on a stranger's life last spring on the campus of the University of Minnesota Duluth. The current redshirt freshman men's basketball player walked into the Romano Gym lobby and saw other UMD athletes promoting the NMPD – formerly Be The Match – cheek swabs, and was waived over by Bulldog football player. Leach obliged, thinking he would just do it because the student athlete asked him to. He had no idea he would get the opportunity of a lifetime.
71 Bulldogs Named to 2024 NSIC Fall All-Academic Teams
UMD Bulldogs "ALLETE" Moments: Classroom
Bulldog DEI Council to Hold Third Annual Clothing Drive
The University of Minnesota Duluth Athletics Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Council, in collaboration with the UMD Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and the UMD Black Men Serving Excellence (BMSE), will hold a clothing drive benefiting K-12 youth starting this Friday.