NDSU Graduate School

As a member of the Modern Language Association (MLA) AI and Research Working Group, NDSU Ph.D. candidate Md Mahmudul Haque collaborated with leading humanities AI scholars over the course of the 2025-2026 academic year to produce a framework addressing GenAI's impact on research and scholarly publishing in the humanities.

The Framework has just been officially published by the MLA and title "AI and the Humanities: A Framework for Language and Literary Scholarship".

The Framework will be presented and discussed at the following upcoming events:
• Webinar on June 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM EDT
• Workshop at the MLA 2027 Convention

Graduate certificates are a great way to gain specialized knowledge, enhance your resume, and pursue your interests. Most grad certificates require three or four classes.

Today, we’re featuring certificates related to ANALYTICS, ENGINEERING, and TECH; check out the list here:

🖥️ Big Data Applied Statistical Analysis

📊 Business Analytics

🚧 Construction Management

👨🏽‍💻 Cybersecurity

⚡ Energy Engineering

📍 Geographic Information Systems

⚛️ Nuclear Engineering

✍🏽 Professional Writing

⚙️ Software Engineering

🖥️ Statistics

Oudom Hean, Assistant Professor in Finance, Supply Chain, and Transportation; Jaxon Nankivel, Graduate Research Assistant at the Challey Institute; and Sean Schiefelbein, student employee at the Challey Institute, published a Challey Institute paper, "Banking Consolidation and Innovation in the United States," finding that as banks merge into fewer, larger firms, a little consolidation can help new ideas grow, but too much of it slows down the biggest, most groundbreaking advances.

Read paper here:https://www.ndsu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/BankingConsolidationandInnovationintheUnitedStates_0.pdf

"I can honestly say that the best part of my job is the mentoring of graduate students."
- Tom DeSutter

Tom DeSutter, University Distinguished Professor of soil science, finds research is more than studying the land; it's about serving the people who depend on it.

Since joining NDSU in 2006, DeSutter has dedicated his career to helping farmers and stakeholders across North Dakota navigate the challenges posed by the state's diverse landscapes and soils through practical, solution-driven research.

"North Dakota is a beautiful state, with wide-ranging geology, landscapes and soils. Here, the varying cultures have shaped the land, and the land has shaped cultures," DeSutter said. "The toughness and grit of our farmers and ranchers is impressive, and these folks seemingly have endless decisions to make to maintain their operations and livelihoods."

Read more at: ndsu.edu/experience

Graduate certificates are a great way to gain specialized knowledge, enhance your resume, and – if you’re interested in the related master’s program – complete a significant chunk of required coursework.

Most grad certificates require three or four classes. Certificate program applications don’t require recommendation letters and most don’t require a statement of purpose.

Today, we’re featuring certificates related to HEALTH and COMMUNITY; check out the list here:

🩺 Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

🏃🏻‍➡️ Advanced Coaching Education

🏃🏻‍♂️‍➡️ Advanced Physical Education Teaching

😷 Applied Epidemiology

🌱 Community Development

💳 Family Financial Planning

💊 Foundations of Mental Health Care

👴🏽 Gerontology

🏥 Healthcare Administration

🏈 Intercollegiate Athletic Administration

✍🏾 Professional Writing

😷 Public Health

📈 Public Policy Evaluation

🏃🏻‍♀️‍➡️ Supervision & Management in Physical Education & Coaching

👦🏻 Youth Development

👦🏻 Youth Program Management & Evaluation

Olabode Amusan and Nof Yasir, doctoral students in NDSU's electrical and computer engineering program, have been accepted into the Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Foundry Bootcamp. The program helps founders transform research breakthroughs and early-stage ideas into fundable ventures.

Read full story at https://www.ndsu.edu/news/2026-05-29-ndsu-doctoral-students-selected-harvard-business-school-bootcamp

NDSU has named Joel Hektner Interim Dean of the College of Graduate and Interdisciplinary Studies following an internal search. Hektner, who has led the Department of Human Development and Family Science for the past 11 years, begins in the role today. Welcome, Dr. Hektner!

NDSU associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, Ang Guo, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award of $702,662 for his project, “Electrically Encoded Innate Immune Sensing in Cardiomyocytes,” which focuses on how heart cells sense danger signals.

Professor Guo's primary research focuses on how heart cells respond to stress and disease.

Full story here: https://www.ndsu.edu/news/2026-05-13-ndsu-associate-professor-receives-nsf-career-award-study-how-heart-cells-sense

Springtime at NDSU