Katie Beedy
Davies grad hopes to turn summer project into code school
By Katie Beedy
One month ago, Davies grad Adam Vareberg’s only knowledge of computer science education came from his freshman Computer Science 50 course at Harvard University. Code schools were never on the biomedical…
TEDxFargo Where Are They Now: Aaron Feickert
By Katie Beedy
At TEDxFargo 2012: The City 2.0, as part of a special two-minute Action Pitch Session, Aaron Feickert pitched the idea of bringing Fargo together through a bike share program– but he was not…
TEDxFargo: Behind the design
By Katie Beedy
TEDx was created in the spirit of spreading TED’s mission: to provide a platform for “ideas worth spreading,” particularly on the topics of technology, engineering, and design. But just as important…
Self-defense and startups: how a three-person company is saving lives
By Katie Beedy
College campuses, parking ramps, gas stations, homes– in recent years, headlines have taught us that assault, be it physical or sexual, can happen anywhere and at anytime. For upcoming 1 Million Cups speaker…
A taste of home and honey at Prairie Rose Meadery
By Katie Beedy
Just off 32nd Avenue South in Fargo, west of I-29, lies a cluster of office buildings. There is a property management company, an insurance agency, and an alcohol screening and…
Proof's Joel Kath explains the magic behind distilling
By Katie Beedy
Joel Kath has consumed one, maybe two, beers a year since his early twenties. “Beer really doesn’t like me,” he said, attributing his adverse reactions to a likely brewer’s yeast allergy.…
TEDxFargo Where Are They Now: Ted Dintersmith
By Katie Beedy
When Ted Dintersmith worked in venture capital, he had a chance to work with some of the most innovative people in the country. He also had the perfect vantage point to notice…
TEDxFargo Where Are They Now: Dr. Rajiv Shah
By Katie Beedy
Imagine rolling over in the morning to see five, six, ten plastic bottles on your bedside table, filled with prescription pills of every shape and color. Each serves a different…
Rear Adm. Stuart Munsch on spurring innovation in North Dakota
By Katie Beedy
Rear Admiral Stuart Munsch has served our country from a variety of positions, both in the Pentagon and at sea. So, when he took the stage at Drone Focus 2016,…
How senseFly's Baptiste Tripard used drones to map the Matterhorn
By Katie Beedy
Drone Focus was a day-long celebration of innovation in the UAS industry; for speaker Baptiste Tripard, it was also a day of personal celebration. “I actually realized backstage that it’s…