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North Dakota's Operation Intern offers 50/50 match for paid internships

Summer is coming up, and that means warmth, lakes… and interns. We sure do love our interns. In fact, the North Dakota Department of Commerce is once again offering their…

Second annual North Dakota Women's Startup Weekend success

The weekend starts off tentative, expectant. Members of the Women’s Startup Weekend team greet participants and direct them to the taco bar (every good Startup Weekend begins with tacos, it…

Renuvix research teams at NDSU are creating biodegradable polymers

We interact with petrol-based polymers with nearly everything we do. Dr. Bret Chisholm, a Senior Research Scientist at NDSU and co-founder of Renuvix, walked the audience through an average morning…

Botlink announces 500k investment, launches beta testing today

Local UAS startup Botlink has come a long way since they first announced their drone-tracking application at 1 Million Cups – they officially announced a 500k seed investment that they…

Vine Rangers lands FAA exemption

Vine Rangers, a startup based in California that will soon be coming to Fargo, received a Section 333 FAA exemption last Friday – making it one of only 16 companies…

Tea-based pesticide by NDSU student works as well as conventional pesticides

Green tea is not often mentioned in the same breath as pesticide. But NDSU sophomore Dre Steinwehr made a connection between the two, and the results won him $1,000 at…

Infynt app tracks baby data to make tech-savvy daycares (and parents!)

“I have another idea,” says Nick Waverek, on stage for the third or fourth time. “I started thinking about this when we had a baby.” It’s the first night of…

Disrupting the norm: Emerging University blends education with experience

Jake Joraanstad’s been chewing on the idea for Emerging University for about 4 years, ever since he saw so many shortcomings during his own time as a college student. He…

FieldLeash creates portable boundaries for dogs

The idea hit a little over a year ago, when Rob Burke, his wife Ali, and their dog Petra were camping for the weekend. As they explored the area, they…

Why Fargo is a prime location for the gaming industry

Part 2 of CJ Shnase’s post on his experiences with the Game Developers Conference 2015. Read Part 1. After returning from the Game Developer Conference (GDC), a lot of people…