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Events

Sep
18

UMD Super Smash Bros. Club Weekly Meeting

1:00pm
LSBE 135, 1120 Kirby Drive, Duluth, MN 55812, United States
Sep
18

Alpha Sigma Tau Philanthropy Night #1

4:30pm - 5:30pm
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Sep
18

Bulldog Rocketry Structures Meeting

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Civil Engineering 265, 1120 Kirby Drive, Duluth, MN 55812, United States
Sep
18

Beta Lambda Psi Philanthropy Night #1

5:30pm - 6:30pm
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Sep
18

Bulldog Rocketry Recovery Meeting

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Civil Engineering 231, 1120 Kirby Drive, Duluth, MN 55812, United States

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Highlights

Archaeology searching for artifacts with the help of their professor

Digging into a growing industry

UMD history and anthropology students spent their summer learning about the archaeology of capitalism in an unexpected classroom: the woods behind an old U.S. Steel warehouse in Morgan Park. 

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College ready

Some incoming students are making early progress toward their degrees through the Swenson College Summer Bridge Program.

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