Each week KUMD 103.3 FM covers numerous locally and internationally relevant topics and many times these stories have connections with our incredibly knowledgeable, resourceful and talented UMD community. Here are just some of the stories KUMD aired in the last two months featuring UMD people, places and events:
Where's Art? with Annie Dugan - Missing Bentleyville? Many immersive experiences still available!
January 1, 2018: Annie Dugan counts down the best art experiences of 2017 (including one at the Tweed Museum of Art) and offers some tips for bringing art into the most mundane aspects of our everyday lives.
Where's Art? with Annie Dugan - "The northland's Salvador Dali - without the annoying mustache"
January 8, 2018: The week in art at popular venues (like UMD’s Tweed Museum of Art) and a few you may not have heard of.
Student Views: "Meaningful Change"
January 22, 2018: Today, Student Views host Pavel Arkhipenkov welcomes Legislative Relations Committee Director Jacob Griffiths to discuss UMD lobbying efforts and more.
Where's Art? with Annie Dugan: Did you know your neighbor was an artist?
January 22, 2018: Support for Superior artists (pun intended), a Gallery Talk at the Tweed Museum of Art, the art of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, the animated Jonathan Thunder and more.
KUMD Album Review: Nai Palm
January 22, 2018: Nai Palm | Needle Paw. With her Zen-filled lyrics and a gentle delivery, Nai Palm, the 23-year-old lead vocalist of the Australian based soul quartet...
Reading outside your comfort zone - it builds muscles, too
January 23, 2018: Unless you have a job that lets you travel to many exotic locations, it's hard to meet enough different kinds of people to really expand your...
KUMD Album Review: Illism
January 24, 2018: Illism | Love and Loyalty. After two EPs (later re-released on one album) the duo known as Illism, comprised of lyricist Envy and vocalist Fancy, came...
Where's Art? with Annie Dugan: A is for Adam, Annie, and the Art of Local Food
January 29, 2018: The week in art at popular venues (like UMD’s Tweed Museum of Art) and a few you may not have heard of.
Where's Art? with Annie Dugan: The restorative power of fire -- and art
February 5, 2018: The restorative power of fire - and art.
Long Time KUMD Volunteer Host Passes Away
February 9, 2018: Today we share the sad news that John Bushey, host of the KUMD radio program Highway 61 Revisited and UMD alumni, has passed away.
KUMD Album Review: Nightmare on Wax
February 12, 2018: Nightmare on Wax| Shape the Future. Years removed from his group’s conception in the late 1980s, Nightmare on Wax now consists solely of DJ E.A.S.E...
Where's Art? with Annie Dugan (SLIDESHOW)
February 12, 2018: More information about the Fine. (Re)fine. (De)fine Faculty Exhibition at the Tweed Museum of Art Indigenous First Art & Gift Shop Two Loons...
KUMD Album Review: Sonny Knight & The Lakers
February 14, 2018: Sonny Knight & The Lakers | I’m Still Here. In honor of Black History Month, we’re revisiting a 2014 album from the late Minnesota musician Sonny...
Samantha Woller: Bringing new tools to the #metoo conversation
February 15, 2018: Samantha Woller is interested in intersections. Like the intersections where society's views and expectations of women have allowed - if not fostered...
Where's Art? with Annie Dugan: Bridge-building and envelope-pushing (SLIDESHOW)
February 19, 2018: More information on: Chance on Tap: Poetry Reading and Book Release with Kathleen Roberts and guests. Territory: Emerging Photographers 2017.
Incentives help diversity efforts reach wider audience
February 20, 2018: The theme is "Creating Inclusive Communities." Tomorrow's (2/21/18) UMD Summit on Equity, Race, and Ethnicity is an all day, 30-workshop conversation.
Student Views: Sex Education
February 20, 2018: This week, Student Views welcomes Dave Herrera and Lizzy Easter from the UMD Peer Sexual Health Educators program talking about program goals.
KUMD Album Review: Black Panther: The Album
February 21, 2018: Black Panther: The Album | Various Artists. Roaring into a number 1 debut on the Billboard 200 chart, this Kendrick Lamar and TDE executive-produced...
Green Visions: Can emotions stack up on a map?
February 21, 2018: Anyone who's ever fallen in love or had their heart broken can tell you exactly where it happened. And what places they seek out or avoid as a result.
How they saved virtual reality at UMD
February 21, 2018: To paraphrase Coleridge: Water, water everywhere, / Nor any time to think.
Where's Art? with Annie Dugan: A fungus among us! (SLIDESHOW)
February 26, 2018: Where's the best art opening this week? What shows are closing? Are there any calls-for-entries anywhere? Annie Dugan brings you a comprehensive look at Where's Art every Monday morning at 8:20 am on Northland Morning.
The Sea Grant Files: The Power of the Lake
February 27, 2018: Lake Superior's powerful waves, rip currents and how to safely navigate and enjoy the lake and it's beaches.
"I don't think this one's going to fade": Active Shooter training timed just right - or wrong
February 27, 2018: Two days after UMD announced another pair of Active Shooter Event training sessions for students, faculty and staff, 17 people were killed and 14 more wounded in a deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
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