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Civil Engineering Beginning Fall 2008

UMD will offer a new Bachelor of Science degree program in Civil Engineering beginning fall 2008.

The development of the Civil Engineering Program at UMD is in direct response to engineering personnel needs expressed by the private and public sectors in our region and the career aspirations of prospective students and their parents. Areas of focus were determined after consultation with engineering and manufacturing firms in Duluth and Greater Northeastern Minnesota.

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UMD Professor Is Real-Life Indiana Jones

Famous UMD Archeologist Is Featured on National Science Foundation Special Report "Archaeology from Reel to Real"

UMD Regents Professor Emeritus of Geoarchaeology, George "Rip" Rapp, is a real life Indiana Jones. His life's work compares in many ways to the swashbuckling hero of the latest hit movie "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," starring Harrison Ford.

Professor Rapp is also one of seven international archaeologists, highlighted in the National Science Foundation's (NSF) new special on- line report, "Archaeology from Reel to Real," launched last week.

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