College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota
College of Science and Engineering
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News Releases

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Dow to share lab safety expertise with University of Minnesota

April 30, 2012

The Dow Chemical Company and the University of Minnesota are expanding their strategic partnership by launching a first-ever pilot program to improve safety awareness and practices in the university?s chemistry and chemical engineering labs.

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The financial crunch: National experts to discuss risks in financial systems May 17-19

April 30, 2012

National experts will explore risk emanating from recent trends in the commodity markets, portfolio investment and shocks to the financial system at an upcoming three-day workshop hosted by the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering’s Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.

University students host Boy Scout Science and Engineering Merit Badge event

April 27, 2012

University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering student groups will help about 150 Boy Scouts earn merit badges in science and engineering at a special day-long event on Saturday, April 28.

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Federal and state officials to celebrate opening of high-tech physics lab in northern Minnesota

April 23, 2012

A ribbon-cutting ceremony at the first-of-its-kind facility of the NuMI Off-Axis Electron Neutrino Appearance (NOvA) far detector building is Friday, April 27, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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University of Minnesota startup offers game-changing energy solutions that reduce CO2 emissions

April 19, 2012

Discoveries by CSE researchers has led to the launch of a new University of Minnesota startup that will provide renewable energy more economically while reducing harmful carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion.

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University of Minnesota scientists involved in first-ever emperor penguin count from space

April 13, 2012

There are twice as many emperor penguins in Antarctica than was previously thought, according to a new study released by an international team of researchers including scientists from the University of Minnesota's Polar Geospatial Center.

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CSE professor's invention helps advance reliability of alternative energy

April 11, 2012

A University of Minnesota invention by mechanical engineering professor Perry Li could help make storage of solar and wind energy more efficient and economical.

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Best-selling author of ‘Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities’ to speak at the U of M April 25

April 11, 2012

The mathematics of probability is the topic at an upcoming lecture entitled “The Curious World of Probabilities” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, Willey Hall, Room 175, 225 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis.

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Department of Homeland Security and University of Minnesota to Host Cybersecurity Awareness Sessions on April 19

April 9, 2012

The University of Minnesota Technological Leadership Institute (TLI) has joined with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its national cybersecurity awareness campaign, Stop.Think.Connect.™, to host three respective sessions on cyber awareness, cyber careers, and digital critical infrastructure protection Thursday, April 19, 2012.

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How nanomaterials can help meet global energy needs is focus of upcoming U of M public lecture

April 5, 2012

World-renowned MIT Professor Mildred Dresselhaus offers hope for the world energy outlook in her public lecture “The Promise of Nanomaterials for Thermoelectric Applications.”

On July 1, 2010 the Institute of Technology changed its name to the College of Science and Engineering.