College-wide featured stories
Satellite imaging research widens understanding of climate change
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Vipin Kumar, Ph.D., head of the U’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering in the College of Science and Engineering, has developed advanced methods of data mining that use satellite imagery to track changes on the surface of land across the world.
MnDrive takes on grand challenges
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Through a landmark partnership between the University of Minnesota and the state, U researchers and industry partners are working to solve grand challenges across the globe.
Collaboration seeks to boost renewable energy in Minnesota
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As renewable energies continue to expand, a team of experts at the University of Minnesota are researching new ways to integrate them into the power grid.
Making plastic more sustainable
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Center for Sustainable Polymers creates a new sustainable material.
What is C-SPIN all about?
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It’s one of the largest research centers on campus. It boasts funding from industry, academia, and the federal government. It’s building the foundations fast and ultra-energy-efficient computers. It’s C-SPIN, and you’ve probably never heard of it.
Deltas: Catalyzing action towards sustainability of deltaic systems
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Deltas are dynamic landforms at the land-ocean boundary, involving intricate mazes of river channels, estuarine waterways and vast, often flooded landscapes.
Lifting the smog
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On a humid day in urban China, a thick haze of smog can make people across the street virtually invisible.
We need stronger, smarter electrical grids
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The way we generate, deliver and use power must change drastically if we are to meet the needs of the 21st century.