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Kumar elected ACM Fellow
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The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has awarded the distinction of fellow to Professor Vipin Kumar, head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
Physicist awaits his piece of Stardust
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The long wait is almost over for physics professor Robert Pepin, who will receive a precious sample of comet dust collected by NASA’s Stardust mission during its seven years in space.
U researchers unlock mystery of layer encircling Earth's core
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Associate Professor Renata Wentzcovitch (chemical engineering and materials science) and her research team have confirmed the properties of post-perovskite, a mineral that may form near Earth’s core in a layer called the “D” region.
IMA receives $19.5M NSF grant
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The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications(IMA) has received the largest single math research grant ever made by the National Science Foundation (NSF): $19.5 million over five years.
In memoriam: Anatoly Larkin
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Anatoly Larkin, University professor and world-renowned physicist, died unexpectedly
Thursday, August 4, in Aspen, Colorado, where he was attending a workshop.
He was 72.
In memoriam: Miles Kersten
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Miles Kersten, retired professor of civil engineering and a University alumnus, died August 28 in Minneapolis. He was 92.
In memoriam: Walter Weyhmann
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Walter Weyhmann, professor emeritus of physics and former head of the School of Physics and Astronomy, died September 24 in New Brighton, Minnesota. He was 69.
IT professors win national ACS honors
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Chemistry professors George Barany and Donald Truhlar were among the approximately 50 scientists who won national awards from the American Chemical Society (ACS) this fall.
Shekhar appointed AHPCRC director
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IT dean Steven Crouch has announced the appointment of Distinguished
McKnight University Professor Shashi
Shekhar (computer science and engineering) as director of the
Army High Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC).
Dean promotes the college during China visit
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Steven Crouch, Institute of Technology dean, is one of 200 delegates visiting China in November as part of the new Minnesota-China Partnership, a broad-based initiative to strengthen the state’s longstanding ties with that country.