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Borealis shines in 2001 American Solar Challenge
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Overcoming electrical problems early in the race, the University’s solar vehicle team and its fifth-generation car, Borealis, surged to a sixth-place finish in the 2001 American Solar Challenge.
Campaign gifts set new fundraising record
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Gifts and pledges to the institute of technology totaled $32.8 million during the 2000-01 fiscal year, setting a new fundraising record for the University of Minnesota Foundation and propelling the college toward its $160 million Campaign Minnesota goal.
Mechanical engineering dedicates new facilities
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Nearly 700 people turned out April 25 for the grand opening and dedication of the University’s new mechanical engineering facilities.
Renowned numerical analyst to head IMA
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Douglas Arnold, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Pennsylvania State University, has been named to head the Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA).
U canoe team rows to sixth-place finish
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For the eleventh time in 13 years, IT students rowed away with the first-place title in the regional round of the American Society of Civil Engineers/Master Builders Concrete Canoe Competition.
U fund to support nano research
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The Institute of Technology is seeking private gifts to endow a new $10 million basic science and nanotechnology research fund.
Housing option helps IT freshmen live and learn
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The Institut of Technology and the University’s Office of Housing and Residential Life launched the Explorations in Engineering and Sciences House, thanks in part to a generous gift from Mrs. George Taylor, a longtime IT benefactor.
Humphreys receives extraterrestrial tribute from former student
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Many alumni pay tribute to their favorite professors, but Jeffrey Larsen is honoring his former advisor and mentor, Professor Roberta Humphreys, in a way that is out of this world.
New IT library endowment to fund purchase of more books
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A generous gift from Harold Conrad (ME ’41) and his wife, Phyllis, ensures that the bookshelves in Walter Library will be a little more crowded.
Tin whimsy greets U visitors
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A towering "Tin Man" now greets visitors to the courtyard between Lind Hall and the new mechanical engineering facilities.