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Associate Professor Vlad Pribiag receives prestigious $1.25M physics investigators award

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities Associate Professor Vlad Pribiag is one of only 19 researchers nationwide to receive a prestigious five-year, $1.25 million Experimental Physics Investigators award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

Outside of Minnesota Nano Center
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University of Minnesota provides new hands-on training for semiconductor workforce

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University of Minnesota’s Technological Leadership Institute (TLI) and the Minnesota Nano Center recently announced the addition of new training modules to help build the next generation semiconductor workforce through the Minnesota Semiconductor Manufacturing Consortium.

Headshot of Chris Ellison
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IPRIME names Chris Ellison as new faculty director

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Professor Chris Ellison has been named the new faculty director for the University of Minnesota Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering (IPRIME), a university/industry partnership supporting fundamental, collaborative research on materials.

Peter Makovicky standing in front of Sue, dinosaur on display at the Field Museum in Chicago.
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Dinosaur expert Professor Peter Makovicky named Fulbright U.S. Scholar

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering Professor Peter Makovicky was recently named a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in paleontology.

Southwest view architectural drawing of future Chemistry Undergraduate Teaching Labs
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Chemistry Teaching Labs construction reaches half-way point

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Summer 2024 marked the half-way point for the construction of a new $144.7 million Undergraduate Chemistry Teaching Laboratories building that will transform the way chemistry is taught at the University of Minnesota and fuel Minnesota’s workforce.

Student conducting stormwater research at the College of Science and Engineering’s St. Anthony Falls Laboratory.
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University of Minnesota co-leads new national center to accelerate urban stormwater research and technical assistance

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A University of Minnesota Twin Cities team is co-leading a new center funded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) aimed at enhancing efforts to support the nation’s water infrastructure and protect water quality.

CSE Professor Bharat Jalan in a lab
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Professor Bharat Jalan named 2024 American Vacuum Society Fellow

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering Professor Bharat Jalan was named an American Vacuum Society (AVS) Fellow.

St. Anthony Falls Laboratory.
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Research Infrastructure Investment Program awards over $5 million

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The University of Minnesota Research and Innovation Office has awarded $2.6 million to 13 projects as part of the 2024 Research Infrastructure Investment Program, including five projects that will benefit researchers in the College of Science and Engineering.

Portrait of four new department heads
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Four new CSE department heads begin in 2024-25

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University of Minnesota CSE Dean Andrew Alleyne has named four new department heads in the college who bring a wealth of academic, research, and leadership abilities to their departments.

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Faculty and grad student earn collegiate awards in 2024

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Seven CSE faculty and a graduate student earn collegiate awards for service, teaching, and research: Julianna Abel, Bill Arnold, Max Engelstein, Virginia Gali, William Leeb, Matt Johnson, Qi Zhang, and Catherine Qi Zhao.