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U of M to host public viewings for Transit of Venus
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When Venus passes exactly between the Earth and sun starting at 5:04 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, it will embark on a transit not to be seen again for 105 years – until December 2117.
Engineering alumnus to launch social venture in India
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University of Minnesota electrical engineering alumnus Sri Latha Ganti is part of a project aimed at boosting local economies in India. The project has acquired funding to launch a for-profit social venture that will offer efficient drip irrigation systems to rural farmers in developing countries.
The financial crunch: National experts to discuss risks in financial systems May 17-19
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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 of Minnesota scientists involved in first-ever emperor penguin count from space
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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.
Dow to share lab safety expertise with University of Minnesota
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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.
University students host Boy Scout Science and Engineering Merit Badge event
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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.
Federal and state officials to celebrate opening of high-tech physics lab in northern Minnesota
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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.
University of Minnesota startup offers game-changing energy solutions that reduce CO2 emissions
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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.
CSE professor's invention helps advance reliability of alternative energy
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A University of Minnesota invention by mechanical engineering professor Perry Li could help make storage of solar and wind energy more efficient and economical.
Best-selling author of ‘Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities’ to speak at the U of M April 25
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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.