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Two University of Minnesota CSE students named 2016 Goldwater Scholars
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Two University of Minnesota-Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering undergraduates—Stephanie Hart and Anthony Tabet—have been named 2016 Barry M. Goldwater Scholars.
University students host Boy Scout Science and Engineering Merit Badge event Saturday, April 2
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University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering students will help about 130 Boy Scouts earn merit badges in science and engineering at a special day-long event on Saturday, April 2
University of Minnesota professors and alumnus win international award for groundbreaking recommender systems research
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Three University of Minnesota computer science and engineering professors and an alumnus will receive the 2016 Seoul Test of Time Award at the World Wide Web Conference for their groundbreaking research on recommender systems
U of M student start-ups win 2016 Acara Challenge with innovative impact ventures
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A University of Minnesota impact venture run by two engineering students that focuses on providing clean water through micro-entrepreneurs is the winner of the top award in the International Division of the 2016 Acara Challenge.
University of Minnesota chemistry professor receives highest honor from U.S. government
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University of Minnesota Department of Chemistry Associate Professor Erin Carlson has been named by President Barack Obama as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein’s prediction
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For the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, arriving at the earth from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe. University of Minnesota researchers were involved in the groundbreaking discovery.
University of Minnesota named most innovative public university
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The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) named the University of Minnesota a winner of its fourth annual Innovation & Economic Prosperity University Awards.
Researchers create synthetic biopathway to turn agriculture waste into ‘green’ products
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota have engineered a new synthetic biopathway that can more efficiently and cost-effectively turn agricultural waste into a variety of useful products.
Two University of Minnesota professors elected to the National Academy of Engineering
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University of Minnesota-Twin Cities mechanical engineering Professor David Y.H. Pui and civil, environmental and geo- engineering Professor Emmanuel Detournay have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Pui was elected as a new member and Detournay, who maintains citizenship in Belgium, was elected as a foreign member.
Lithium battery material found to harm key soil microorganism
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New research published by researchers at the University of Minnesota and University of Wisconsin-Madison is an early signal that the growing use of the new nanoscale materials used in the rechargeable batteries that power portable electronics and electric and hybrid vehicles may have untold environmental consequences.