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University of Minnesota senior wins prestigious science scholarship to Cambridge University
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Sammy Shaker, a senior in the College of Science and Engineering and University Honors Program at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, has been named a Churchill Scholar by the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States.
Three CSE faculty named McKnight Land-Grant Professors
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Three College of Science and Engineering faculty members are among eight recipients of the 2016-18 McKnight Land-Grant Professorship, a program designed to advance the careers of the most promising junior faculty members who are at the beginning stages of their professional careers.
U of M Physics Circus brings large-scale stunts and physics fun to the public Jan. 14
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The Physics Force will present its largest public show of the year, the “Physics Circus,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14 at the University of Minnesota’s Northrop, 84 Church Street SE, Minneapolis.
University of Minnesota partners with San Diego Zoo to test bird and window collisions
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The University of Minnesota is partnering with researchers at the San Diego Zoo to host the nation’s first real-world testing of an experimental window film aimed at reducing collisions between birds and windows.
University of Minnesota receives materials science partnership award to broaden participation, strengthen research
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With an eye toward improving material science through increased diverse perspectives, the National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded the University of Minnesota Materials Research Science and Engineering Center one of six Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) awards.
Professor Sally Gregory Kohlstedt wins History of Science Society’s Hazen Prize
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Sally Gregory Kohlstedt, Professor in the Program in History of Science and Technology at the University of Minnesota, has won the 2015 Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize for excellence in education from the History of Science Society.
U of M engineering students present largest robot show in Twin Cities
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A 3D drawing robot, Towers of Hanoi solver, a Connect 4 player, and a magnet juggler, will be among more than 200 student-designed machines on display at the University of Minnesota Robot Show.
Project to develop recyclable polyurethane foam wins $10,000 Dow SISCA prize
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A team of four Ph.D. candidates in the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering won the Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award for their project aimed at developing polyurethane foam that can be recycled.
Professor Edwards elected as foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
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University of Minnesota earth sciences professor R. Lawrence Edwards in the College of Science and Engineering was elected as a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for his excellence in original scientific research studying climate patterns in China.
Incoming CSE students are most academically prepared in history
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A recently released profile of the students in the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering fall 2015 freshman class shows that the college continues to attract the best and brightest students.