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CSE student is runner-up in Dow Sustainability Challenge
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Runner-up recipient Tucker Burch, a civil engineering Ph.D. candidate in the University of Minnesota Twin Cities’ College of Science and Engineering, received $2,500 in a Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award (SISCA) competition held Nov. 29 at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment.
U of M wins $4.5 million NSF grant to study low-carbon, sustainable cities
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The University of Minnesota announced today that it has received a four-year, $4.5 million Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to design, compare and contrast the development of sustainable and healthy cities in the U.S. and Asia.
U receives $1.8 million grant for research that could improve efficiencies in fuel and plastics production
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The University of Minnesota has been awarded a $1.8 million grant over three years from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) to develop revolutionary membrane technology that will enable energy-efficient separations in the chemical, petrochemical, water, fossil fuel, and renewable energy industries.
Study offers new tool for incorporating water impacts into policy decisions
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A just-released paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers policy makers innovative framework for linking human well-being and water quality.
U alumnus and inventor of GORE-TEX gives $10 million for expansion of Amundson Hall
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The University of Minnesota officially announced today that Robert and Jane Gore have donated $10 million for the expansion of Amundson Hall, the home of the University’s highly ranked Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science in the College of Science and Engineering.
NY Times tech columnist to discuss the future of technology with U of M students prior to “sold out” lecture
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New York Times tech columnist, best- selling author and host of PBS’s "NOVA ScienceNow" will discuss the future of technology with a small class of about 20 first-year University of Minnesota science and engineering students.
CSE Student Services celebrate Grand Opening after Lind Hall renovation
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The 2012 renovation of the Lind Hall first floor provides a dynamic home base for College of Science and Engineering undergraduate students. It creates a convenient “one-stop shop” for College of Science and Engineering Student Services. The space also provides study and meeting space, conference rooms, student group offices, a CSE Computer Lab, and even a Starbucks!
Institute on the Environment names four College of Science and Engineering faculty as resident fellows
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Four College of Science and Engineering faculty are among the 11 University of Minnesota faculty from 10 departments and five colleges and schools who have been named 2012 resident fellows of the University’s Institute on the Environment.
University of Minnesota engineers invent new device that could increase Internet download speeds
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A team of scientists and engineers at the University of Minnesota has invented a unique microscale optical device that could greatly increase the speed of downloading information online and reduce the cost of Internet transmission.
U of M receives $4.3 million NSF grant to study interactions between water and land-use systems
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The University of Minnesota announced today that it has received a $4.3 million Water Sustainability and Climate grant over five years from the National Science Foundation to lead a study on the interactions between climate, water and land-use systems.