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Digital Technology

University to lead $2.25 million grant for developing next-generation quantum computer

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The University of Minnesota that it will lead a $2.25 million grant over the next three years from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science for developing materials and device knowledge necessary for creating the next-generation of computing—the quantum computer.

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Energy-Environment

Ecolab Foundation commits $5 million to University for sustainability research and education

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Ecolab Chairman and CEO Douglas M. Baker, Jr. and University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler today jointly announced a $5 million gift from the Ecolab Foundation to the University-wide Driven campaign in support of environmental sustainability research and education.

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Medical-Health Technology

U of M startup Vascudyne to commercialize biologically engineered tissue

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University of Minnesota Technology Commercialization announced the formal launch of Vascudyne Inc., a startup company based in Stillwater, Minn., focused on the development of biologically engineered tissue for medical device and therapeutics applications.

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Incoming CSE students are most academically prepared in history

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A recently released profile of the students in CSE's fall 2018 freshman class shows that the college continues to attract the best and brightest students. The incoming class is also the most diverse in history.

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Students

The science of inclusivity

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Chemistry major James Cox is on a mission to help lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students feel welcome in STEM fields.

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Students

Trading places

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During a semester-long exchange in Hungary, biomedical engineering junior Sam Newell "learned to feel comfortable with their culture and with my own."

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Giving

Give to the Max Day was a success

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The 2018 Give to the Max Day was a success for the College of Science and Engineering reaching its goal for the Taylor Student Projects Fund.

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Students

CSE Light Show in memes

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Getting 250,000 dancing LED lights ready for thousands of people is hard work. But there's always time for a little fun!

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Students

Q&A with She is ME founder

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After recognizing that there was a lack of support and community for women in mechanical engineering, Rachel Anderson took the initiative to create one.

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Medical-Health Technology

Researchers stop ‘sneaky’ cancer cells in their tracks

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A new study by University of Minnesota biomedical engineers shows how they stopped cancer cells from moving and spreading, even when the cells changed their movements.