News

Students fit Seemore the sea turtle with a new exoshell
Students

Shoring up Seemore the sea turtle’s shell

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University of Minnesota engineering students recently completed a fitting for a 3D-printed exoshell they developed for an injured sea turtle at SEA LIFE Minnesota Aquarium at the Mall of America.

Trang Bui sitting under a tree
People-Profiles

Trang Bui: What Drives Your Curiosity?

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CSE graduate Trang Bui overcame adversity to become the first in her family to earn a college degree.

Outdoor photo of Tate Hall from Church Street
Events

CSE hosts Tate Hall Open House and Tours on March 8

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University of Minnesota alumni, faculty, staff and students, as well as the general public, are invited to get an inside look at the $92.5-million renovation of the historic Tate Hall at a Open House and Public Tours on Thursday, March 8.

Yellow leaves of corn
Corporate Partners

U of M licenses technology to monitor crop nitrogen status to ag-tech firm Sentera

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Sentera, a Minneapolis-based supplier of technology solutions to the agriculture industry, has signed an agreement to bring University of Minnesota-developed corn nitrogen deficiency technology to the market.

alumni award in the shape of a glass apple
Awards-Grants

CSE alumni, faculty elected to National Academy of Engineering

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Two University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering alumni and two faculty have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Brenda Ogle standing in her lab
Medical-Health Technology

Can stem cells mend our mightiest muscle?

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University researchers are turning to stem cells to heal our mightiest muscle—the heart.

Merrick Pierson Smela in front of periodic table
Awards-Grants

CSE chemistry student wins Churchill Scholarship to study at Cambridge

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Merrick Pierson Smela, a senior majoring in chemistry and biochemistry, has been named a Churchill Scholar by the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States. The scholarship, worth roughly $60,000, will allow Smela to spend the 2018-19 academic year at Churchill College of the University of Cambridge.

Notes from the U.S. Supreme Court
Research

New crowdsourcing project lets you transcribe U.S. Supreme Court justices’ handwritten notes

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A new crowdsourcing project led by researchers at the University of Minnesota allows members of the general public to transcribe handwritten notes from U.S. Supreme Court justices.

Efi Foufoula-Georgiou sitting at her desk
Awards-Grants

University of Minnesota professor emerita elected to National Academy of Engineering

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University of Minnesota Professor Emerita Efi Foufoula-Georgiou has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Energy-Environment

University of Minnesota study shows wetlands provide landscape-scale reduction in nitrate pollution

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A study by University of Minnesota researchers provides new insights to demonstrate that multiple wetlands or ‘wetland complexes’ within a watershed are extremely effective at reducing harmful nitrate in rivers and streams.