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Lana Yarosh
Faculty awards and honors

Yarosh named McKnight Presidential Fellow

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This recognition is given to outstanding faculty who have recently achieved tenure and promotion to associate professor.

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Faculty awards and honors

Professor Karypis receives COGS Outstanding Advisor Award

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This award from the Council of Graduate Students recognizes contributions to graduate education and advising.

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Research

New project creates 'first-ever traveling studio for indigenous co-design of spatial interfaces'

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The project ‘Mixed Reality Spatial Interaction for Diverse Communities’ aims to get technology into community hands while accounting for pandemic restrictions.

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Research

Linking brain function to adolescent suicide risk

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Suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents in the U.S. and often preceded by bouts of depression. A new study co-led by the School of Public Health is looking at the emergence of depression and suicide risk in thousands of adolescents and how it relates to the behavior of specific brain regions over time.

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Research

From academic conferences to the classroom

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Learn more about Qian Qin, an assistant professor in the School of Statistics and a member of the data science graduate faculty.

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Research

Fighting COVID-19 with deep graphs

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U of M team has partnered with other institutions to create a knowledge graph and a set of machine learning tools to find new uses for existing drugs.

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Research

Computing COVID-19

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Location data collected by smartphones could allow health officials to monitor the disease—as well as assist with contact tracing.

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Program news

Congratulations Class of 2020!

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Since we can't celebrate in person, here are two special messages for you—from the Director of Graduate Studies and Minnesota's own Goldy Gopher!

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Latest on COVID-19

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The University of Minnesota is closely monitoring the emerging public health concern involving the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Kelly Thomas

Undergraduate advisor wins award for inclusivity and advocacy

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Kelly Thomas is the Senior Undergraduate Academic Advisor for the data science and computer science & engineering programs, and has been a diversity and inclusion champion since 2015.