Dean's Club Crossword: Check Your Answers
A crossword comes together one answer at a time, just like the work happening across the College of Science and Engineering (CSE). Dean’s Club members provide the resources and opportunities that make that progress possible. Your gift of $1,000 or more can help provide the resources CSE students need to learn, discover and solve the challenges ahead.
Answers
Across
2 — A community of alumni and friends whose leadership gifts help shape the future of CSE: DEAN’S CLUB
7 — A new space where students explore artificial intelligence and emerging technologies: MAKERSPACE
8 — Interdisciplinary field where mechanical design, sensors, and code unite to power autonomous systems: ROBOTICS
11 — What our students become after they walk across the commencement stage: ALUMNI
12 — The limitless potential unlocked when donor support meets ambitious student minds: POSSIBILITY
13 — One half of the College of Science and Engineering: SCIENCE
15 — Earth science discipline with a 150-plus year history of hands-on field research at the U: GEOLOGY
16 — Ancient folding technique adapted by CSE engineers to design space structures and medical devices: ORIGAMI
18 — CSE researchers are helping restore this iconic Minnesota plant through sustainability research: WILD RICE
19 — What a CSE student becomes through rigorous hands-on curriculum and teamwork: PROBLEM SOLVER
20 — High-performance computing technology pioneered at Minnesota by CSE alumnus Seymour Cray: SUPERCOMPUTER
21 — A philanthropic supporter who believes in CSE students: DONOR
22 — The lasting result of donor support on student scholarships, faculty research, and campus facilities: IMPACT
Down
1 — CSE alumni volunteer as this to help students explore careers and prepare for life after graduation: MENTOR
3 — An entrepreneurial venture launched by CSE researchers to bring laboratory discoveries to the marketplace: STARTUP
4 — Nearly 40% of CSE students participate in this University of Minnesota music ensemble: MARCHING BAND
6 — Smoke-sensing drones are helping detect these: WILDFIRES
9 — Campus resource that provides food, hygiene products, school supplies and other essentials for CSE students: CARE CORNER
10 — A common office supply invented by Chemical Engineering alumnus Art Fry: POST-IT
13 — This student team builds a car powered entirely by this source of energy: SOLAR
14 — Thousands of students will learn this subject each year in CSE’s newest teaching laboratories: CHEMISTRY
17 — The state whose flagship university is home to CSE: MINNESOTA
19 — Life-saving medical innovation designed in 1957 by CSE electrical engineering alumnus Earl Bakken: PACEMAKER
23 — Fast-growing discipline driving new coursework, research initiatives, and specialized minors across CSE: AI