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92 and counting
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Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Wayland Noland finds joy in supporting students. Here's a Q&A with him.
CSE celebrates five alumni awards
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This fall, the University recognized four graduates with Outstanding Achievement and Alumni Service Awards—and the college won Outstanding Alumni Society award.
In Memoriam: Earl Bakken
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University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering alumnus and Medtronic founder Earl E. Bakken, died on Oct. 21 in his home in Hawaii. He was 94.
Q&A with the new CSE Dean
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Newly-appointed College of Science and Engineering Dean Mos Kaveh talks about his 40+ years with the college and his vision for the future.
Touching the face of the sun
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CSE physicists and alum are part of a NASA mission to understand coronal heating and the solar wind
Q&A with two award-winning faculty
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In this Q&A, two award-winning professors share their insight into the ups and downs of research and give their advice to the next generation.
Zsolt Rumy: Fleeing the Soviet government
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Zsolt Rumy was 14 when his family fled Hungary for the United States. Decades later—with a chemical engineering degree in hand—he founded the third largest carbon fiber maker in the world.
Tu Chen: A series of fortunate events
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When Tu Chen left Taiwan to study at the University of Minnesota, he thought he would get his doctorate and return home. Instead, he stayed and established a major manufacturer of disks in the United States.
Ieva Ogriņš Hartwell: Displaced by World War II
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Ieva Ogriņš Hartwell (Chem ’63) arrived in the United States as a Latvian refugee in the early 1950s and excelled as a student in math and science.
Land of opportunity
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College of Science and Engineering alumni who leave their home countries for the United States have the talent to spot opportunity and the drive to make a contribution.