Archive

• Board of Regents September meeting highlights.
• Feature: Closing the STEM gap.
• Awards and Recognition: U of M researchers are part of a new $25 million NSF-funded climate modeling center; and more.

• Board of Regents meets Sept. 9-10.
• Features: A better environment, not slower aging, increases life expectancy; Pennycress makes cover cropping viable; Meet Michael Oakes, interim VP for research.
• Awards and Recognition: The U of M has been named a partner in an NSF-funded $15M Great Lakes innovation hub; and more.

• Board of Regents acts to require immunization for students.
• Features: Redmon named first recipient of George Floyd Memorial Scholarship in Law; Three U of M alumni competing in the Paralympics.
• Awards and Recognition: A clinical trial has been awarded to reduce cervical cancer screening disparities in Somali-American women; and more.

Brief summer schedule: Brief will next publish on Aug. 25. Weekly publication resumes Sept. 8.

• Learning from llamas, U of M scientists develop a candidate COVID-19 drug.
• Features: Revealing the invisible: New supercomputer equipped to find meaning in data; The iron range.
• Awards and Recognition: 2021 recipients of the Award for Global Engagement; and more.

Summer schedule: Brief will publish on Aug. 11 and 25. Weekly publication resumes Sept. 8.

• Entrepreneurship with a purpose.
• Features: Investing in Minnesota’s future—and titanium; Continuing the fight against COVID-19.
• Awards and Recognition: U of M researchers are part of a $10M grant aimed at creating novel processes to produce ammonia from intermittent renewable energy; and more.

Brief summer schedule: Brief will publish on July 28, Aug. 11, and Aug. 25. Weekly publication will resume Sept. 8.

• Board of Regents July meeting highlights.
• Features: Ending bias-based bullying; Combining interests to create unique research; Casting a critical eye on tear gas.
• Awards and Recognition: Julie Schumacher and Susan M. Wolf have been named Regents Professors; and more.

Brief summer schedule: Brief will publish on July 14 and 28; and Aug. 11 and 25. Weekly publication will resume Sept. 8.

• Board of Regents June meeting highlights. 
• Features: Going beyond volunteering; The night of the train; A new way to promote mental health; Holey homemakers.
• Awards and Recognition: Dziwe Ntaba and Michael Westerhaus have been selected as 2021 Bush Fellows; and more.

Brief summer schedule: Brief will publish on June 23; July 14 and 28; and Aug. 11 and 25. Weekly publication will resume Sept. 8.

• Board of Regents meets June 10-11. 
• Features: U of M geologists discover first-ever Minnesota meteor crash site; Proposing a ‘ReToast’ to less food waste.
• Awards and Recognition: Ruth Shaw has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences; and more.

Brief summer schedule: Brief will publish on June 9 and 23; July 14 and 28; and Aug. 11 and 25. Weekly publication will resume Sept. 8.

• Board of Regents May meeting highlights.
• Features: New research optimizes body’s own immune system to fight cancer; Top of Mind podcast; A testament to resilience and perseverance.
• Awards and Recognition: A new $50 million endowed scholarship fund has been established at the Carlson School; and more.

Brief summer schedule: Brief will publish on May 19; June 9 and 23; July 14 and 28; and Aug. 11 and 25. Weekly publication will resume Sept. 8.

• Board of Regents meets May 13-14.
• Features: Coping with the mental health crisis; Meet the next generation of neurosurgery; A niche in research and podcasting.
• Awards and Recognition: Eight new McKnight Presidential Fellows have been named; and more.