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Sustainable Rail International, University of Minnesota Announce Coalition to Develop the World's Cleanest Passenger Locomotive

May 22, 2012

Plans to create the world’s first carbon-neutral higher-speed locomotive were announced today by the Coalition for Sustainable Rail (CSR), a collaboration of the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment (IonE) and the nonprofit Sustainable Rail International (SRI). Learn more >

Fred E. Wood named chancellor of University of Minnesota, Crookston

May 21, 2012

Fred E. Wood has been named chancellor of the University of Minnesota’s campus in Crookston. He will begin the position July 2, 2012, pending approval by the university’s Board of Regents. Wood comes to the University of Minnesota from the University of California, Davis, where he has been vice chancellor of student affairs and has held other leadership roles for 26 years. Learn more >

Former Acara Students to Launch Social Venture in India

May 21, 2012

A University of Minnesota student project aimed at boosting local economies in India has acquired funding to launch a for-profit social venture, MyRain LLC, that will offer efficient drip irrigation systems to rural farmers in developing countries. Learn more >

Upcoming transportation conference explores role of transitways in maximizing our region's economic competitiveness

May 17, 2012

By 2030, the Minneapolis–St. Paul region is expected to have a network of 14 transitways. Will these lines spur economic growth, and where? Minnesota leaders and national experts will discuss how the region can maximize the return on transitway investments during the 23nd Annual Transportation Research Conference, May 23-24. Learn more >

Big Ten Alumni Associations announce new advertising consortium

May 17, 2012

The alumni associations of the Big Ten Conference announce a new advertising consortium named the Big Ten Alumni Alliance. Learn more >

University of Minnesota begins search for new vice president for research

May 17, 2012

University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler has named a search committee to lead a national search for the university’s new vice president for research. Vice President for Research Tim Mulcahy will retire in December 2012 following nearly eight years at the post. Learn more >

Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve hosts 24-hour lineup of ecology activities June 8-9

May 17, 2012

The U of M invites the public to participate in a nearly nonstop lineup of ecology-themed activities at Cedar Creek Field Day and BioBlitz from 5 p.m. Friday, June 8 through 5 p.m. Saturday, June 9 at the university’s Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve in East Bethel. Part contest, part festival, part educational event and scientific endeavor, the 24-hour event engages citizen scientists in a race against the clock to count the animals and plants within a specific area. Learn more >

University of Minnesota startup to treat challenging bacterial infection

May 16, 2012

A live biological preparation developed by University of Minnesota researchers could put a stop to an increasingly prevalent, and sometimes deadly, infection caused by the bacterium Clostridium difficile. CIPAC Limited will continue to work with the university to advance the technology to treat patients. Learn more >

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