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Heart throb
"Give nature the tools and get out of the way" is the guiding principle that led Doris Taylor and her team to create a beating heart. It's now possible that new organs could be built from a recipient's own cells one day, thereby reducing the chance of rejection.
Top of the world
Through GoNorth!, University of Minnesota professor Aaron Doering and his colleagues travel the Arctic Circle to study climate change and K-12 students learn alongside them on the Web. Doering hopes this form of adventure learning will continue to take place in other parts the world.
Good from garbage
Students in the University of Minnesota chapter of Engineers Without Borders are turning Haiti's massive garbage problem into a solution. A portable solar cooker can melt plastic waste into a liquid that can be molded into such items such as footwear, utensils, and sports equipment.
The City, the River, the Bridge
On October 9 and 10, a public symposium on campus will provide a sweeping view of the I-35W bridge collapse and its aftermath, with local experts giving their perspectives and Regents Professor Patricia Hampl performing a series of readings about life on the Upper Mississippi.