Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Featuring selected highlights of the latest news from around the University of Minnesota System.
Transcript:
Our outstanding U of M community continues to thrive in 2023
with incredible awards, honors, discoveries, and programs
U of M Duluth researcher Cody Sheik’s lab received a $281,000 grant to investigate algal blooms in the Great Lakes
Brittany Hartwell received a Michelson Prize, which recognizes next generation innovators in immunology and vaccine research
Our Medical School ranked 21st in the Blue Ridge Rankings for all med schools with NIH funded research, 8th among public med schools, and 1st in Minnesota!
Lawrence Edwards received the 2023 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Sciences, one of the highest honors in the field
U of M Morris was included in a $60 million Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant to benefit students from diverse backgrounds
And three U of M faculty were named lifetime fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science!
And the achievements don’t stop there…
We celebrated members of our Black community of alumni and students during Black History Month
We collaborated with local industry to launch Minnesota’s first graduate credential in electrification engineering
U of M Crookston professor Joseph Shostell published the textbook, Environmental Science: A Need for Living Sustainably v1.0
The Beyond the Nest podcast looked back on U of M Rochester’s groundbreaking educational beginnings, from the first class of graduates in 2013 through today
And Gopher student-athletes recorded the highest team grade-point averages in history!
And our research and discoveries continue to make life better for Minnesotans and citizens around the nation and world
We discovered a catalyst to lower the costs of manufacturing renewable chemicals
And a new process to create freestanding membranes of smart materials to make better sensors, textiles, and flexible electronics
We published new research showing how humans affect wolves in national parks
And partnered with the city of Edgerton, MN, to reduce nitrates in its well by test planting the perennial grain, Kernza
And we continue to stimulate Minnesota’s economy and Minnesotans’ palates, releasing our sixth cold-hardy wine grape
And we’re just getting started…
Discovery Never Stops
Neither does our commitment to our citizens and the State of Minnesota
Featuring selected highlights of the latest news from around the University of Minnesota System.
Transcript:
Our outstanding U of M community continues to thrive in 2023
with incredible awards, honors, discoveries, and programs
U of M Duluth researcher Cody Sheik’s lab received a $281,000 grant to investigate algal blooms in the Great Lakes
Brittany Hartwell received a Michelson Prize, which recognizes next generation innovators in immunology and vaccine research
Our Medical School ranked 21st in the Blue Ridge Rankings for all med schools with NIH funded research, 8th among public med schools, and 1st in Minnesota!
Lawrence Edwards received the 2023 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Sciences, one of the highest honors in the field
U of M Morris was included in a $60 million Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant to benefit students from diverse backgrounds
And three U of M faculty were named lifetime fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science!
And the achievements don’t stop there…
We celebrated members of our Black community of alumni and students during Black History Month
We collaborated with local industry to launch Minnesota’s first graduate credential in electrification engineering
U of M Crookston professor Joseph Shostell published the textbook, Environmental Science: A Need for Living Sustainably v1.0
The Beyond the Nest podcast looked back on U of M Rochester’s groundbreaking educational beginnings, from the first class of graduates in 2013 through today
And Gopher student-athletes recorded the highest team grade-point averages in history!
And our research and discoveries continue to make life better for Minnesotans and citizens around the nation and world
We discovered a catalyst to lower the costs of manufacturing renewable chemicals
And a new process to create freestanding membranes of smart materials to make better sensors, textiles, and flexible electronics
We published new research showing how humans affect wolves in national parks
And partnered with the city of Edgerton, MN, to reduce nitrates in its well by test planting the perennial grain, Kernza
And we continue to stimulate Minnesota’s economy and Minnesotans’ palates, releasing our sixth cold-hardy wine grape
And we’re just getting started…
Discovery Never Stops
Neither does our commitment to our citizens and the State of Minnesota
