The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to announce the 2011 recipients of the Distinguished McKnight University Professorship. The award aims to honor and reward the University of Minnesota’s highest achieving faculty who recently have attained full professor status. Recipients of the professorship hold the prestigious title for the remainder of their [...]

Every year across the nation, hundreds of men and women return home from combat in battle zones around the world. Many suffer from post-traumatic stress. Many have trouble integrating back into civilian life. But seeking psychological help often carries a stigma for veterans, and many avoid help. Research with survivors of other traumatic events suggests [...]

Marc Hillmyer’s office is a spare, bright green island on the second floor of Smith Hall. In the hallway outside his door, students and researchers in chemistry, chemical engineering, and materials science generate a low buzz of conversation as they wait. The energy is palpable. This is where the future of plastics is taking shape [...]

Photo by Jonathan Chapman, courtesy College of Science and Engineering. Donna Whitney has been traveling to Turkey for about 20 years now, but she is no tourist. Typically, she drives and hikes in small groups of geologists wielding sledge hammers, chisels, self-sealing plastic bags, and in recent years, global positioning system devices. She comes home [...]