The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to announce the 2012 recipients of the McKnight Land-Grant Professorships. As always, the ideas and work of this year’s recipients vary widely — from integrated urban planning and mineral magnetism to interactive visual computing.

The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to announce the 2011 recipients of the McKnight Land-Grant Professorship. The goal of the program is to advance the careers of the University’s most promising junior faculty at a critical point in their professional lives. Recipients are honored with the title McKnight Land-Grant Professor, a [...]

As an art historian, Marshall is entering the world of the artists she studies by learning basic methods for working in wood, stone, and bronze. With support from a two-year McKnight Land-Grant Professorship, which began officially July 1, she is undertaking research to write a book about sculpture in America from the late 1800s to the Cold War.

Two years ago, John Ohlfest’s career was changed by a dog. Batman, a shepherd mix named for his big ears, was treated for a brain tumor at the University of Minnesota in 2008. With groundbreaking treatment developed by Ohlfest, Batman lived until 2010 instead of less than 100 days as predicted.