The University of Minnesota announced today that Vice President for Research Tim Mulcahy will retire in December 2012.

Vice President for Research Tim Mulcahy presented his annual report on the state of the University of Minnesota’s research enterprise to the Board of Regents on Dec. 9. See highlights from the fiscal 2011 report.

If you’re a University of Minnesota researcher or staff who wants to know about recent improvements to the Enterprise Financial System (EFS), please read this update from Richard Pfutzenreuter, vice president for finance and CFO, and Tim Mulcahy, vice president for research.

Reviewers from three of the nation’s top university tech transfer operations praised the University of Minnesota for dramatic improvements in its approach to bringing researcher discoveries to the marketplace.