Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Great Lakes ReNEW was one of just 10 Regional Innovation Engines awarded from a group of 700 initial applicants, 188 invited proposals, and 16 finalists.

UMN startup Q-rounds is focused on fixing the breakdowns in communication between care providers and families of hospitalized patients which are one of the greatest causes of serious medical errors, some even leading to death.

The UMD Robotics Club, was selected as the recipient of the 2023 University of Minnesota Systemwide Sustainability Student Impact Award!

Minnesota joins nine states in effort to develop zero emissions ironmaking and ultra-low life cycle emissions steelmaking.

Annually, only 15 percent of textile waste is recycled while over 90 million tons of textiles are discarded globally and 14.5 million tons are incinerated or put into landfills in the United States alone.  UMD researchers are working on a solution. 

The University of Minnesota launched 25 startup companies in fiscal 2024, surpassing its previous record for the fourth year in a row. 

The Research and Innovation Office has awarded $2.6 million to 13 projects as part of the 2024 Research Infrastructure Investment Program.

The University of Minnesota today named Steven Koester as its first Chief Semiconductor Officer and launched a website devoted to the University’s semiconductor and microelectronics research and education, chips.umn.edu. 

Assistant professor Emily Fairfax is an ecohydrologist, which means she studies how plants and animals affect water and vice versa.

Shashank Priya, Vice President for Research and Innovation, shares updates RIO updates and highlights two years into his joining the UMN.