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Gopher women's hockey players celebrate.
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The Madness of March

As tournament time hit its peak, Gopher teams were competing all over the country. And right at home, the women's hockey team celebrated another national championship at Ridder Arena, defeating Harvard 4-1. It was Minnesota's sixth national title and third in the last four years.
Max Shinn explains a concept in front of a blackboard.
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Shinn Named Churchill Scholar

Max Shinn, a senior studying neuroscience and mathematics, has been named a 2015 Churchill Scholar. Next year Shinn will study at Churchill College in Cambridge, and he hopes his research will eventually provide a new diagnostic tool to enable early identification and preventative care for mental illness.
Molly Reichert (left) and Andrea Johnson.
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Creative Hot Spot

Winter cold can’t stifle creativity in Minnesota. Two U of M instructors and their students are sweating out community building ideas with a new mobile sauna.
A human hand connects with a robotic one.
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Can You Spot a Heroic Robot?

A tornado has ripped your roof off, you're buried in rubble, and a robot shows up. How do you know it's there to help? Zane Thimmesch-Gill aims to find out.
Kechun Zhang in his lab, holding a large Erlenmeyer flask with a yellow liquid with foam at the top; this is a bacterial culture.
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Replace Petroleum with Sugar?

Invented by Kechun Zhang and colleagues, a biodegradable polyester made from sugar could replace the environmentally damaging petroleum-based materials in plastic bags and other products.
Cynthia Cattell stands looking into the sunlight.
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Cancer in the Crosshairs

A new drug developed at the U of M targets cancer cells while leaving healthy ones undisturbed. Physics professor Cynthia Cattell knows how well it works: It saved her life.
Bobby Bell sits in front of a microphone.
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Fulfilling a Promise

Bobby Bell helped the Gophers win a national title in 1960 and the Rose Bowl in ’62, and went on to a Hall-of-Fame NFL career. But he says receiving his degree from the U this spring will rank right up there on his list of accomplishments.
The two Gopher women's hockey captains hoist the WCHA championship trophy.
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Another Banner Year for Women’s Hockey

The No. 2-ranked Golden Gopher women's hockey team clinched its third straight WCHA regular-season title—and ninth overall—with a 2-0 win and series sweep over No. 6 Minnesota Duluth at Ridder Arena on Feb. 14.
The Teen Driver Support System device on the dash of a car in motion.
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Keeping Teen Drivers Safe

Teen drivers are at an especially high risk of being involved in a crash. To help keep them safe on the road, U of M researchers have been refining the Teen Driver Support System.
Portrait of Tom Staggs speaking at commencement.
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U of M Alum Named COO at Disney

University of Minnesota alumnus Tom Staggs has been named Disney’s chief operating officer—its No. 2 executive. Staggs, a 1982 Carlson School graduate who delivered the school’s commencement address last spring, has been the chair of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts and prior to that was Disney’s chief financial officer.
Joelle Stangler and Senator Al Fraken stand in front of an American and Minnesota flag.
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She Would Lead

Joelle Stangler ’16 returned from this year’s State of the Union Address confirmed in her goal of serving Minnesota and clear about how to achieve it.
Light bulb with the words "top 25" over it.
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A Rising Tide of Research

The University of Minnesota just got a report card on its research enterprise—the engine that drives much of the state economy. A new ranking places the U of M in the top 25 public universities, and one of only nine that fulfilled all its research-related criteria.
Asha Sharma headshot in front of a multi color geographic background.
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Two U of M Alumni Named among Forbes 30 Under 30

Creating, defining, and designing the future—that’s how Forbes describes those named to the magazine’s 30 Under 30 list, which celebrates 600 young people across 20 fields who are changing the face of tomorrow.
Woman holding large bundle of wheat about head.
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Growing Hope

From a single ancient grain, we're harvesting new ways to feed the world
Section of Self Portrait (1889) by Vincent Van Gogh.
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Organizing Chaos

Psychology graduate student Rachael Grazioplene is pursuing the question of how creative people and those with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder can share several key genes, yet be so different. The differences may hold clues to how many creative people keep mentally healthy.