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Sarah Klecker is putting her design degree to work creating functional clothing for athletes of all kinds.
 

With N95 masks in short supply, University of Minnesota students answer the call.

U of M faculty have been thinking up and implementing bold ideas to solve the unique problems presented during COVID-19. 

Kai Johnson is a double major in apparel design and bioproducts and biosystems engineering. While those fields may not at first seem to relate, she draws knowledge from both in her apparel work.

Ian Harris takes inspiration from his own experience in the plus-sized community. After spending the past two summers interning at Cake Plus-Size Resale in Minneapolis, Harris learned the importance of having a place that focuses on community building for plus-sized people.

Claire Lumen sees the world differently. Since early adolescence, she has been obsessed with the intricacies of socializing through the Internet. That obsession inspired her line of prototype clothing with motion-capture functionality.

In creating her clothing line, Warda Moosa took inspiration from a poem written at the 1991 start of Somalia’s civil war that tore the country and its people apart. In fact, she named her collection SOMALI BAAN AHAY (I AM SOMALI) after a poem by that title, and her clothing literally weaves those words throughout its fabric.

U of M Twin Cities students Marcos Zachary and William Zunker were named 2020 Astronaut Scholars.

U of M research team developing respirator mask prototypes.

An alumni business quickly transforms itself to make face shields for medical professionals.

A U of M alum is providing community health care solutions during COVID-19.

A U of M design alumnus went where his love of design and the outdoors took him.

Professor Marilyn Bruin is available to comment on housing improvments to help people stay independent as they age.

An interview with internationally renowned photojournalist and U of M alum Judy Olausen.

Brad Holschuh answers questions about modern-day advances to the Spacesuit and how technology will evolve in the future.

Hye-Young Kim with the UMN College of Design answers questions on the importance of rural retail revitalization.