Since 2006, the University of Minnesota has created 67 startup companies and of those, only 18 percent are no longer in business. Compared to the national average, that’s pretty low.
A study of the prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder among Somali children, ages 7-9, in Minneapolis was conducted by the University of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration.
University research drives scientific and technological advances that address critical global challenges and improve the health and well-being of society.
Recognizing that serendipity is no mere accident, the University of Minnesota’s new five year strategic plan for research, Five Years Forward through Collective Inspiration and Discovery, seeks to create a culture of serendipity.
Universities have always played a major role in scientific and technological advances. But because federal research funding is in steep decline, they must dedicate themselves to a much more prominent role.
We at the University of Minnesota believe an antidote for slow job growth lies in forming strong public-private partnerships, and that is why we are dramatically expanding an innovative effort to help boost the state’s economy.
The Office of the Vice President for Research recently established the new system-wide University of Minnesota Informatics Institute, whose acronym, UMII, should sound familiar as it referred to the U’s former informatics initiative.
