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Universities and their technology commercialization efforts play a leading role in growing the STEM fields—science, technology, engineering, and math—that keep the US competitive. 

Washington state-based Stemilt Growers has introduced Rave, an apple developed at and licensed from the University of Minnesota.

Workshops and sessions from the Esi Dev Summit and Esri International User Conference and are now available to watch for free for all UMN students, faculty, and staff. The videos are available at the following address: file://///files.umn.edu/us/gis/u-spatial/UMN_Users/videos/ The videos include a range of topics from ArcGIS Python API, to 3D mapping in ArcGIS Pro, to administering ArcGIS Enterprise, and more! There is a handy index for each conference by clicking on "Start Here.html".

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A recent University study highlighted the importance of immigration to Minnesota's future economic prosperity.

The University of Minnesota, through the U of M Informatics Institute (UMII), will represent the Network of European BioImage Analysts, NEUBIAS, in the United States. NEUBIAS is a network of biomedical image analysts with the goal of accelerating life science research in member institutions through collaboration and meetings

UMII's imaging informatics manager, Thomas Pengo, will serve on the NEUBIAS management committee as one of just two representatives from the US, putting the U of M at the front line of this expanding network of collaborations both across the Atlantic and within the US.

Matt Kramer, vice president of university and government relations, discussed the U's statewide impact through research, education, and service.

A U of M biotech startup filed last month to raise up to $50 million in an initial public offering.

A biotech startup based on U of M anticancer research aims to begin clinical trials for a new immunological drug that could fight brain cancer.

UED’s Maura Donovan and the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce’s Bill Blazar explain what data collected during a recent U of M study can tell us about Minnesota’s future workforce needs.