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The University of Minnesota has launched 200 startup companies since 2006, a major milestone, and has been ranked first for technology transfer within the heartland, a 20-state region, and fifth among all US public universities.

The University of Minnesota and Sandia National Laboratories are implementing a foundation for increased research interactions and collaborations between individual staff, faculty, and students at the two institutions.

The Research Technical Staff Award recognizes staff for their distinguished service to the UMN research community and celebrates exemplary leadership that positively impacted their colleagues and advanced the University's mission.

The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) has announced the recipients of its inaugural Innovation Impact Case Award, which recognizes University of Minnesota research that has led to significant impact outside of academia. 

Driven by the urgency of climate change, UMN researcher Sayan Biswas invented a spark plug alternative that potentially leaves no carbon footprint.

UMN researchers develop a noninvasive, cost-effective eye imaging camera that can detect Alzheimer’s disease even before symptoms are evident.

Technology Commercialization is excited to announce the Early Innovation Fund, a new competitive grant program to fund short-term projects that advance early-stage innovations.

As universities increasingly recognize the importance of inclusivity and diversity in academia, Anne Hall and others at Tech Comm use data analysis, targeted programming, and broader representation to lead the way to a more equitable innovation ecosystem.

Graduate student Qiuge Zhang develops ways for bacteria to produce and deliver protein drugs to treat human diseases.

According to Tony Oman, valuation is not a hard science – it’s more like a craft. Still, he had concrete wisdom to impart in the Startup Valuations 101 webinar.