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The UMN and Mayo Clinic pitch competition changed to a virtual format this year to showcase how innovators are taking on COVID-19.

Robert Clarke, PhD, DSc, of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., has been named the next executive director of The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota. 

Calyxt, a Roseville-based startup based on UMN technology, has released its first cooking oil product.

On April 21, an online panel of experienced venture capitalists gave advice to inventors and entrepreneurs on how to assign ownership and equity in their startup companies.

Biotech startup Anatomi, based on UMN research, is developing a technology that produces human neurons from stem cells at a faster rate than previous technologies. 

OVPR is accepting applications for OVPR COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants, a program that aims to catalyze and energize small-scale research projects designed to address and mitigate the risk associated with the coronavirus pandemic, including cascading impacts in communities.

The University of Minnesota Office of Budget and Finance has reached an agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) on the FY21 fringe benefit rates.

UMN Technology Commercialization's Venture Center was among the winners of this year's Inno on Fire awards.

For the last 10 years, spatial researchers at the University of Minnesota Duluth have been collaborating with local governments to help them prepare for the worst that nature might throw at them.

VPR Cramer and Technology Commercialization staff visited the Moriarity lab, which is developing novel cellular therapeutics for genetherapy and cancer immunotherapy.