Press Releases

Institute on the Environment

Institute on the Environment to Launch Momentum Magazine (8/8/2008)
Jonathan Foley Named Director of U of M’s Institute on the Environment (7/22/2008)
U of M’s Solar Car Team Begins Cross-Country Race (7/14/2008)
Minnesota’s Statewide Conservation and Preservation Plan Offers Vision for the State’s Environment and Natural Resources (7/7/2008)
Led by the U, the Statewide Conservation and Preservation Plan Team to Present Groundbreaking Report on Future of Minnesota’s Environment and Natural Resources (6/25/2008)
IREE Announces Renewable Energy Scholarship Winners (6/6/2008)
U Dedicates New Ecology Research Facility at Cedar Creek (6/3/2008)
U Hosts Green Chemistry in MN: Opportunities and Challenges for Leadership (5/8/2008)
U Solar Car Team Unveils New Car May 8 (5/7/2008)
Robotics International Competition at the U Focuses on Renewable Energy (4/29/2008)
Carbon Debt for Land Cleared for Biofuel Production (4/22/2008)
Institute Awards More the $20K to Student Groups (3/27/2008)
Federal Grants will Boost Biofuel Research at the U (3/5/2008)
U Researchers Discover Key for Converting Waste to Electricity (3/3/2008)
U Teams with Xcel Energy in Groundbreaking Wind-to-Battery Project (2/29/2008)
Fossil Fuels and Nitrogen Fertilizers May Be Slowly Reducing Plant Species (2/6/2008)
U Chosen to Compete in International Solar Decathlon (1/24/2008)
Algae-to-Biofuels Research Receives Boost (1/15/2008)

University of Minnesota

To Reach Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals by 2015, U of M Researchers Say Action Must Start Now (7/17/2008)
Extreme Weather Events Unleash Perfect Storm of Infectious Diseases (6/23/2008)
Entomologist Susan Weller Named Interim Director of the Bell Museum (6/20/2008)
Center for Transportation Studies Examines Strategies to Lowering Carbon Footprint (5/18/2008)
U’s Annual Lecture on Environmental Policy to Explore Health and Economics of Global Ecosystems (4/25/2008)
U Hosts Sustainable Tourism Conference in Duluth (3/27/2008)
Oberstar to Headline at Freeman Lecture on U.S. Water Policy (3/26/2008)
Clean Renewable Energy Bonds Fuel UMM’s Energy Goals (2/28/2008)
UofM Professors Chew on 21st Century Food Issues (2/14/2008)
UofM First in the Midwest to Offer Ecotourism Certificate (1/31/2008)
UMC Professor to Lay Out Case for Wildlife Protection in the Nation’s Capital (1/28/2008)
New Researchers will Boost UofM Climatology Research (1/28/2008)
U Receives Gift to Establish Environmental Engineering Chair (1/15/2008)
Ecolab CEO at U to Discuss Sustainability in Conjunction with Profitability (1/15/2008)
U Researcher Helps Discover Road to Sustainable Electronic Devices (1/10/2008)