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Hatsuo Ishida has spent nearly 50 years as a faculty member at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ. In that time, he’s built a reputation as a global leader in the field of polymer science, having pioneered two groundbreaking discoveries that made monumental impacts on the study of polymer-based materia...

Kate Guditz and Carlie Shelton, master’s students at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, were selected to receive the 2024 Marie Haug Award. The Marie Haug Award is presented annually to a graduate student(s) who has shown exemplary performance in their gerontologi...

Earlier this month, 20 finalist teams participated in the Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition to pitch their ventures, ideas and research to judges. Nine teams were selected for prizes. Lighthanded Enterprises, which seeks to help doctors diagnose the most common cause of hearing loss in young c...

Sarah Shendy, a sergeant with the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Division of Public Safety, was named an award recipient for the Arab-America Foundation 40 Under 40. This award highlights Arab-American individuals around the country who have excelled in their profession. Shendy is the only law enf...

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Karen F. Kaler’s book, Eastcliff: History of a Home (University of Minnesota Press, 2023), was named the winner of the 2024 David Gebhard Award for the best book on the Minnesota built environment by the Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians. In this book, Kaler details the s...

The Department of Human Resources recently shared the names of the winners of the Employee Appreciation Day Raffle. The department expressed thanks to the Division of Student Affairs, Faculty & Staff Wellness, Human Resources, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Kelly S...

The Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) recently selected Scott Frank, assistant professor emeritus in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences and the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the School of Medicine, for its Duncan Clark Award. F...

The nominees for the 2024 John S. Diekhoff Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring were recently announced. Established in 1978 in honor of John Diekhoff, the John S. Diekhoff Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring are presented each year to four faculty members w...

Hannah Kondolf, a student in the MD/PhD program, was named a Journal of Biological Chemistry Herbert Tabor Early Career Award winner. Kondolf conducted the PhD portion of her program in the lab of Derek Abbott, professor of medicine. Kondolf worked on pore-forming proteins important in autoinflamm...