University of Minnesota Alumni Association

Minnesota Alumni Summer 2023
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Columns

Editor's Note

The Promise of Innovation
Columns

Letters

What do you think? Send letters and comments to umnalumnimag@umn.edu
Up Front

Stories from around the U of M

The Arb gets a new leader, and four new U of M Regents are elected.
Discoveries

"Saving Soybeans", "Good News about Day Care", "Alzheimer's Prevention"

Learn about U of M-based research discoveries.
History

In it for the Long Run

In the late 1950s and early '60s, the U of M's Buddy Edelen changed the face of long-distance running and put himself in the record books.
Columns

From the President

A Goodbye Message
Feature

The Innovators

These U of M researchers and alumni are all business.
Feature

Nature's Way

BKB Floral Foam is pioneering a nontoxic alternative to a harmful industry staple.
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New Hope for Transplantable Organs

Miromatrix Medical's breakthrough technology plans to turn discarded pig organs into human livers and kidneys.
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There's an App for That

The Daynamica app helps researchers understand how people experience anything from transportation to healthcare.
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A Positive Attraction

Niron Magnetics's "clean earth" technology hopes to solve our global need for magnets that don't damage the environment.
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Test and Treat

Companion Biosciences hopes to treat cancer before it can even be detected.
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Brain Waves

Riki Banerjee is helping her company scale technology to allow paralyzed patients to control a computer with their mind. Company investors include Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos.
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Sea of Tranquility

Chuan "John" Vo wants to bring quiet, eco-friendly electric boats to the water near you.
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The Carbon Problem

Carba, cofounded by a U of M professor and his former student, hopes to solve the problem of carbon capture.
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The Quietest Place in the World

The sound of innovation has a special resonance for Steve Orfield.
Alumni Stories

Learning as Child's Play

Jesse Ilhardt emphasized creative, play-based learning in a popular Wrigley Field TEDx talk.
Alumni Stories

A Love Affair with Olive Oil

Umut Kaplan and his brother, Cosku, are introducing the U.S. to imports from their Turkish homeland.
The Last Word

The Assist

As a designer who cares about people and addressing their needs, I knew that I wanted to focus on a community within the hockey world that has not had its frustrations heard or its needs met.