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Dr. Qin Dahe will share information about his climate research in cryospheric sciences (the study of frozen water on a planet surface) and Dr. Wilson will provide an update on her energy and climate research she conducted in China this past year.
Deborah Swackhamer has won the University of Minnesota's Ada Comstock Distinguished Women Scholar Award. The award acknowledges the scholarly accomplishments and leadership of distinguished women faculty at the University. Swackhamer gave a University-wide lecture on November 4 about water issues.
A session on how to build a viable and sustainable green economy with new forms of cross-sector leadership.
The STEM community of practice is developing into a Minnesota STEM Education Network aimed at addressing critical issues in improving STEM education in Minnesota, articulating and aligning strategies, and communicating effectively the value of STEM to stakeholders and external audiences.
Until the 1980s, the city of Cairo and its 13 million residents had no formal municipal garbage collection system. Until then, most of the collection was handled by the Zabbaleen, an impoverished community of mostly Coptic Christians. Through their hand separation at the source and manual recycling programs in their own neighborhoods, the Zabbaleen process and reuse over 80% of the garbage they collect.
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Department of Energy officials, area business leaders, and policymakers joined in the discussion.
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