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The President and Provost pay a visit

President Kaler visits Consortium

The Consortium was pleased to welcome President Eric Kaler and Provost Karen Hanson on April 24. In a quick hour, they met some JDP students and alums, learned about Consortium research and activities, and heard from many of our member faculty. In the photo above, President Kaler walks with JDP alum Kate Krueger, JD, PhD, left, and recent grad Rachel Herder, JD, PhD.


Robots and frogs: Consortium research grants

frog at the water's surfaceThe Consortium offers intramural research grants, and this year the faculty award went to the Center for Science, Technology, and Public Policy for Ethical Expectations for Social Robots: A Cross-Sector Exploration.

Student grants included What's in the Frogs' Water? Atrazine Concentration in Wetlands and Associated Landscape Factors in the Upper Midwest. Read more about our grants and this year's awards…


Prof. Susan Wolf and colleagues' research in Genetics in Medicine, Nature and Science

Prof. Susan WolfIn a consensus article published online March 21 in Genetics in Medicine and discussed in Nature and Science, Prof. Susan Wolf and 25 colleagues from across the U.S. and Canada offer the first recommendations on whether and how to discuss individual research results and incidental findings with people who contribute their specimens and data to genomic research using biobanks and archived data sets.

Read more about the research...

Member and Student News
Foley's inconvenient truth

Jonathan Foley

Jonathan Foley, director of the Institute on the Environment, delivered a popular TEDx talk on how agriculture is changing the face of the planet. Watch it on YouTube.


Swackhamer on water demand

Deborah Swackhamer

Deborah Swackhamer, co-director of the Water Resources Center, weighs in on water technology for the StarTribune. Read more…

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Consortium News and Events
NCFPD Investigators Quoted on Smartmoney.com -- NCFPD Associate Director Amy Kircher and Investigator John Spink were quoted in a Smartmoney.com article, "8 Food Frauds on Your Shopping List."
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Consortium Member Director in the News -- Water technology is a pocket of opportunity for innovative businesses according to Deborah Swackhamer, professor of Environmental Health Sciences and co-director of the Water Resources Center, a member of the Consortium.
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Consortium research in national publications -- Prof. Susan Wolf and colleagues' research is featured in Genetics in Medicine, Nature and Science.
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Consortium member eventMay 21, 2012
2012 Summer Public Health Institute -- Learn from local, national and international faculty and leading experts. Read More
 

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