| | Prof. Kahn: Citizenship Redefined | | U expert Jeffrey Kahn examines ethical concerns in a global pandemic.
Read More... | | | | | Prof. Swackhamer receives SETAC Founders Award | | The award is from the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC).
Read More... | | | | | Nanomedicine Grant in the MN Daily | | The Oct 27th issue of the MN Daily featured a first page story on the Consortium's new NIH-funded grant.
Read More... | | | | | Nobel Laureate Lauds Recent IOM Elections | | Dr. Peter Agre, MD, PhD, writes in Minn Post of University of Minnesota faculty who were recently elected to the Institute of Medicine.
Read More... | | | | | IonE and IREE Announce RFP | | The Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment (IREE) has announced its 2010 Request for Proposals for Large Grants, Seed Grants, and Early Career Grants.
Read More... | | | | | Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives RFP Announced | | HEALTHY FOODS, HEALTHY LIVES INSTITUTE has released a request for interdisciplinary research projects related to food and health.
Read More... | | | | | Prof. Wolf Quoted in MN Daily | | The Minnesota Daily quoted Prof. Susan Wolf on her election as a member to the prestigious Institute of Medicine.
Read More... | | | | | Prof. Wolf Elected to Institute of Medicine | | With this election, Professor Wolf has received one of the highest honors in the health and medicine fields.
Read More... | | | | | Consortium Receives a Second $900K NIH Grant | | The NHGRI/NIH grant will fund a 2-year project on Nanodiagnostics and Nanotherapeutics: Building Research Ethics and Oversight.
Read More... | | | | | Consortium Receives $900K NIH Grant | | The NIH/NHGRI Grant will fund a 2-year project concerning incidental findings and genomic research results.
Read More... | | | | | JDP Adds JD/MA in Bioethics Degree Combination | | The Joint Degree Program is pleased to offer students an opportunity to complete a JD with an MA in Bioethics.
Read More... | | | | | Sadowsky Named to BioTech Institute | | Prof. Michael Sadowsky, PhD (Soil, Water & Climate), has been appointed
director of the University's BioTechnology Institute.
Read More... | | | | | Osterholm Elected to Center on Foreign Relations | | Prof. Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH, Director Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy has been elected to membership in the Council on Foreign Relations.
Read More... | | | | | Swackhamer Reappointed to Clean Water Council | | Deborah Swackhamer, co-director of the University's Water Resources Center, professor in the School of Public Health and Charles M. Denny Jr. Chair in Science, Technology and Public Policy at the Humphrey Institute, has been reappointed by Governor Pawlenty to the Clean Water Council.
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 | November 23, 2009 |
| 2009 Symposium Breakout Session |
Exploring the impacts of organic production practices on nutritional content: How can the University of Minnesota engage in this emerging field of research?
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 | December 1, 2009 |
| Ecological Perspective of the Immune System |
Lecture by Thomas McDade, PhD of Northwestern University.
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 | December 1, 2009 |
| Growing the Bioeconomy: Solutions for Sustainability |
This two-day conference will bring together national and local players from Minnesota's bioeconomy to explore renewable energy opportunities.
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 | December 2, 2009 |
| Frontiers in the Environment Seminar |
Topic: What Happens When 4,000+ Classrooms in 30 Countries Explore the Arctic Together? Environmental Stewardship; Speaker: Aaron Doering, Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
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 | December 3, 2009 |
| Institute of Genetics/Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Seminar Series |
Dr. Laura P.W. Ranum, Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, Double Trouble: RNA and Protein Gain of Function in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 8
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| December 9, 2009 |
| Frontiers in the Environment Seminar |
Topic: Sustainable Cities: Urban Design for Human Health and the Environment; Speaker: Julian Marshall, Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering
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| December 10, 2009 |
| Institute of Genetics/Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Seminar Series |
Dr. Weihong Tang, Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, TBA
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 | December 11, 2009 |
| Center for Bioethics Seminar Series |
Sanctions Against Physicians for Torture: From Greece to Uruguay
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| December 17, 2009 |
| Institute of Genetics/Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Seminar Series |
Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer talk, Dr. Robert Kratzke, Department of Medicine, Targeting Translation for Lung Cancer Therapy
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| February 3, 2010 |
| What's Wrong with Race-Based Medicine? |
Topic: Use of racial categories in medicine, drug development, and biotechnology
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| February 12, 2010 |
| Center for Bioethics Seminar Series |
Speaker: Anne Lyerly, MD, MA, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities and History of Medicine
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| February 18, 2010 |
| Lecture Series: Exploring International Attitudes on the Governance of Biobanks |
Prof. Alexander Capron, LLB, of USC Gould School of Law is a globally-recognized expert in health policy and medical ethics.
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| April 15, 2010 |
| 2009-10 Annual Conference |
The Challenge of Governing Nanobiotechnology: Reinventing Oversight for the 21st Century
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