Research & Academics

The Steel Bridge Competition team with the bridge that they built

"Steeling" the show

UMD’s steel bridge team advances to national competition

A close up shot of discarded food being added to a compost bin

Real-world success: right in the classroom

Writing Studies Student wins $25,000 Grant for Composting Innovations on Family Farm

banned books

Dialogue and deliberation

Research for the next generation of English teachers

Viann Nguyen-Feng putting away books in her office with a world map behind her and her degree prominently displayed

Bridging the disconnect between body and mind

Talking mind-body trauma care with Viann Nguyen-Feng

Phineas Kiprop

Doctoral degree preparation begins for LSBE junior

Pursuing a Ph.D. may not be what a typical college junior is thinking about.

Lake Superior during a cyanobacterial bloom on Park Point in 2021

NOAA funds study of harmful algal bloom

Associate Professor Cody Sheik will be working on a project to learn more about algal blooms impacting the Great Lakes.

A satellite floating in space with the earth looming in the background

New satellite will change our understanding of the Great Lakes

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite is the first satellite dedicated to observing nearly all the water on the earth’s surface.

Brendan Rood directs a theatre student, who is wearing a full body motion capture suit, in the MMAD lab

Improving reality

Computer science student uses motion capture to augment reality

Craig Hill Stands on a boat near the Duluth Lift Bridge, looking out toward Lake Superior

Early Innovations at UMD

Duluth researchers earn Early Innovation Funds (EIF) 

Castle situated on an island in Bled, Slovenia. Photo by Molly Hughes

A global perspective

UMD student teachers immersed in international life