Swenson College of Science and Engineering

Right place, right resources

Student Braden Kowalski kneels next to a robotic dog on a sidewalk on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus.

From hands-on computer science to natural resources fieldwork, Braden Kowalski found all the right tools at UMD.

How will warmer winters impact our roads?

A photo showing a road construction zone with a series of traffic cones and a right arrow.

From record-setting cold and snow, to record-setting warmth, Minnesota's recent winters have been anything but normal, so we turned to UMD road expert Manik Barman to learn what this latest winter of new extremes means for Minnesotan roads.

CEHSP student spotlight: Mariel Olsem baume050
Mariel Olsem standing in front of a mountain range

Meet Mariel Olsem, a double major in psychology and human biology at UMD

“Reliquary of the North Shore” cowardin
The ceramic art installation titled “Reliquary of the North Shore” is displayed in the main commons on the second floor of UMD’s A.B. Anderson Hall.

A new ceramic art installation at the University of Minnesota Duluth aims to celebrate the biodiversity of Minnesota’s North Shore region.

Wordsmithing the Future amesseng
Madiha Shakil Mirza and her sister and mother smile at the camera in front of a sunny Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge. Madiha is wearing a cap and gown, while the other two are wearing white dresses.

UMD alumna is a trailblazer in AI, helping to build some of AI’s Large Language Models.

Ecology under ice cowardin
Two UMD students handle water sampling equipment over a hole in the ice on a frozen lake.

UMD research is advancing our understanding of lake ecology in the winter.

Fighting PFAS with plants cowardin
UMD Biology Student Rory Westerman conducts research in the Heikkila Chemistry and Advanced Materials Science (HCAMS) building.

UMD Biology Student Rory Westerman is researching how plants and fungi might help solve our PFAS problem.

Chemistry class reinvented baume050
Headshot of Soren Sjerven

UMD grad student reimagines career, science teaching methods

Investing in the future amesseng
The sun sets behind the Heikkila Chemistry and Advanced Materials Science (HCAMS) building on the University of Minnesota Duluth Campus. Photo courtesy University of Minnesota Duluth

A $1 million gift to UMD’s Advanced Materials Center will support the education of future scientists and engineers, and further research on the repurposing of plastic waste.

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