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Cow comfort
University of Minnesota Professor Marcia Endres and her students are out to make cows more comfortable. By modifying their stall size and adding sand bedding that conforms to their bodies, as well as by improving their feed and feeding times, Endres finds cows will give more milk.
Noble undertaking
100 years ago, Frank Wesbrook, dean of the College of Medicine and Surgery, approved the School of Embalming, making the U of M the first state university in the country to organize a mortuary science program. Today, it's the only program in the Big Ten and the only college program in the state.
Good garbage
Students in the University of Minnesota chapter of Engineers Without Borders are turning Haiti's massive garbage problem into a solution. A portable solar cooker can melt plastic waste into a liquid that can be molded into such items such as footwear, utensils, and sports equipment.
Take back the spirit
As Black Friday approaches, two University educators, Bill Doherty and Rosemary Hines, give advice on how to use this economically stressful holiday season to explore what's truly important in our lives.
Heart throb
"Give nature the tools and get out of the way" is the guiding principle that led Doris Taylor and her team to create a beating heart. It's now possible that new organs could be built from a recipient's own cells one day, thereby reducing the chance of rejection.
Rhodes Scholar
Newly minted Rhodes Scholar Ashley Nord has two sterling track records: one in academics and one in pole vaulting. The University senior will study physics at Oxford next year, after receiving three undergraduate degrees.
