March 8, 2021
University of Minnesota Vice President for Research Chris Cramer announced today his decision to leave the University later this spring. Cramer will join Underwriters Laboratories as the organization s senior vice president and chief research officer who will help set the direction for the organization’s existing research and expansion into new areas of focus.
Under Cramer’s leadership as vice president for research for almost three years, the University of Minnesota’s research enterprise grew significantly and continuously, enhancing the University’s standing as one of America’s leading research universities. An exclamation point on the growth achieved during Cramer’s tenure came when research expenditures exceeded $1 billion in fiscal year 2019 for the first time in University history a milestone only a handful of other public universities have reached. Cramer also highlighted the close connection between research and education at the University, emphas
January 8, 2021
In what promises to be a catalyst for significant growth in bioindustrial manufacturing and an economic opportunity for Minnesota, the University of Minnesota Board of Regents today unanimously approved agreements for the University’s Twin Cities campus to serve as the primary site of the Bioindustrial Manufacturing And Design Ecosystem (BioMADE), a new, federally supported Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII).
BioMADE is an independent non-profit organization created to compete for the MII, which it was awarded in October. The Department of Defense awarded BioMADE at least $87.5 million in federal funds over seven years, which will be matched by more than $180 million in additional funding from non-federal sources. A public launch for the project is scheduled for this spring.