That led to Jennifer Kuzma calling for more transparency in this decision-making process, and risk studies and fault-tree analyses about the possibilities of one dengue vector replacing another.

Panama News
May 16, 2012

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Is safe drinking water becoming more of a scarcity? Will conflicts arise because of lack of drinking water? And how big of a concern should it be in this country? Expert Deb Swackhammer from the U of M's Water Resource Center explains.

Steele Talkin' on WCCO News Radio
May 6, 2012

Ever wonder how we are going to address (through policy and research) the chemical soap that we interact with every day? The answer has changed over time, as we have developed a more complex understanding of chemical interaction and the effects of low-dose exposures (some chemicals have worse effects at lower doses). To talk on these issues we have invited Linda Birnbaum to give a public address at the Humphrey School.

Policy Catalyst
May 1, 2012

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"It's really [about] these undergraduate students who had a vision, that some of us at the University of Minnesota needed to come together to talk about our mission," Sandfort said, "What does it mean to be 'Driven to Discover,' and what are the different ways that discoveries happen?"

Minnesota Daily
April 23, 2012

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"You are famous for the big companies you have, the University of Minnesota and the increasing amount of robotics at the smaller colleges and these wonderful start-up companies you have. You're on the map. The president advanced a series of manufacturing initiatives. Honeywell is a partner. The idea is to have big companies, small companies, universities, with a little help from government, come together and form a cluster ... and do all the stuff you have to go through to turn innovation into products."

Star Tribune
April 14, 2012

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"There's a wide open gap between the Alleghenies and the Rockies, and there's a lot happening here," said Borene, whose group was founded by Edina-based ReconRobotics and the Minnesota High Tech Association.

Finance and Commerce
April 11, 2012

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"Business has figured out there's a market for something that most people take for granted," said Deborah Swackhamer, a professor of environmental chemistry at the University of Minnesota. "One in three [people] on the planet don't have access to clean water or some kind of sewage treatment. They are at a disadvantage.''

Star Tribune
April 2, 2012

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"We don't have the actual detailed toxicological data that says this compound at this dose causes this problem so we're going to regulate it at that dose," said Swackhamer, chairman of the Environmental Protection Agency's Science Advisory Board. "That kind of data takes an enormous amount of effort; it takes millions of dollars to collect."

Minnesota Public Radio
March 28, 2012

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After being discharged in 1946 as an officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve, he graduated from Williams College and earned a master's degree from Oxford University, which he attended for two years as a Rhodes scholar, according to his resume on the website of the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, where he was a former chairman of the Deans Advisory Council.

Bloomberg Business Week
March 27, 2012

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April 2, 2012

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"It's a very attractive notion to move toward more autonomous technology because of the 30,000-plus deaths that we have on the roads each year," Frank Douma, a research fellow at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs, told TechNewsWorld. "Ninety-five percent of them are attributable at least in part to human error," he pointed out. "People will say they like to drive, but apparently they're not paying that much attention. If you remove the human error part, you can make great advances in safety."

Tech News World
March 27, 2012

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"The stronger seat belt law is keeping a lot of Minnesotans out of hospitals and morgues, and it will continue to do so for years to come," the U's Center for Excellence in Rural Safety director Lee Munnich said in a statement. "But we still have too many Minnesotans injured or killed every year because they are not wearing seat belts, so we have more work to do."

Pioneer Press
March 26, 2012

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Also seen in Hometown Source.com
March 26, 2012

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"The stronger seat belt law is keeping a lot of Minnesotans out of hospitals and morgues," Lee Munnich, director of the Center for Excellence in Rural Safety, said in a statement that accompanied release of the data.

Star Tribune
March 26, 2012

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Hon. James Oberstar represented Minnesota's 8th Congressional District. He was the longest serving member of Congress in Minnesota history. In the 34 years he has served in Congress, Jim had become known as the body's leading expert on transportation policy.

InfrastructureUSA
March 13, 2012

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Our speaker will be Elizabeth Wilson, Associate Professor in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Her talk is titled "Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Lessons from the States."Understanding how state-level factors are affecting low-carbon technology adoption and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction policy preference across the United States is a crucial component to securing long-term emission reductions.This talk will focus on two studies. The first project analyzes Climate Action Plans (CAPs) developed in eleven states and surveys the CAP advisory group members.The second project presents qualitative findings from our state-level case studies on how wind power is portrayed by energy stakeholders.

Duke University Events Calendar
March 13, 2012

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Jennifer Kuzma, a science-policy researcher at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, says there has already been much work exploring these questions and looking at case studies to find answers. "I do think the list is useful," says Kuzma. But, she adds, "what needs to be done is more of a meta-analysis of the literature and the case studies that have already been done."

Nature
March 09, 2012

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