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MSI PI Paul Dauenhauer (professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science) is featured in the Winter 2021 issue of the University of Minnesota Foundation’s magazine, Legacy. The article discusses Professor Dauenhauer’s research into using renewable resources like grasses and other plants as raw materials for consumer goods. The story can be read on the Foundation’s website: Turning Plants Into Everyday Products.

An interview with MSI PI Damien Fair (professor, Institute of Child Development (ICD); Pediatrics; co-director, Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain) appeared recently in the magazine Minnesota Monthly. The interview discusses his research into ADHD and autism, as well as his academic activism.

MSI PI Bill Arnold (professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering) and members of his research group were interviewed by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) about their recent publication on pesticides in Minnesota lakes and rivers. The researchers discovered that low levels of neonicotinoid pesticides, which have been implicated in declines in pollinator numbers, can be found in Minnesota’s waters. The researchers emphasize that the levels are too low to affect humans, but could be an environmental problem.