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 research partnerships with industry have been fairly flat over the past few years, President Eric Kaler is on a campaign to give them a big boost, MPR's Tim Post reports today.

Part of the push was a recently announced -- and well-received -- change in policy in which the U will let companies keep the intellectual property rights to the fruits of the research they sponsor.

a concern that's similar to one I've reported on today in a piece on the Humphrey School

: that outside funding could inappropriately influence university research.

Post quotes chemistry professor and Faculty Senate leader Chris Cramer:

Read the full story and listen to the audio here.

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Although the University of Minnesota’s research partnerships with industry have been fairly flat over the past few years, President Eric Kaler is on a campaign to give them a big boost, MPR’s Tim Post reports today. Part of the push was a recently announced — and well-received — change in policy in which the U…

The University of Minnesota's big push for more research funding

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