Browsing by Author "Swackhamer, Deborah"

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    A Blueprint for Creating The Institute on the Environment for the University of Minnesota
    (University of MInnesota: Provost's Advisory Committee for the Institute on the Environment, 2006-09-25) Swackhamer, Deborah; Polasky, Stephen; Foufoula-Georgiou, Efi; Johnson, Lucinda; Kapuscinski, Anne; Karkkainen, Bradley; McMurry, Peter; Mulla, David; Reich, Peter; Thorleifson, Harvey; Tilman, David; Binks, Jonathan
    In the words of University of Minnesota President Robert H. Bruininks: “The environment poses such a broad and important array of interrelated issues that the participation of scholars from diverse fields will be critical to our efforts to understand and offer solutions to protect our natural world.” This document lays out the anticipated role, structure and operation, or “blueprint,” of a new University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment (IonE).
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    Minnesota Water Quality: Minnesota Water Sustainability Framework, January 2011
    (University of Minnesota. Water Resources Center, 2011-01) Swackhamer, Deborah; Fairbairn, David Joel
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    Minnesota Water Supply and Availability: Minnesota Water Sustainability Framework, January 2011
    (University of Minnesota. Water Resources Center, 2011-01) Swackhamer, Deborah; Fairbairn, David Joel
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    Minnesota Water Sustainability Framework
    (Water Resources Center, University of Minnesota, 2011-01) Swackhamer, Deborah
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    Report to Dr. A. Petersen, Vice President for Research, Dr. A. Hopkins, Vice President for Arts, Sciences, and Engineering, University of Minnesota on Water Water Sciences, Technology, Education and Research
    Eisenreich, S.J.; Anderson, James L.; Brezonik, P.L.; Carlson, R.M.; Gorham, E.; Hershey, A. E.; Kelts, K; Laursen, B.; McDonald, M.; Magee, P.T.; Niemi, Gerald J.; Perry, James A.; Stefan, Heinz G.; Swackhamer, Deborah; hans2888@umn.edu; Hansen, Christine, L; Strategic Planning Committee on Water
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    Transforming the University: Final Recommendations of the Task Force on Collegiate Design: CNR, COAFES, CHE
    (University of Minnesota, 2006-02-03) Levine, Allen; Phillips, Ronald; Swackhamer, Deborah; Birr, Adam; Cohen, Jerry; Johnson, David; Kapuscinski, Anne; Marshall, James; Polasky, Stephen; Stine, Robert; VandenBosch, Kathryn
    Integration of the broad range of scholarship present in the College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, the College of Natural Resources, and the Food Science and Nutrition Department provides a host of new opportunities to achieve greater excellence in research, teaching, and outreach. Our review and discussions over the past three months lead us to believe that this consolidation will enhance the University’s biological and social science contributions to the environment, agriculture, human health, food systems, and natural resources. Our key recommendations are summarized below, organized around the five Strategic Areas in the President’s Repositioning report. These recommendations include having world class faculty and outstanding students, formation of transitional clusters of departments for development of synergies and principles for reconfiguration. Such clusters would serve as a platform for strengthened teaching and outreach efforts and growth in competitive research funding. We also recommend establishment of a University-wide Institute of the Environment, enhancement of interdisciplinary efforts with other units, expansion of scholarly activities related to translational biology, and further development of public engagement.
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    Transforming the University: Preliminary Recommendations of the Task Force on Collegiate Design: CNR, COAFES, CHE
    (2005-12-12) Levine, Allen; Swackhamer, Deborah; Phillips, Ronald
    Integration of the broad range of scholarship present in the College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, the College of Natural Resources, and the Food Science and Nutrition Department provides a host of new opportunities to achieve even greater excellence in research, teaching, and outreach. Our review and discussions over the past three months lead us to believe that this consolidation will enhance the University’s natural biological and social science contributions to the environment, production agriculture, human health, food systems, and natural resources.
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    Water Use in Minnesota: Minnesota Water Sustainability Framework
    (University of Minnesota. Water Resources Center, 2010-08) Swackhamer, Deborah; Fairbairn, David Joel