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Sustainable systems management (SSM) student Alice Lesch shares what inspired her to choose her major, how she's involved on campus and where she hopes her career path will lead. 

When BBE Professor Roger Ruan looks at a multicolored mountain of food bags or an ocean island of jugs and personal protective equipment, he sees a gold mine. 

BBE professors John Nieber and Joe Magner work together to find causes of water issues for residents around Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Sarah Whiteside is a Sustainable Systems Management alumna currently working as a Sustainability Analyst on the Corporate Sustainability, Inclusion and Social Impact team at Northern Trust. Get to know our alumna!

Chloe Beaudoin is a Sustainable Systems Management major in the Corporate Sustainable Systems specialization. Read about why she chose to pursue SSM!

The International Bioprocessing Association (IFIBiop) named Dr. Roger Ruan as recipient of the Pandey Research Excellence Award for 2022.

Matteo Bellazzini is a Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering major in the Environmental and Ecological Engineering specialization. Read about why Matteo chose to pursue BBE.

BBSEM student, Leif van Lierop spent the summer researching fungi and fermentation to make alternative protein that large companies like Hormel Foods and Perdue Farms use to make new meatless products.

Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering student, Rachel Runzheimer, spent the summer in Wisconsin working with honey bees and sustainable cranberry growth.

Vinni Thekkudan Novi represented BBE at the St. Paul Science in Seconds competition where she presented her thesis on copying and clumping DNA to prevent an oak tree epidemic in under three-minutes and won the People's Choice award.