Dow Chemical donates $17 million to University of Minnesota

The Dow Chemical Co. has donated $17 million to U of M, though not the one you might think. The University of Minnesota this week received a $17 million grant from the Midland-based chemical company as part of its plan to invest in programs with 11 leading U.S. universities. Dow Chemical has pledged a $25 million per-year-commitment for 10 years. The other universities slated to benefit from Dow's partnerships include the California Institute of Technology, the University of California at Santa Barbara, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Georgia Institute of Technology, the Pennsylvania State University, the University of Wisconsin; Northwestern University, the University of California at Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Michigan.

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