Consumer psychology expert Professor Kathleen Vohs, who holds the Land O’Lakes Chair in Marketing, will be honored by the Society for Consumer Psychology as a recipient of the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award. She will receive the award at the society’s conference in February.

Vohs is a faculty member at the Carlson School of Management. Her scholarly work focuses on... Read more

On September 8, 2017, U of M donors, students, staff, faculty, alumni, and other supporters gathered to celebrate the official launch of the public phase of a 10-year fundraising campaign called Driven: The University of Minnesota Campaign.

The goal is to raise $4 billion for students, faculty, and the U’s three-part mission of education, research, and outreach for the benefit... Read more

Kathleen Vohs, an expert on the psychology of consumption, took the stage at the 1st Tuesday Speaker Series on February 7 to explain her research on how decision fatigue affects our self control. Vohs holds the Land O'Lakes Chair in Marketing at the U of M’s Carlson School of Management and is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor.

Vohs applies her understanding of... Read more

Could skim milk powder be used one day to make plastic milk cartons? Marc Hillmyer, a professor in the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering, is working with scientists from Land O’Lakes to find out if it’s possible.

Hillmyer and his group have been creating sustainable polymers from renewable resources like corn and even agricultural waste. Polymers are the... Read more

A keen interest in the psychology of consumption is what drives the research and teaching of Kathleen Vohs, holder of the Land O’Lakes Chair in Marketing. “To me, the human mind is still the biggest, most uncharted territory that we have,” she says. Vohs was featured in the most recent issue of Legacy, which is the University of Minnesota Foundation’s magazine for donors and friends... Read more

Thanks to funding from Land O’Lakes, two newly-renovated spaces on the St. Paul campus were opened at a festive ribbon-cutting ceremony on December 2. They feature new technology and spaces that foster collaborative work and learning for students and faculty in the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS)—an important source of talent for the company.

The... Read more