Culture and diversity

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Language keeper

Jaeden King wants to preserve the Ojibwe language by bringing it to schools in her community.

Ariadna Mondragon Botero, long dark hair, green shirt, gray jacket, smiles next to a large indoor plant.

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Building connections between cultures

A graduate student celebrates the diversity of life in forests and human cultures.

An assortment of animals in children's clothes play jump rope and swim in a pond.

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A medical student’s book teaches kids to appreciate differences

“The Way We Play,” by medical student Hugh Burke and Kylie Donohue, uses familiar animals to teach acceptance and teamwork.

Four women friends on a tennis court from above.

Research Brief

Diverse teams are more vulnerable to adversity

New research suggests that setbacks make diverse teams more likely to break up.

Aerial view of the Twin Cities campus and Mississippi River

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Three U of M faculty honored with 2023 Guggenheim Fellowships

Exceptional faculty members working in nonfiction, photography, and fine arts have been recognized as 2023 Guggenheim Fellows.

View of the Minneapolis skyline and Loring Park

Research Brief

Discriminatory housing policies created an unequal park system in Minneapolis

A new study sheds light on the origins of racial disparities in the Minneapolis park system and their long-lasting consequences for environmental justice in the city.

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Two U of M students awarded prestigious Boren Scholarships for language study

U of M Twin Cities students Caleb Feltis and Maggie Lundberg named Boren Scholars.

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Differences in well-being amongst Somali, Latino and Hmong adolescents

School of Nursing researchers examined the relationship between acculturation and substance use, socioemotional well-being and academic achievement

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University of Minnesota launches the “Immigrants in COVID America” project

The timely resource and website documents the health, economic and social impact of COVID-19 on immigrant and refugee communities in the United States.

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