COVID-19: Stories, Insights, Expertise

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News

News Release

University of Minnesota R&D expenditures break the billion-dollar mark for the first time

Research and technology commercialization efforts included many COVID-19 related projects and innovations.

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Feature

Coronavirus: the inside story

Researchers trace the flow of virus-laden air in interior spaces—including our lungs.

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Research Brief

COVID-19 hospitalizations analysis shows significant disparities in the disease’s impact across racial and ethnic groups

Black, Hispanic, American Indian and Alaskan Native populations are more likely to be hospitalized than whites.

Carolyn Berger on the left. On the right, students in a classroom with masks.

Expert Alert

How COVID-19 can impact a student’s mental health

CEHD's Carolyn Berger, Ph.D., shares how the pandemic can affect a student's overall well-being.

Research Brief

New study explores how coronavirus travels indoors

Professors Jiarong Hong and Suo Yang modeled the effect of ventilation on COVID-19 transmission in interior spaces.

Talking with U of M

Talking the relation between climate change, COVID-19 and public health with U of M

Medical School faculty Vishnu Laalitha Surapaneni explains health repercussions of climate change and public health.

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COVID-19 Podcasts

Feature

Health in All Matters

Listen to episodes from the School of Public Health's weekly podcast series "COVID-19: When a pandemic sweeps the modern world."

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Feature

CIDRAP COVID-19 Podcast

From "How We Got Here" to "Smart Testing," listen to all of the timely podcasts from the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.

In the News

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Feature

Osterholm provides overview on COVID-19

Internationally recognized infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm appears on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast and provides and overview of the looming COVID-19 pandemic.

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Feature

University of Minnesota tackles COVID-19 pandemic

At the University of Minnesota, brilliant innovators are coming together in more than a dozen projects to help treat and slow the spread of COVID-19.

September 21, 2020

University of Minnesota leads project to boost yield, uses of crop that could cut water pollution

Star Tribune

September 21, 2020

U of M research team hopes to develop an implantable device to treat mental illness — thanks to a $6.6 million grant

MinnPost

September 21, 2020

Gabel breaks down MTest program, reflects on U's actions throughout COVID-19 pandemic

Minnesota Daily

Experts

U of M experts offer insights, expertise, and support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are just some of the faculty and staff involved in these efforts.

Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

Associate Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry

Regents Professor

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COVID-19: Stories, Insights, Expertise

Safety

News

University of Minnesota R&D expenditures break the billion-dollar mark for the first time

Coronavirus: the inside story

COVID-19 hospitalizations analysis shows significant disparities in the disease’s impact across racial and ethnic groups

How COVID-19 can impact a student’s mental health

New study explores how coronavirus travels indoors

Talking the relation between climate change, COVID-19 and public health with U of M

COVID-19 Podcasts

Health in All Matters

CIDRAP COVID-19 Podcast

In the News

Osterholm provides overview on COVID-19

University of Minnesota tackles COVID-19 pandemic

University of Minnesota leads project to boost yield, uses of crop that could cut water pollution

U of M research team hopes to develop an implantable device to treat mental illness — thanks to a $6.6 million grant

Gabel breaks down MTest program, reflects on U's actions throughout COVID-19 pandemic

Experts

Jessica Hellmann

Elizabeth Ambrose

Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

Donate to COVID-19 Relief Funds

#UMNproud

COVID-19 Resources