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Older man receives a vaccine shot from his doctor
Talking with U of M

Talking seasonal vaccines with U of M

COVID-19 and the flu are constantly changing, and new waves can circulate and spread unexpectedly. In Minnesota, nearly three-quarters of urban residents are vaccinated against COVID-19, compared to just over half of rural residents according to previous research.

President Cunningham inauguration
News Release

Inauguration highlights

Rebecca Cunningham was inaugurated as the 18th president of the University of Minnesota on September 18, 2024.

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Research Brief

LGBTQ+ policies significantly reduce discrimination for transgender and nonbinary people

LGBTQ+ Americans experience widespread discrimination that impacts their physical and mental health — of the over 8% of U.S. adults who are members of the LGBTQ+ community, one in three report experiencing discrimination in the past year. Individuals who identify as transgender and nonbinary are exposed to more discrimination than their sexual minority counterparts, which is associated with worse health outcomes.

Portrait of Cunningham in a University building
News Release

U of M prepares for inauguration of 18th president

After welcoming students, faculty and staff back to its five campuses statewide in recent weeks, the University of Minnesota will ceremonially welcome Rebecca Cunningham as its new president during inauguration events on Sept. 18. 

Two older women embrace
News Release

School of Public Health launches center to test and implement dementia care

Nearly seven million people in the U.S. are living with Alzheimer’s and related diseases (ADRD), according to the Alzheimer's Association — a number that has more than doubled in the last 20 years. While funding and support to advance the science of dementia care has increased substantially, care innovations still need to be successfully implemented outside of healthcare organizations and test cases that are difficult to replicate. To address the issue, the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota is launching the Establishing Mechanisms of Benefit to Reinforce the Alzheimer’s Care Experience (EMBRACE) AD/ADRD Roybal Center. 

The Permian Basin is the most productive oil-producing basin in the U.S. and one of the largest in the world. This figure shows space-based measurements of atmospheric ethane (bottom left panel) that is enhanced due to emissions from fossil fuel extraction in the Delaware and Midland portions of the Permian Basin (bottom right panel).
Research Brief

Mapping fossil fuel emissions from space

University of Minnesota researchers developed a new tool to measure ethane from space, leading to a better understanding of fossil fuel emissions worldwide. 

Image of a black beef cow with yellow tags on its ears looking at the camera with other cows in the background
Research Brief

Beef industry can reduce emissions by up to 30%

New research from the University’s Institute on the Environment and The Nature Conservancy outlines actionable steps the U.S. beef industry can take to reduce greenhouse gases and identifies emission hotspots along the entire supply chain from the farm through processing