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Shaghek Manjikian holds a sign reading "Proud"

Feature

Bringing her knowledge home

International Fulbright student Shaghek Manjikian is focusing on arbitration at the U of M Law School.

Image of a dentist in blue scrubs looking inside the mouth of a child who is laying on a chair receiving dental services.

News Release

U of M School of Dentistry provides critical care to underserved children

This weekend School of Dentistry students, faculty and staff joined dental institutions across the country to help shift perceptions about children’s dental health for Give Kids a Smile.

Natalie Warren in the front of her canoe

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Academically and adventure bound

Doctoral student Natalie Warren has published Hudson Bay Bound, a book about her adventure as part of a two-woman team that canoed from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay.

Image of a man in a lab coat looking into a microscope while a green image displays on a computer screen in front of him.

News Release

U of M Medical School jumps ahead in rankings for research funded by the NIH

The University of Minnesota Medical School ranks No. 8 nationally among all public U.S. medical schools.

Illustration featuring a new campus hospital building design.

News Release

Board of Regents Chair calls on Fairview, Sanford to endorse MPact Health Care Innovation vision

U of M leaders call for more time to evaluate the details of the proposed Fairview/Sanford merger, collaboration with the the University on those plans, and endorsement of the U of M five-point vision for the future of Minnesota’s health care.

Digital drawing showing a group of people in front of a public transportation-style bus with a city skyline in the background.

News Release

Center for Transportation Studies awarded $6 million from Federal Transit Administration to address transportation insecurity

The University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies and its partners will design and lead a new Mobility, Access and Transportation Insecurity: Creating Links to Opportunity Program (MATI).

News Release

U of M researchers lead major breakthrough to combat African swine fever

The lab’s work will spark greater research on efforts to control ASFV and keep it from entering North America.

Expert Alert

February is National Cancer Prevention Month

About 50% of the most common cancer cases are preventable according to the American Association for Cancer Research. To mark Cancer Prevention Month in February, the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) is focusing on behaviors and other steps that could help reduce risk factors associated with cancer.

News Release

U of M addressing challenging national trends in transfer student enrollment

In the face of a national decline in transfer student enrollment, U of M leaders emphasize that continued focus and investment on attracting, retaining and graduating transfer students remains essential.

The national champion dance team poses with a banner and trophy.

Feature

Two more national championships for dance team

The University of Minnesota dance team has claimed two more national titles—in Division 1A Jazz and Division 1A Pom.

Orange and yellow sunrays poke over the distant horizon and through a stand of mature tree trunks on a winter morning at the Cloquet Forestry Center in northern Minnesota

News Release

Background on intentions for Cloquet Forestry Center

The U of M is working with Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and State of Minnesota to return Cloquet Forestry Center land to the Band.

Maroon and gold M flags waving in the wind.

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Gophers reach new high for academic success

University of Minnesota student-athletes have recorded the highest team grade-point averages in school history.

Portrait of Professor Emeritus David Kohlstedt

News Release

Professor Emeritus David Kohlstedt receives Vetlesen Prize, the ‘Nobel Prize of Earth Sciences’

University of Minnesota Professor Emeritus David Kohlstedt has been awarded the Vetlesen Prize, one of the highest honors in Earth sciences and considered to be the field’s Nobel Prize equivalent.

University of Minnesota flags on lampposts on the Twin Cities campus

News Release

Three University of Minnesota faculty honored as lifetime AAAS Fellows

AAAS has elected three U of M faculty members as Fellows in recognition of their outstanding achievements.

Pregnant woman standing in a field crying

Research Brief

Nearly half of pregnant people experiencing intimate partner violence are not screened before or after pregnancy

Most policy, research and clinical efforts to reduce maternal mortality focus on clinical risk factors and the quality of hospital-based care for pregnant people, but a new study examines maternal safety outside the clinical setting — in homes and communities.

Feature

Researching menstrual health in the Dominican Republic

Madeline Weinkauf’s research has led to corporate aid, media attention, and legislative discussion.

News Release

University leaders share vision for health care with State Representatives

U of M leaders Myron Frans and Dr. Jakub Tolar testified at the Jan. 30 joint hearing of the Minnesota House Commerce Finance & Policy and Health Finance & Policy committees.

News Release

ChatGPT goes to law school

When ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot, was tasked with responding to University of Minnesota Law School questions from exams in several legal subject areas and graded blindly with a group of real student tests, it consistently achieved low but passing grades.

Expert Alert

How is your heart health?

Even as the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the country in recent years, the leading cause of death in the United States — heart disease — did not change. February is designated as American Heart Month in an effort to confront this ongoing public health challenge by raising awareness about heart healthy behaviors and encouraging all Americans to focus on their cardiovascular health.

Research Brief

New study provides comprehensive overview of U.S. public health workforce

After a decades-long decline — both in terms of financial investment and the overall size of the workforce — the COVID-19 pandemic prompted increased attention and funding for America’s public health systems.