Story Archive

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Korina Barry: Creating 'the community we deserve'

As U of M alumna Korina Barry transitions from a career in child welfare to a new position in Indigenous advocacy, she reflects on her own personal journey.

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Tadd Johnson: Building relationships from the ground up

Since becoming the senior director of American Indian Tribal Nations Relations, Tadd Johnson has opened a meaningful dialogue between the U of M and Minnesota’s tribes.

Expert Alert

American Bumblebee Population Dramatically Declines

University of Minnesota Extension Educator and Bee Researcher Elaine Evans is available to provide expert comment on the declining American bumblebee population.

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Kate Beane: Returning home, restoring a name

The epitome of a lifelong learner, Kate Beane has worked tirelessly to understand the links between the historic and contemporary experiences of her Native community.

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Mary Owen: Dedicated to her ‘critically important work’

Physician and program director Mary Owen returned to the Duluth campus to help train Native American physicians and other healthcare workers to better serve Indigenous communities.

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U of M establishes nation-leading tuition assistance program for Native American students

The University of Minnesota Native American Promise Tuition Program will offer free or greatly reduced tuition to members of Minnesota Tribal Nations.

The colorfully painted mobile health initiative vehicle, with a white truck cab followed by a mural of community faces painted on the trailer, is parked on the side of a street.

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U of M Clinical Affairs Launches Mobile Healthcare Vehicle

Serving health care needs in the communities people live is more possible now than ever before with the launch of the U of M's Mobile Health Initiative vehicle.

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Šišókaduta: A keeper of the language

Curious about his Native language as a teenager, Šišókaduta Joe Bendickson learned Dakota at the U of M and now teaches the language to the next generation. He feels he’s in a race against time.

Expert Alert

Resilience ahead of the holiday season

National Stress Awareness Day falls on November 3, 2021. According to a recent study, 73 percent of people experience stress that impacts their mental health.

Heidi Roop stands inside a share-edged snow trench holding a square-ended shovel aloft.

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A double dose of climate research

U of M researchers are part of two new national climate-focused science and technology centers.

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University of Minnesota researchers part of collaboration that casts doubt on “sterile neutrino”

University of Minnesota Assistant Professor Andrew Furmanski and his team in the College of Science and Engineering’s School of Physics and Astronomy are part of an international collaboration of scientists who have possibly eliminated the theory related to the “sterile neutrino.”

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Talking family caregivers with U of M

November is National Family Caregivers Month and Joseph Gaugler, with the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, answers questions about who family caregivers are, what they do and common challenges they face.

An exploded view of prize-winner Rachel Davel's final product

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Students partner with industry to ‘bring the outdoors in’

A partnership with Andersen Windows and Doors allows College of Design students to gain real-world experience in product design.

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Arrhythmia in racehorses

Racehorses are specifically bred to have larger, structurally sound hearts and yet, nearly half of them are still experiencing arrhythmias. Sian Durward-Akhurst an assistant professor of genetics, genomics, and large animal internal medicine in The College of Veterinary Medicine, shares expert analysis on identifying causes of these deaths.