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Student-led Solar Vehicle Project team wins the 2022 American Solar Challenge

The University of Minnesota student-led Solar Vehicle Project team took first place for the first time in the 2022 American Solar Challenge, where they raced their solar-powered car nearly 1,400 miles across North America.

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New global rankings highlight University of Minnesota’s academic excellence

The 2022 Shanghai Ranking of academic subjects has again recognized the University of Minnesota among the best research universities in the world.

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Andrea Davis Pinkney is the 2022 Kerlan Award winner

Andrea Davis Pinkney has been named the 2022 Kerlan Award winner. The Kerlan Award is given each year in recognition of an author or illustrator’s exceptional attainments in the creation of children’s literature and their generous contributions and support of the University of Minnesota Libraries’ Kerlan Collection of Children’s Literature.

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Engineers develop new tool that will allow for more personalized cell therapies

A University of Minnesota Twin Cities team has developed a new tool to predict and customize the rate of DNA editing, paving the way for more personalized, efficient genetic and cell therapies for diseases such as diabetes and cancer.

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Data scientists use new techniques to identify lakes and reservoirs around the world

A University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led team of data scientists has published a first-of-its-kind comprehensive global dataset of the lakes and reservoirs on Earth showing how they have changed over the last 30+ years.

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U of M researchers discover protein that may be associated with better prognosis for women with ovarian cancer

Researchers from the University of Minnesota have discovered that a protein associated with metabolism, and formerly recognized as a potential therapeutic target for ovarian cancer, may instead be associated with a better prognosis for women with this cancer.

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Perceptions of DEI within health services and policy research workplaces

University of Minnesota School of Public Health postdoctoral fellow Tongtan (Bert) Chantarat co-led a study, published in Health Services Research, that quantifies problems involving workplace climate, culture and professional discrimination experienced by researchers within the health services and policy research (HSPR) field.

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U of M awarded $3.7M to prepare for clinical trials of lab-created pediatric heart vessels that grow with the recipients

A University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led team of researchers has received a $3.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to prepare for a human clinical trial of artificial blood vessels bioengineered in the lab that grow with the patient.

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New research calls for a health equity lens in commercial tobacco product regulation

University of Minnesota School of Public Health Assistant Professor Dana Mowls Carroll co-authored a commentary in Preventive Medicine on how commercial tobacco policies contribute to inequities, including the unequal and unjust burden of tobacco-related disease and death among racialized populations.

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Biodiversity survey reveals that more species are threatened with extinction than previously thought

A global survey of biodiversity experts reveals key regional differences and a need to act quickly to save species.

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Talking extreme heat with the U of M

Dr. Vishnu Laalitha Surapaneni has advice on how to keep ourselves and our communities safe as temperatures rise.

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Ecological restoration priorities must be informed by marginalized people

The United Nations has declared the 2020s as the decade of ecosystem restoration, but the movement runs the risk of destroying the lives of millions of the world's poorest people.

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CIDRAP announces Dr. Eve Lackritz as its new deputy director

Dr. Lackritz has over 30 years of experience in domestic and global public health.

Man bikes across bridge, with a series of bikes parked against a fence in the background and the Minneapolis skyline rising above that.

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University of Minnesota advances conversations and commitments to safety, on and off Twin Cities campus

The latest actions and investments to enhance public safety on the Twin Cities campus—as well as future plans to address concerns and systemwide strategic goals—came before the Board at its July meeting.

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U of M announces new community collaboration to address off-campus public safety concerns

Calling for new solutions, diverse perspectives and creative thinking on public safety, President Joan Gabel today announced the formation of the University’s first-ever Strategic Safety Advisory Committee.

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UMN professor part of team that has published results of second large-scale study for tinnitus treatment

At least 80 percent of participants experienced a reduction in their tinnitus symptoms after 12 weeks of treatment.

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UMN-led team receives $1.4M Keck Foundation grant to study possible breakthrough in quantum computing

A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities Associate Professor Vlad Pribiag has received an award from the W. M. Keck Foundation to study a new process that could lead to a breakthrough in quantum computing.