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Aerial view of the main plant growth facilities. The University continues to update and improve the facilities for both teaching and research.

Nurturing innovation: A closer look at UMN’s Plant Growth Facilities

by Samantha Siedow
Published March 26, 2024
The University of Minnesota’s horticulture program is one of the oldest in the United States with some of the most cutting-edge facilities to boot.
Members of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention on State Capitol Day in Minnesota. April 9 is State Capitol Day, a day to advocate for new legislation surrounding mental health.

The American Foundation Suicide Prevention: Providing resources and advocacy opportunities

by Emma Walytka
Published March 24, 2024
The Minnesota chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention shares upcoming events and organizational missions.
From left to right, Yolanda Hester, a public historian, speaks to Margarita Montalvo, a renowned Cuban sculptor, with second-year student Liliane Sojos-Ortiz listening on the right.

UMN program offers first-year students guided research opportunity

by Samantha Siedow
Published March 23, 2024
CLA students are introduced to research with the Dean’s First-year Research and Creative Scholars Program, an invitation-only mentorship and scholarship program.
Deaths attributed to “natural causes” found to be COVID-19 related.

UMN researchers uncover undercounted COVID-19 deaths

by Emma Walytka and Ava Lawson
Published February 27, 2024
Some of the causes for the undercounted COVID-19 deaths are linked to misreporting and regional differences.
The University of Minnesota adult dentistry clinic at the Riverside Professional Building on Sunday, Mar. 26, 2017.

Brace yourself: The tooth in dental trends

by Emma Walytka
Published February 25, 2024
A recent uprise in dental trends like oil pulling and tooth gems raise topics of concern and education within the dental community.
Research fields on the St. Paul campus on Feb. 22, 2024. Outdoor research surrounding plants has been forced to adapt to the unusual winter, particularly research around crops and trees.

UMN St. Paul campus adapts to unusual winter

by Logan Anderson
Published February 23, 2024
A winter Minnesota hasn’t seen in over a century has created challenges as well as new opportunities within the UMN College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences.
Researchers also discovered disparities in race, age and technology in the healthcare industry.

UMN researchers unmask inequities in healthcare

by Emma Walytka
Published February 21, 2024
A recent study from the School of Public Health found gender wage gaps in health care still persist, even though women make up the majority of the industry.
Lake it or leave it: a blue economy is here.

Diving into a blue economy with UMN researchers

by Emma Walytka
Published February 12, 2024
A UMN researcher team on Great Lakes ReNEW, a regional innovation engines program, was awarded up to $160 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation.
The Minnesota DNR-Forestry is the biggest and longest-term member of SFEC.

Branching out: The Sustainable Forest Education Cooperative

by Emma Walytka
Published February 9, 2024
The Sustainable Forest Education Cooperative continues education among professionals in natural resources organizations and beyond.
The pricing program is aimed at having clinics be able to give medication for lower prices, if not free.

Looking deeper: behind the scenes of the 340B drug program

by Emma Walytka
Published January 31, 2024
UMN researchers describe the misuse of 340B benefits among larger public health entities.

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