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Catch up with our latest news, upcoming events, and faculty and student accomplishments.

Recent News

Richard Landers

Landers Receives Artificial Intelligence in Assessment Research Fellowship

Congratulations to Richard Landers for winning HireVue’s Artificial Intelligence in Assessment Fellowship. Landers will have the opportunity to create a series of original…

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Wrigley-Field Co-authors Article on COVID Mortality in Minnesota

In an article published in Health Affairs, Assistant Professor Elizabeth Wrigley-Field examines the association of neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage with excess…

Deniz Ones

Ones on Cruelty in Politics

Many famous politicians are known for their blunt behavior that, in most other careers, would cost them their jobs, but yet in the political landscape makes them popular…

Prof. James Lee, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota

Wall Street Journal Features Lee Opinion Piece on Polygenic Screening

James Lee, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Psychology explores the dangers of using polygenic screening to compare the genetic profiles of embryos in order to…

Professor Colin DeYoung, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota

DeYoung Discusses Genetics and Personality on Here We Are Podcast

How much of your personality is tied to your genetics? What parts of it can you change? Colin DeYoung, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the…

Upcoming Events

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September 22, 2021

History Book Club Presents Staging Indigeneity: Salvage Tourism & the Performance of Native American History

Led by Katrina Phillips, assistant professor of American Indian history at Macalester University, and Andrew Denson, professor of Native American and United States history at…

Event

September 24, 2021

Journal for Early Modern History 25th Anniversary

Panel featuring Merry Wiesner-Hanks, Molly Warsh, and Simon Ditchfield

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September 24, 2021

Join CLA in the Homecoming Parade

The CLA Student Board welcomes students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends to march/roll/ride in the CLA parade unit. It's a great time to celebrate being a Gopher!

Signature Events

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What's Next?

A series of roundtables about how we move forward following the death of George Floyd.

Virtual Town Hall with CLA Dean John Coleman

Alumni Town Halls

Online, live-streamed town hall events featuring college leaders sharing what's happening in the College of Liberal Arts.

Alumni Town Halls

Liberal Arts Expertise

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Liberal Arts Expertise around COVID-19

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Liberal Arts Expertise Around Issues of Race, Justice, Dignity, and Respect

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