The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that, for the first time, guns are killing more Americans than motor vehicles. "...cars are getting safer and safer. Guns, meanwhile, get more and more dangerous," says David Perry, senior academic advisor to the Department of History. "Cars provide an excellent model for the public-health benefits of regulation."

David Perry, senior academic adviser to the Department of History, writes about the restraint-and-seclusion policies in schools that continue to traumatize and endanger children and teens. "It shouldn't take the death of a teenage boy to stop overuse of restraint in schools," he says.

This fall, the Performing Arts Archives welcomed the archives of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Dominick Argento, professor emeritus of the music department.

PhD student in philosophy Grace Joy Cebrero talks about her experience transitioning into the philosophy graduate program and her philosophical work on disability.

This year marks 50 years since protests from black student activists led to the formation of the African American and African Studies (AAAS) department. John Wright, professor of AAAS, was involved with the protests when he was a student. Wright speaks with MPR about the significance of the protests and the importance of the department.

A new Clay County Jail opened this fall and they've incorporated a mental health wing. Michael Walker, assistant professor of sociology, talks with MPR News about the challenge of treating people who are incarcerated in Minnesota and nationally.

Minnesota is facing a shortage of teachers of color as the student population continues to get more diverse. Keith Mayes, professor of African American and African Studies, talks with MPR News about why diversity in teachers matters, and what can be done about it in Minnesota.

“When you're teaching the Middle Ages you have to account for religion in order to understand what’s happening; the majority of the artwork that's produced in the Middle Ages is religious in nature.” Jennifer Awes-Freeman, visiting assistant professor of medieval studies, shares about her approach to teaching and experience at the U.

Music journalist turned PhD student Matthew Tchepikova-Treon is particularly fascinated by how disenfranchised artists, laborers, and communities began participating cultural production through exploitation cinema—something that was mostly unavailable to them prior to the 1970’s. These “90-minute trash films” aren’t just a simple form of quick entertainment.