Minnesota State Fair and CLA 2025
Award-winning Crop Art
Check out crop art featuring CLA and Goldy Gopher in the agriculture-horticulture building at the Fair!
If you’re heading to the Great Minnesota Get-together, check in with CLA at two locations:
- University of Minnesota Crossroads building, located two blocks west of gate 5/main Snelling entrance, at 1674 Dan Patch Avenue
- D2D: The Driven to Discover Research Facility at 1367 Cosgrove Street.
Learn more about some of our rich, robust programs and the amazing people who make liberal arts CLA-style a world of possibilities.
Visit the University's State Fair website for more information about other U of M activities. The University's presence spans multiple locations featuring free giveaways, educational and entertaining events, and exciting opportunities to participate in research.
| Date | CLA at the U of M Crossroads Building |
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| Wed, Aug 27 |
The Power of the Word Explore how language—in all its forms—shapes our lives. From the written and spoken word to the ways we hear, interpret, and communicate, faculty from across disciplines—including creative writing, journalism, languages and linguistics, premodern studies, speech-language-hearing sciences, and writing studies—will share how words have the power to inspire, heal, and transform.
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| Thurs, Aug 28 |
The World Around Us How do we understand the world we live in—and our place within it? Engage with big questions about society, culture, identity, and the environment. Faculty from across the humanities and social sciences will share insights into how people shape the world and how the world, in turn, shapes us—through history, language, politics, art, and human connection. Featuring faculty from Anthropology, Geography, Global Studies, Human Rights Program, Immigration History Research Center, Liberal Arts Engagement Hub, Political Science, and Philosophy. |
| Date & Time | CLA Researchers in the Driven to Discover building |
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| Aug 21 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM |
Minnesota's Small Businesses are Important! Jane Sumner, Political Science |
| Aug 22 2:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
Minnesota's Small Businesses are Important! Jane Sumner, Political Science |
| Aug 23 2:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
Want to play a game for research? Claire Segijn, Journalism & Mass Communication |
| Aug 24 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
Kid Talk Study: How do kids learn language? Lizbeth Finestack, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences |
| Aug 26 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM 2:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
Kid Talk Study: How do kids learn language? Lizbeth Finestack, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences How high do you hear? Andrew Oxenham, Psychology Want to play a game for research? Claire Segijn, Journalism & Mass Communication |
| Aug 28 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM |
Kid Talk Study: How do kids learn language? Lizbeth Finestack, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences |
| Aug 29 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM 2:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
Want to play a game for research? Claire Segijn, Journalism & Mass Communication How high do you hear? Andrew Oxenham, Psychology |
| Aug 30 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM |
Toxic uncertainty: Understanding environmental toxins Jessica Remcheck and Molly Kessler, Writing Studies |
| Aug 31 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM |
Want to play a game for research? Claire Segijn, Journalism & Mass Communication |
| Sept 1 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM 2:30 PM - 8:00 PM |
Kid Talk Study: How do kids learn language? Lizbeth Finestack, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Toxic uncertainty: Understanding environmental toxins Jessica Remcheck and Molly Kessler, Writing Studies |
We are building a greater Minnesota, together.
Visit University of Minnesota locations throughout the State Fair. Scan the QR code at each stop to check in. If you visit five locations you’ll be entered into a prize drawing for athletics tickets, museum passes, gift cards and more!
