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Announcement of the winners of the Alumni of Notable Achievement Award as well as the Emerging Alumni Award.

Students from CLA's MLK Program participated in multimedia arts project that asked, "How is Dr. King's legacy still relevant today?"

Chicano and Latino Studies Professor Karen Mary Davalos is involved in “Rhizomes of Mexican-American art since 1848,” an exciting virtual portal that houses nearly 20,000…

GES undergraduate James Schueneman learned the importance of being an active citizen through his internship experience with Omaha Public Schools. Internships are a valuable…

An internship with the Ramsey County Public Works allowed GES undergraduate Diana Flores Castillo to use her classroom knowledge of GIS software for real projects. Her…

University student and OIA content creator intern, Anushka, talks about her adjustment to Minnesota, and her goals for the future.

Content creator Parker Jelen reflects on how he ended up attending the University of Minnesota and why being a content creator for the Office of Institutional Advancement will…

Dr. Samantha Anders shares on applicable strategies for addressing mental health crises and ordinary situations.

Congrats to Dr. Nicola Grissom for receiving funding of $29,224 from the National Institute of Health (NIH) - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for her…

Congrats to Dr. Kelly Whiteford for receiving funding of $581,250 from the National Institute of Health (NIH) for National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication…

In October, GWSS, AMES, and IAS collaborated with the AGITATE! journal to launch the North American tour of the film Maadathy: An Unfairy Tale.

Congrats to Dr. Scott Vrieze on receiving funding from Pennsylvania State University for his study, “Methods to maximize the utility of common fund functional genomic data in…

PhD candidate SeungGyeong (Jade) Ji has won the NWSA/UIP First Book Prize.

Tim Johnson discusses the oral arguments before the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization with KARE 11 News.

Professor Kathleen Collins answers questions on the current state of Afghanistan and the country's deep history with the United States.

"Philsan is the epitome of a liberal arts student,” says Professor Timothy R. Johnson. Philsan Isaak has become known to her professors as a top student and leader.

Ashley Sorensen received several competitive fellowships and scholarships that have helped her cultivate her research studying representation in politics, which has led to…

Kjetil Storesletten, an internationally recognized macroeconomist, joined the faculty this fall. He is the inaugural Richard and Beverly Fink Professor in Economics.

Emily Willoughby, PhD, a post-doc in James Lee's lab, is also a paleoartist!

Hear from Dr. Nathan Kuncel on how 'letter of reference' has contributed to inequities accessing higher education and beyond.