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Rae Peter with Minnesota Voice pauses for a portrait while door knocking a neighborhood in Winona

Can Winona County turn around its lagging voter turnout? These people are working to do that

Several groups in the community are trying to remedy low voter turnout in Winona County. Associate professor Dan Myers says social ties make people likelier to vote.

A close picture of a bookshelf holding several copies of books titled: "Beginning Dakota," "550 Dakota Verbs," "An English-Dakota Dictionary," and "Dakota Grammar" respectively.

U of M Starts First and Only Dakota Language Major

CLA offers the only four-year Dakota language major. What goes into the major, and what could it mean looking forward?

The importance of lyrics and sound in music

Sumanth Gopinath, an associate professor in the School of Music, is quoted in this story.

Person seen from back carrying two bags and walking in weedy field with evergreen trees in distance and blue sky and lake

Medievalist on a 21st-Century Pilgrimage

English major Leo Dannersmith took advantage of the U’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program to hike the Superior Hiking Trail using 14th-century gear.

Richard Landers Named Editor of Technology, Mind, and Behavior

Congratulations to Richard Landers on being named the Incoming Editor of APA’s Technology, Mind, and Behavior journal.

Psychology Faculty and Students Present at the Computational Psychiatry Conference

Psychology students and faculty presented their research at the Computational Psychiatry Conference.

Psychology Undergraduates Participate in Pathways to Graduate School: Summer Research Program

Psychology undergraduates partook in a 10-week summer program working on research with a faculty mentor.

Tikki Brown Appointed Head of the Department of Children, Youth, and Families

Congratulations to psychology alum Tikki Brown on the appointment to the newly developed Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families.

Ukraine's High Ground in Russia

Professor Tanisha Fazal discusses international norms in the Christian Science Monitor.

Rachel Croson, a white woman wearing a black blazer, stands on a stage

Provost Croson to select academic freedom review committee

CLA faculty Michael Gallope and William Jones speak to the Minnesota Daily about the decision to appoint Croson after a "no-confidence" vote from faculty governance.