Years of research on a big idea summed up in three minutes and one slide. CLA’s graduate students were put to the test at the College’s debut in the University of Minnesota’s 3-Minute Thesis Competition. This year’s winner for the College discusses her success and what it took to get there.

Hui (Max) Bai, graduate student in social psychology at the University of Minnesota recently published an article which is discussed by Minnesota Daily. In the Minnesota Daily piece titled “What factors into far-right extremism? A UMN researcher wanted to find out” Bai explains his research measuring Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) and racial identity to determine factors for far-right extremism. Bai’s adviser Christopher Federico, PhD, professor in political psychology is also quoted.

Dr. Richard Lee from the Department of Psychology discusses Korean adoptees, race, and identity on TPT's Almanac at 29 minutes into the program.

Ali Oosterhuis chose a learning abroad program in Ecuador that she knew would challenge her—and it paid off. “No other experience will teach you so much about the vast diversity that exists in the world,” she says.

Throughout many science communities, there is a growing call for the results of important research to be reproduced to verify the validity of earlier studies. Within the Department of Psychology, Professor Andrew Oxenham is conducting a multi-site reproducibility study on the effects of musical training on the perception and neural coding of speech.

Stories can connect us, but some stories can be used as tools of suppression. Graduate student Jill Fish is empowering other members of Minnesota’s Native communities to give voice to their own strength.

On the surface, Minnesota stacks up as one of the healthiest states in the US on average. But it’s also home to some of the nation’s biggest racial and ethnic disparities. Richard Lee and his team of collaborators aim to reduce this gap by focusing on the wellbeing of some of Minnesota’s youngest residents.

“It’s like playing tennis without a net. You always win,” says statistics professor Charles Geyer about conducting unethical research. Discover how Geyer and other professors at the University of Minnesota mobilize the open science movement to inspire appropriate research practices.

Psychology professor Nathan Kuncel discusses whether SAT and ACT tests accurately predict college success on "AirTalk".