A more hopeful future
A company’s gift to the U supports the integration of psychotherapy treatments for adolescents and young adults facing mental illness.
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Stories about the U
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A more hopeful future
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Bicycle messengers
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Rock-a-bye, babies
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Building an artificial pancreas
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Crossing borders
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'Calcium sponge' targets heart failure
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A truly global course
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Ecologist nets top honor
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Adapting to extreme weather
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Better care, learning, and research
Bicycle messengers
Bicycles usually aren’t considered farm implements, but for three alumni from the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, they’ll be a useful tool for promoting farming.
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Rock-a-bye, babies
Karen Kaler (left), wife of President Eric Kaler, and Rebecca Kill, wife of head football coach Jerry Kill, rock babies in the neonatal intensive care unit at University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital every week.
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Building an artificial pancreas
University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic scientists (including the U’s Steven Koester, pictured) are working together to build an artificial pancreas that would eliminate a daily burden for people with type 1 diabetes.
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Crossing borders
U alumna and Grammy award–winning singer Lila Downs grew up in both Minnesota and Mexico. Today, that mixed background infuses and animates Downs' electrifying music.
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'Calcium sponge' targets heart failure
By mopping up excess calcium at just the right instant, a small, modified protein shows promise as a treatment for a common type of heart failure.
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A truly global course
A U of M food systems class has attracted more than 14,000 people from around the world.
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Ecologist nets top honor
Sarah Hobbie, whose studies of carbon and nutrient cycling have revealed hidden complexities, is elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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Adapting to extreme weather
Last year’s heat and drought and this year’s belated spring have added extra stress to lawns and trees across the state. University of Minnesota Extension experts are here to help.
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Better care, learning, and research
The U has entered an agreement to enhance its working relationship with Fairview Health Services and University of Minnesota Physicians (UMP) on the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview campus and in service lines managed by UMP.
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For students and their families, paying for college is increasingly complicated and often extremely difficult.
Superhero Day
Patients and families at Amplatz Children’s Hospital joined with local celebrities to celebrate real-life superheroes on March 28, 2013. See a slideshow from Superhero Day 2013 and check out our superhero stories.
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