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Today's News: Wednesday, June 19, 2013

June 19, 2013

Current global food production trajectory won't meet 2050 needs

June 19, 2013

Crop yields worldwide are not increasing quickly enough to support estimated global needs in 2050, according to a study published June 19 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by research associate Deepak Ray and colleagues from the Institute on the Environment (IonE) at the University of Minnesota. Learn more >

New Bell Museum Exhibit Highlights UMN Research that Reveals Hidden Diversity in Caucasus Mountains

June 19, 2013

This summer, the Bell Museum of Natural History at the University of Minnesota is speaking in code. DNA, to be exact, and what that code is revealing to scientists in the Caucasus Mountains is the subject of the museum’s latest exhibit, Birds & DNA: Biodiversity and Mountain Islands. Learn more >

Support for spatial research

June 18, 2013

The U of M has embarked on a visionary endeavor, called U-Spatial, to develop a network in support of Geographical Information Sciences research across the University. Learn more >

Today's News Weekend Edition: Monday, June 17, 2013

June 17, 2013

He thought on his feet

June 14, 2013

A surgical procedure, invented by a U doctor during an operation and based on simple biomechanics, has helped children like Donovan Bohn grow an esophagus. Learn more >

Today's News: Friday, June 14, 2013

June 14, 2013

Mixed ability classes raise average achievement and reduce inequality

June 14, 2013

School children aged 6 and 7 who are randomly assigned to classmates with higher levels of prior achievement learn substantially more by the end of the year than those who are randomly assigned to peers with lower levels of prior achievement. That is the central finding of new research from the University of Minnesota published in the latest issue of the Economic Journal. Learn more >