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Weekend Edition: Monday, June 29, 2009
Showboat production is stunning and silly
Visually stunning and constantly silly... That’s how I’d describe this year’s University of Minnesota Showboat production.
Hometown Source
http://hometownsource.com/index.php?option=
com_content&task=view&id=9670&Itemid=1
Risk-taking teens studied
It is generally thought that teens take risks because they think they're invincible... but a new University of Minnesota study suggests otherwise.
KARE - TV
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email&video=true&random_string=5b39ca6d76737d3f0bab8381212c5a1d
(This story appeared on approximately 30 news outlets across the country)
History at pride festival
The Twin Cities pride festival observed a little history during its celebration... A giant rainbow flag they used for the past 10 years was decommissioned and will be given to the University of Minnesota.
WCCO - TV
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email&video=true&random_string=c5ba7ae9284462daf908b77eda764638
In-depth effort to understand Lake Superior
A researcher at the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Large Lakes Observatory is involved in perhaps the most in-depth effort to understand the inner workings of Lake Superior.
KQDS - TV
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Mounted patrol graduation ceremony
Four St. Paul police officers and one University of Minnesota police officer have completed their training.
WCCO - TV
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Financial stress on the farm
The probability that Minnesota producers will experience financial stress in the next three years is high or very high. That's the findings of a study by the Center for Farm Financial Management at the University of Minnesota.
KXJB - TV
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Study finds surprising number of teens think they'll die young, leading to risky behavior
A surprising number of teenagers — nearly 15 percent — think they're going to die young, leading many to drug use, suicide attempts and other unsafe behavior, new research suggests... Instead, a sizable number of teens may take chances "because they feel hopeless and figure that not much is at stake," said study author Dr. Iris Borowsky, a researcher at the University of Minnesota.
Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation
/wire/sns-ap-us-med-fatalistic-teens,1,7522069.story
Why at-risk kids engage in high-risk behavior
A new study by the University of Minnesota shows that kids who believe they are going to die young often engage in the very behavior that can lead to an early death... "That's more than one in seven youth in this country who look into the future, and don't see a long and winding road ahead of them," said Dr. Iris Borowsky, lead author of the U of M study.
Minnesota Public Radio
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/06/26/teendeaths/
Jobs Travel to Liver Transplant Mecca Shows Organ System Flaws
Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.’s chief executive officer, got a liver transplant quickly because of a U.S. system that favors patients with the means to rush to geographic areas where there is less competition for organs... Such patients often have fairly good liver function, and therefore, low transplant MELD scores, said John Lake, director of liver transplantation at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=au6imqRi7UHE
New Creative Order Emerges in Minneapolis
If you haven't visited the creative-advertising hamlet of Minneapolis in recent years, you might not recognize it... "If it isn't completely reordered, it's close," said Howard Liszt, a former CEO of Campbell Mithun who teaches advertising at the University of Minnesota's business school.
Advertising Age
http://adage.com/agencynews/article?article_id=137612
One-two punch hits housing market
A second wave of foreclosures is washing over a Twin Cities housing market that's still dealing with the first surge — a round of foreclosures that swamped thousands of troubled borrowers while sinking values for homeowners across the region... This time around, improvements in loan modification efforts or a rebound in the economy could keep a significant number of struggling borrowers in their homes, said Prentiss Cox, a law professor at the University of Minnesota who studies the housing market.
Pioneer Press
http://www.twincities.com/ci_12701649
Pay Dirt: It never hurts to ask
The next time you're out shopping and want to pay less for an item, go ahead and ask... But it's more than the economy, said George John, director of the marketing department at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/yourmoney/49236452.html?elr=
KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUsX
Ramstad considering run for governor
Former Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad said today he's considering a run for governor in 2010... "It would definitely shake up the race," said Kathryn Pearson, a political science professor at the University of Minnesota.
Minnesota Public Radio
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/06/26/ramstad_gov/
Nanotechnology: Revolution and pollution
The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) waxes futuristic on its Web site when describing nanotechnology, calling it "the next industrial revolution."... Nanotechnology uses tools like atomic force microscopes to visualize and manipulate matter and produce materials at the atomic and molecular scales, according to Jennifer Kuzma, an associate professor at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
The Bloomington Alternative
http://www.bloomingtonalternative.com/articles/2009/06/28/10025
These grads shun Wall Street, opt instead for teaching jobs
Amherst College President Anthony Marx spent six years at the school extolling public service and teaching... Students have stepped up their activism in the last decade, energized by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Obama's candidacy, said Andrew Furco, an associate professor of educational policy and administration at the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis.
Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20090628/BUSINESS07/906280411/1020/
These+grads+shun+Wall+Street++opt+instead+for+teaching+jobs
Researcher gathers information from deep in Lake Superior
A researcher at the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Large Lakes Observatory is involved in perhaps the most extensive effort ever to understand the inner workings of Lake Superior... Helped by a three–year, $1 million National Science Foundation grant, Jay Austin and his colleagues recently deployed more than 100 scientific instruments at seven locations around the lake, joining a surface buoy deployed near Duluth last year.
Duluth News Tribune
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/123984/
Critics say 'mild' a misleading term for H1N1
Officialdom's mantra about swine flu -- "it is overwhelmingly mild" -- might seem incongruous if we knew the number of children, teens and young adults in ICU beds right now alive only because a breathing machine has taken over for their ravaged lungs... "If this is as bad as it's going to get, this is still not going to be a cakewalk," says Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Diseases Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
CTV Canada
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews
/20090628/mild_h1n1_090628/20090628?hub=Health
Breaking up – for the kids' sake
When Jon and Kate Gosselin filed for divorce, they challenged the notion that their eight children would be better off if they stayed married... Dr. Musick and co-author Ann Meier of the University of Minnesota evaluated the level of conflict in married couples with kids aged 10 to 18 and then looked at how those kids fared from their teens through to their early 30s.
The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/breaking-up-for-the-kids-sake/article1200023/
Starvation can lead to longer life
A new University of Minnesota study has shown that environmental cues control reproductive timing and longevity.
Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/More-Lifestyle-Stories/
Starvation-can-lead-to-longer-life-/articleshow/4706688.cms
Vitality Project: Ask the Expert
One of the main reasons Americans have such a large problem with obesity is because they move through life so quickly, said Leslie Lytle, a professor with the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
Albert Lea Tribune
http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/jun/26/vitality-project-ask-expert/
Prevention prudent dealing with flu
Four years ago, I worked with hospital ethics committee representatives and emergency planners in the Midwest to develop guidelines for allocating ventilators in case of an outbreak of avian flu... Lawrence Altman's piece in the June 9 New York Times cites University of Minnesota infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm who describes the sufficient condition for a pandemic: a "new or novel agent emerging with worldwide transmission."
Times Union
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=814732&category=OPINION
Health Talk & You: Natural remedies ease summertime skin irritations
Sun-filled days and warm nights beckon us to linger over iced coffee, barbeques and fishing holes... Dennis McKenna, Ph.D., is an ethnopharmacologist and specializes in the therapeutic applications of plants and natural products. This column is an educational service of the University of Minnesota.
KQDS
http://fox21online.com/news/health-talk-you-natural-remedies-ease-summertime-skin-irritations
Network Your Way to the USA: Join the Network of Yemeni Scholars
A number of Yemeni exchange participants have provided us with useful advice and guidance about how to be a successful exchange participant and how to prepare applications for scholarships and interviews... Waleed Mahdi, a doctoral student and MacArthur Fellow at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities who first traveled to the U.S. on a Fulbright Foreign Student Scholarship, has started his own networking website to help link Yemeni students and scholars studying outside of Yemen.
Yemen Observer
http://www.yobserver.com/culture-and-society/10016736.html
Girls of Summer still making an impact
At a Women's Sports Foundation meeting five years ago the conversation turned to perhaps female athletics' greatest triumph, the 1999 Women's World Cup... "I think it was a pivotal moment, an iconic moment like Billie Jean King, one of those iconic moments where you look back and see as a turning point where the question becomes not 'Should we play sports' but 'What should that participation look like?" said Mary Jo Kane, director of the University of Minnesota's Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sports.
Orange County Register
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/women-tournament-sports-2476105-soccer-one
‘High School Musical’ comes to Theatre in the Park
“High School Musical,” the stage version of an Emmy Award-winning television movie that showcases the talents of 65 area high school students, opened Friday at The Theatre in the Park... Thurman plans to study marketing this fall at the University of Minnesota on an academic scholarship.
Kansas City Star
http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/leawood/story/1282666.html
An Erie Odyssey - part 2
The Port of Cleveland has seen better days... Linda Wires, a research fellow at the University of Minnesota, argues the birds are native to the region and should not be touched, pointing out they occupy only 3% of the islands in the Great Lakes.
The Niagara Falls Review
http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1632678
Calcium supplements, dairy or fruit and vegetables for children and adolescents?
Are our children and teens getting adequate calcium for bone development that lasts long into adulthood?... Dr. Larson, University of Minnesota, Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2009, 41 (4):254, showed that 72% adolescent females and 55% males sampled had insufficient calcium intake.
Minneapolis Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/x-14183-Madison-Childrens-Health-Examiner~y2009m6d26-
Calcium-supplements-dairy-or-fruit-and-vegetables-for-children-and-adolescents
Paul Bunyan Playhouse: Twin Cities actor to perform one-man show
Ari Hoptman guarantees that he will pay half the parking if you don’t like his show, and that’s quite a deal for him in Bemidji... A faculty member at the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities, Hoptman teaches three German courses a semester and in his off-time is an actor and stand-up comedian.
The Bemidji Pioneer
http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/event/article/id/24985/group/home/
Iran’s Ongoing Revolution
Iran’s most visible leaders, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Spiritual Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamene’i are on the brink of losing their respective offices in the wake of the controversial presidential election in Iran June 12... William O. Beeman is professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota.
New American Media
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=e14748fc752c2d6ebb2ede41ff9a9cad
Get A Bountiful Garden Now
You don’t need chemicals or a lot of elbow grease to grow a lush vegetable garden... A 2006 study of weeds and vegetable growth showed there was a significant benefit to keeping areas weed-free for the first four to six weeks, according to Jeff Gillman, associate professor of horticultural sciences at the University of Minnesota.
Parade Magazine
http://www.parade.com/health/2009/06/bountiful-garden.html
Concordia changes design for School of Pharmacy
Concordia University of Wisconsin recently received a $100,000 donation from the Frank G. and Frieda K. Brotz family foundation of Sheboygan, and a $50,000 donation from the Ruth St. John and John Dunham West Foundation of Manitowoc for development of a School of Pharmacy building... Dr. Michael Brown, associate professor of pharmaceutical care and director of the pharmaceutical care learning center at the University Of Minnesota College Of Pharmacy has also joined as chairman of the department of pharmacy practice, and Dr. Mitchell Barnett has been hired as the director of assessment and assistant professor of pharmacy practice.
Biz Times
http://www.biztimes.com/news/2009/6/26/scaling-back
Bush DOJ Hunted for Democrats, Panel Finds
The Department of Justice under the George W. Bush administration took off the blindfold and aimed the sites of prosecution on Democratic officials, a panel of experts has concluded... During a press conference at the National Press Club, Project Save Justice Executive Director Gail Sistrunk displayed a report by professors Donald Shields and John Cragan of the University of Minnesota that shows 85 percent of the indicted locally elected officials under the Bush administration were Democrats.
Courthouse News Service
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/06/26/Bush_DOJ_Hunted_for_Democrats_Panel_Finds.htm
Years of work pay off for horseshoe finders
According to Kaitlyn Meyers, her mother was the most obsessed one in the family when it came to searching for the 2009 Dan Patch Days horseshoe... Eldest son Tony, 20, who is a student at the University of Minnesota, participated in the search when he was home and his father said he pretty much acted disinterested.
Savage Pacer
http://www.savagepacer.com/news/dan-patch-days/
years-work-pay-horseshoe-finders-106
UMD professor’s book already a winner
A yet-to-be-published book by a University of Minnesota Duluth professor has already won an award… Linda LeGarde Grover’s new collection of fictional prose, “The Road Back to Sweetgrass,” is the winner of the 2008 First Book Awards competition in prose from the Native Writers’ Circle of the Americas.
Duluth News Tribune
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/123933/
Minor age, major talent
Four musicians are packing houses with admiring audiences as they blend jazz, rock and funk with musical talent that goes far beyond their age... Keyboard player Bobby Homan, 18, and bass player Dan Rosenbush, 18, will enroll at the University of Minnesota this fall.
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/local/south/49286622.html?elr=
KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
Runner wins festival's 5K for grandpa
Before Patrick Fitzgerald could celebrate his grandfather John James' 75th birthday on Saturday evening, he and nine other of his relatives had one mission to accomplish in the morning: "We had to run and win for grandpa," Fitzgerald said... Second-place women's finisher Nina Jarnot is just beginning her competitive running career. "I'm really proud to finish that high," the University of Minnesota Morris student said.
St. Cloud Times
http://www.sctimes.com/article/20090628/SPORTS/
106280018/1002/Runner-wins-festival-s-5K-for-grandpa
U study: Teens who think they'll die young live fast
They used to say that teenagers think they're immortal, and that's why they do such dangerous things... Now, a University of Minnesota study has found that a surprising number of teenagers believe they're going to die young -- and that may be why they're so reckless.
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/49391527.html?elr=
KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aU2EkP7K_t:aDyaEP:kD:aUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
U mag wants your fiction for contest
If you have any connection with the University of Minnesota -- practically any connection at all -- and like to write, you might qualify to enter the fiction contest sponsored by the university's alumni magazine.
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/49118917.html
?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aU1ccmiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
Wish list: New home for Saints
The St. Paul Saints are in the game, but it could be several months -- or even years -- before they know if they will be able to score a new ballpark... The Saints tried to partner with the University of Minnesota to renovate Midway, but the U decided to stay on campus.
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/49278912.html?page=1&c=y
Biotech minds converge; discussion includes Hormel Institute
There's a palpable sense of excitement in the Minnesota research community... It also has the headquarters of the Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics, a collaboration between the state, Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota.
Austin Post-Bulletin
http://news.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/
templates/localnews_story.asp?z=28&a=405740
GAC No. 9 on grad rate list
Chalk up another national ranking for Gustavus Adolphus College... The University of Minnesota topped all public four-year schools in the state with a rate of 63 percent.
Mankato Free Press
http://www.mankatofreepress.com/local/local_story_180000000.html
U of M Extension celebrates 100 years with special 4-H project
University of Minnesota Extension is celebrating 100 years of providing Minnesotans with access to practical, research-based information to help improve their lives.
Hutchinson Leader
http://www.hutchinsonleader.com/u-m-extension-
celebrates-100-years-special-4-h-project-106
Workshop to focus on biodiesel, bioenergy crops
A one-day workshop on small-scale biodiesel and bioenergy crop options, “Getting Juiced, Sustainably,” will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 8 in Minneapolis... The workshop, sponsored by North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture and Research Education, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, University of Minnesota Extension and Rural Advantage, will include a panel discussion on community renewable and sustainable energy projects, as well as a tour of the “renewable energy garden.”
Saint Paul Legal Ledger
http://legal-ledger.com/item.cfm?recID=11948
Taking Young Minds Up, Up and Away
How’s this for sweet: Spend a week building rockets that can be fired hundreds of feet into the air at high speeds, and not only are the adults not mad, they applaud your efforts... Camp Alpha is sponsored by Morris Area Community Education and the University of Minnesota, Morris.
Morris Sun Tribune
http://www.morrissuntribune.com/articles/index.cfm?id=17893§ion=news
Summer's growth spurts
Some kids this summer may develop green thumbs, but all will get their hands dirty in a free educational opportunity through the University of Minnesota and 4-H.
Austin Daily Herald
http://www.austindailyherald.com/news/2009/jun/26/summers-growth-spurts/
New law changes forms used for Farmer-Lender Mediation
The Minnesota Legislature has renewed the Farmer-Lender Mediation program for another four years and also updated the forms lenders use to request mediation... The sample letters and a packet of information about the state statute is part of the University of Minnesota Extension website www.extension.umn.edu and can be accessed at http://www.extension.umn.edu/Community/Mediation.
Hutchinson Leader
http://www.hutchinsonleader.com/new-law-changes-
forms-used-farmer-lender-mediation-106
Banded at Boswell: Peregrine falcon chicks at power plant receive ID bands
Three peregrine falcon chicks born last month at Minnesota Power’s Boswell Energy Center were banded last Thursday, June 18 at the Cohasset plant... The bands signify the birds are from the Midwest and also allows them to be identified and entered into a University of Minnesota research database.
Grand Rapids Herald-Review
http://www.grandrapidsmn.com/articles/2009/06/27/
business/doc4a452f1e7a980911817445.txt
Bell Museum provides family activities with a nature's view
The Bell Museum located on the University of Minnesota campus, is the perfect place for families to learn about the natural world.
Minneapolis Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/x-7143-Minneapolis-Family-Activities-Examiner
~y2009m6d26-Bell-Museum-provides-family-activities-with-a-natures-view
As Arenas Sprout, a Scramble to Keep Them Filled
In the inaugural season for the new ballparks for the New York Yankees and Mets, the teams have been embarrassed by television shots showing vast areas of premium seats going unsold... Both sites are losing money, and they must also compete with the University of Minnesota, which has two arenas.
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/nyregion/29arenas.html?_
r=1&scp=1&sq=university%20of%20minnesota&st=cse
It's tough to make big bucks with tiny technology
If Minnesota is ever to embrace nanotechnology, the state's top research university would seem like a good place to start... The University of Minnesota boasts lots of impressive-sounding programs: Center for Nanostructure Applications, NanoBiotechnology Initiative, Nanofabrication Center, and Nano & Microsystems Applications Center.
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/business/49287032.html?elr=
KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ
Strides made in hemophilia research
Researchers studying the bleeding disease hemophilia in mice have increased the rodents' ability to produce a crucial blood-clotting protein, a new study says... The study by researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis is in the June issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Tehran Times
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=197737
Armenians started using the word ‘genocide’ in 1945, Khatchig Mouradian shows
In a telling scene – in the most literal sense – of Peter Balakian's Black Dog of Fate, Aunt Gladys finally breaks decades of family silence about 1915, revealing that her mother, Balakian's grandmother Nafina, addressed the Armenian General Benevolent Union at the 25th anniversary commemoration... The Armenians' struggle to grasp and name the catastrophe that had befallen them; their adoption, as early as 1945, of this new word, genocide; and the recent appropriation of an older term, Medz Yeghern, by world leaders and Turkish apologizers, were the topics of a groundbreaking presentation by Khachador (Khatchig) Mouradian at the University of Minnesota on June 17.
The Armenian Reporter
http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2009-06-26-armenians-started-
using-the-word--genocide--in-1945-khatchig-mouradian-shows
Truth or just blowing smoke?
Academics backed by advocacy groups see the world differently than business interests do... Researchers from the University of Minnesota and Ohio State University recently conducted a study to determine whether various no-smoking regulations had an effect on hospitality-industry employment.
Business Management Daily
http://www.businessmanagementdaily.com/articles/19258/1/Truth-or-just-blowing-smoke/Page1.html#
Greenwich wraps up tennis tournament
Tennis for a good cause was the theme again at Greenwich High School Saturday, as the inaugural Greenwich Tennis Tournament resumed after a week hiatus... Through numerous fundraisers throughout the nation, the University of Minnesota (which is where the money goes to) has become one of the world's premier pediatric cancer facilities.
Greenwich Time
http://www.greenwichtime.com/sports/ci_12706180
Stick with 6 campuses, regents say
South Dakota students attending a public university in the state typically don't stray far from home, a new Board of Regents analysis shows... But if the state were to close one of the six public schools, more students would cross the borders to nearby schools such as the University of Minnesota, the University of Nebraska, the University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University, regents officials say.
Argus Leader
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20090628/NEWS/906280309/1001
Charles Schulz, M.D.: Docs and drug companies -- manage the relationship, don't destroy it
Much has been written over the past few years about the relationship between doctors and the pharmaceutical industry... Because nothing is more important to me than the reputation of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota Medical School, and I am concerned that the media portrayal of all physician-industry relationships as bad could affect public perception.
Pioneer Press
http://www.twincities.com/ci_12698978?source=most_emailed
Nick Coleman: 'Suds' Sonsalla wishes U had tapped a keg
Don Sonsalla was cutting grass behind his White Bear Lake home Wednesday when a neighbor came running with news he knew Don would want to hear: The University of Minnesota Board of Regents had just voted not to allow beer or alcohol to be sold anywhere in the new football palace the U will open this fall.
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/49235717.html?elr
=KArks7PYDiaK7DUHPYDiaK7DUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
Gail Rosenblum: Doctors kept from doctoring
For most foreign-trained doctors in Minnesota, returning to their profession remains a dream... Nguyagwa was buoyed by news that four foreign medical students living in the Twin Cities have been accepted into residency programs; two at the University of Minnesota and two outside the state.
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/49288107.html?page=1&c=y
Risky Behavior More Likely In Teens Who Believe They'll Die Young
Why do teenagers do drugs, have unsafe sex, or engage in other dangerous behaviors?... University of Minnesota Medical School researchers analyzed data from a national survey of more than 20,000 students in grades 7 through 12 during three separate years, reports EurekAlert.
Jezebel
http://jezebel.com/5303576/risky-behavior-more-
likely-in-teens-who-believe-theyll-die-young
University of Minnesota Still Questioned About Concerns Over Its Human Cloning
A report earlier this month on the accusations of Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life against the University of Minnesota's Stem Cell Institute ("University of Minnesota says stem cell research complaint isn't valid," June 3) badly confuses MCCL's two charges: that the university is pursuing human cloning and that its embryo-destructive research violates Minnesota law.
Life News
http://www.lifenews.com/bio2880.html
The new bond in town
Lost in the ideological battles over fiscal stimulus is one newly authorized program that is already delivering results: Build America Bonds (BABs)... California, the University of Minnesota, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, and the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority have been among the first to issue this new class of municipal bond, which could transform how America finances its 21st-century infrastructure needs.
The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0626/p09s04-coop.html
Save a seat for an atheist
Several years ago, I was a regular patron of the Metro Transit bus system, taking the 5-line from South Minneapolis all the way into downtown... The results of the survey conducted by the University of Minnesota – which involved calling 2000 households (perhaps not the most statistically-significant number, but revealing nonetheless) and asking participants to rank various groups based on sharing their vision of American society – were surprising: atheists were ranked lower than Muslims, recent immigrants and homosexuals.
Minneapolis Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/x-14870-Minneapolis-Atheism-
Examiner~y2009m6d28-Save-a-seat-for-an-atheist