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Brief is the official University of Minnesota news digest for faculty and staff statewide. Publication is every Wednesday during the academic terms. The deadline for submissions is at noon on the Friday before the date of publication. Contact the Brief editor.

Brief

• Brief (11-18-2009)

  Topics include: Board of Regents Nov. 12-13 meeting highlights; Features; People; more.

• Brief (11-11-2009)

  Topics include: The Board of Regents will meet Nov. 12-13; Features; People; more.

• Brief (11-4-2009)

  Topics include: Open Enrollment is online through Nov. 30; People; Features; more.

• Brief (10-28-2009)

  Topics include: The business of the University is the welfare of the state; Mapping the bottom of the world; People; more.

• Brief (10-21-2009)

  Topics include: U of M among three winners of new federal wind energy grant; People; Features; more.

• Brief (10-14-2009)

  Topics include: Board of Regents hears the report of the Financing the Future Task Force, acts on the 2010 state capital request, and more; People; more.

• Brief (10-7-2009)

  Topics include: Board of Regents will act on the 2010 state capital request this week; People; Features; more.

• Brief (9-30-2009)

  Topics include: Earth on the edge; People; more.

• Brief (9-23-2009)

  Topics include: U takes action to protect research along the Central Corridor LRT line; People; more.

• Brief (9-16-2009)

  Topics include: Board of Regents September meeting; September Federal Relations Report; People; more.

• Brief (9-2-2009)

  Topics include: H1N1 and the fall flu season have the potential to bring some unusual challenges; People; more.

• Brief (8-19-2009)

  Topics include: Teaching with technology; People; more.

• Brief (8-5-2009)

  Topics include: Search committee for vice provost and dean of graduate education encourages applications; People; more.

• Brief (7-22-2009)

  Topics include: The Imagine Fund: a stimulus package for the mind; People; more.

• Brief (7-8-2009)

  Topics include: The president's report on changes to graduate and professional education is available; Provost Sullivan has appointed a search committee for the new vice provost and dean of graduate education; the Board of Regents July meeting takes place July 8; People; more.

• Brief (6-24-2009)

  Topics include: Board of Regents will hold a June 24 meeting to act on operating budget; Feature story: Design for the other 100 percent; Feature story: Things to do at the U this summer; People; more.

• Brief (6-10-2009)

  Topics include: The Board of Regents June meeting takes place this week; Board of Regents will hold a public forum on the U budget; Feature story: "Romancing the U"; People; more.

• Brief (5-20-2009)

  Topics include: State legislative update; May federal relations report; People; more.

• Brief (5-13-2009)

  Topics include: Board of Regents May meeting highlights; The state legislature is set to adjourn, but much of the budget still needs resolution; People; and more.

• Brief (5-6-2009)

  Topics include: Cancer therapy research at the U is showing the cancer-killing prowess of human immune cells; Updates on H1N1 influenza continue to be posted to the Emergency Preparedness Web site; People; more.

• Brief (4-29-2009)

  Topics include: Both the House and Senate have passed their respective bills off the floor; the University is committed to providing up-to-date information on swine flu and its impacts; People; more.

• Brief (4-22-2009)

  Topics include: The House Higher Education biennial budget bill passed through the committee process and a floor vote is expected this week; thirty-five U employees have been recognized for ideas submitted at February's Quality Fair; People; more.

• Brief (4-15-2009)

  Topics include: As it borrows for capital projects, the U will save money using a new financial tool; Open forums to discuss U sustainability goals; People; more.

• Brief (4-8-2009)

  Topics include: Flexible work arrangements are becoming more common at the U; State legislative update: The House released their 2009 capital investment bill; People; more.

• Brief (4-1-2009)

  Topics include: State legislative summary highlights a broad agenda; People; more.

Brief is sent to U employees statewide. Others may subscribe.

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2009 Publication Dates

Weekly on most Wednesdays during academic terms. Published every other week during the summer.

The deadline for submissions is always at noon on the Friday before publication.

Contact the Brief editor.

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