University of Minnesota

A century of healing

As its centennial year draws to a close, the School of Nursing looks back at how 100 years of tradition, faculty, and alumni have inspired its present-day commitment to educating nurses as leaders in improving health and healthcare worldwide.

U part of pandemic team

Thanks to a new cooperative funding agreement, experts from the University of Minnesota will soon be on the frontlines working to help developing countries respond to emerging animal diseases that pose a threat to human health.

Into Africa

Larisa Garski (BA '09) studied abroad spring 2008 in Senegal, West Africa. She went, in her words, "to learn, to grow, and to be a positive part of the lives that I touched there and to let the people there be a positive part of mine."

Just lives

Going to a war-torn nation to face war criminals, gangsters, and corrupt officials isn't everyone's idea of professional development--but for 2007 Master of Liberal Studies graduate and Ramsey County District Court judge Edward Wilson, it was an opportunity to study international law first hand.

2009 H1N1 Flu

The U is committed to the health and safety of its students, faculty, and staff. On its H1N1 flu information page, you can monitor events as they develop and find timely information.