Picking a good apple
(10/22/2008) Scientists at the Horticultural Research Center are constantly out in the U's apple orchards and taste testing dozens of apples to find the next Honeycrisp or Haralson. Here, David Bedford offers some tips on picking the great from the so-so.

Giving voice to voters
(10/8/2008) The "My Voice, My Vote" program, created by the U's Institute on Community Integration, has launched a new Web site to help motivate and teach young adults with disabilities about voting and ways to participate in the political process.

Mining the census data
(9/3/2008) This year, four people have been elevated to Regents Professor, the highest faculty rank at the University. They include historian Steven Ruggles, whose most important contributions have focused on the transformation of the American family over the past 150 years.

Discovering by doing
(8/20/2008) The University of Minnesota Extension's 4-H offers out-of-school educational programs that encourage learning and community engagement. Last year 113,000 youth took part in 4-H.

Freedom School students visit Twin Cities campus
(7/23/2008) For a second year, the University of Minnesota's Konopka Institute for Best Practices in Adolescent Health has partnered with Kwanzaa Church and the Nia Imani Youth Development Center in north Minneapolis to bring students from the Kwanzaa Freedom School to the University of Minnesota campus.