http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories.php National Stories RSS http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/saferoads_vid.php Multimedia: www.saferoadmaps.org allows users to search their routes and see where fatal car accidents are happening near them. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/visionease.php The University of Minnesota and local company Vision-Ease have joined together to create leading products in the bifocal industry. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/economic_summit_vid.php As a result of the 2008 economic summit held in Minneapolis last week, the Big Ten provosts have made a commitment to working together to make the Midwest’s economy more competitive. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/leo_obit.php The entire University of Minnesota community was saddened today to learn of the death of Leo Hurwicz. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/economic_summit.php University leaders, leaders of regional banks, chief executive officers, government leaders, economists, researchers and professors will come together to find ways to break down barriers that prevent them from effectively working together to build a vital Midwest economy. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/economic_summit.php University leaders, leaders of regional banks, chief executive officers, government leaders, economists, researchers and professors will come together to find ways to break down barriers that prevent them from effectively working together to build a vital Midwest economy. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/social_network.php A University of Minnesota researcher has discovered that there are educational benefits to teens using social networing sites, such as Myspace and Facebook. The study also revealed that students of all income brackets are using the sites, challenging the concept of the "digital divide." http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/gecko.php In conjunction with Villanova University, U of M researchers have discovered a new family of gecko that may have implications for technology and the environment. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/evolution_conference.php More than 1,400 of the world's top experts on evolution will gather in Minnesota June 20 through 24 for "Evolution 2008," the world's largest annual gathering of evolutionary biologists. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/exit_exam.php A study co-authored by the U of M has found that state high school exams not only harm those who fail, but provide no benefit to those who pass. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/tucker_multimedia.php U of M study says more girls are in sports, but still aren't getting enough physical activity for the maximum health benefits. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/tucker_report.php U of M study says more girls are in sports, but still aren't getting enough physical activity for the maximum health benefits. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/masons.php The largest gift ever to the U of M brings total giving from Masons to $100 million. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/QandA.php University of Minnesota researchers have found that certain factors determine the value of Q and A sites. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/morris_testify.php Chancellor Jacquie Johnson will be one of three university leaders to discuss their green efforts. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/TCF_bricklaying.php 100-year-old Hilding Mortenson worked on original Memorial Stadium and will place the first brick. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/rapson_obit.php Ralph Rapson, celebrated architect and Head of the School of Architecture at the University of Minnesota for 30 years, died at his home on Saturday. He was 93. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/apple.php The University of Minnesota has announced that the apple formerly known as MN-447 is now named, Frostbite. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/electricwaste.php University of Minnesota researchers have discovered a new way for converting waste to electricity which solves a fundamental biological puzzle. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/bridgemodel_vid.php University of Minnesota junior Rachel Gaulke has built a replica model of the collapsed I-35W bridge to be presented to the NTSB. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/stadiumtour.php Opening day of TCF Bank Stadium is 583 days away, but the University of Minnesota’s athletics department is providing a sneak preview to the public today. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/freewill.php University of Minnesota research Kathleen Vohs has found that people who believe in free will are more likely to do the right thing than people who do not. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/ruraldrivers.php Multimedia: A new University of Minnesota study says drivers in rural areas are not as cautious and don't practice safe driving as frequently as their urban counterparts. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/lawdean.php David Wippman has been selected as the new dean of the University of Minnesota Law School. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/materialism.php A University of Minnesota researcher has found a direct relationship between the self-esteem of certain age groups and materialism. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/seatbelt.php University of Minnesota researchers have discovered that states that don't enforce primary seat belt laws will see more traffic fatalities during Thanksgiving holiday driving. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/boyntonsurvey.php A report released by the University of Minnesota Boynton Health Service today is the state's first ever study to take a comprehensive look at the health of college and university students. It examines everything from mental health and obesity to financial health and sexual health. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/aphid.php U of M scientists are field testing a beneficial insect, a stingless wasp from China also known as Binodoxys communis, that kills soybean aphids. A successful field test would be a major breakthrough in controlling a damaging crop pest. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/newsservice/StadiumVideo.htm The U of M kicked off construction of the new TCF Bank Stadium July 11. President Robert Bruininks, coach Tim Brewster and other officials were on hand to give a tour of the future home of the Golden Gophers. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/investors.php Although it seems counterintuitive to predict increasing fraud in a healthy, booming economic market, a new theoretical paper just published in the July issue of The Review of Financial Studies explores that scenario and identifies other key factors that contribute to the probability of fraud in different market and business cycles. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/rural_roads.php Just in time for the most dangerous days of the year to drive - July 3 and 4 - the national Center for Excellence in Rural Safety (CERS) at the University of Minnesota today released a list of the states where Americans are more likely to die in a traffic crash on a rural road. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/happy_talk.php According to a new study by researchers in the U of M's sociology department, Americans are generally positive -- even optimistic -- about the word 'diversity,' but when asked, even those working in the field of race relations have trouble describing diversity's value and stumble when giving real life examples. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/animal_study.php A first-ever, nationwide study to measure amounts of various airborne substances emitted from livestock facilities, including poultry, dairy and swine operations, is underway at a western Wisconsin dairy farm. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/louismendoza.php From July through December 2007, Louis Mendoza, chair of the U of M's department of Chicano studies, will bicycle around the perimeter of the U.S. to study immigration. His journey will cover 34 states, plus Canada and Mexico. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/advertising-award.php The SJMC team beat out 170 regional winners in what is known in the industry as the "World Series" of advertising. It is the fifth time in the past six years the university's Murphy Hall team advanced to national competition after placing among the top winners regionally, including first place finishes the last two years. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/books-google.php The U of M, along with the 11 other leading Midwest universities in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), have entered into a ground-breaking collective agreement with Google to digitize up to 10 million bound volumes, nearly doubling the number of universities participating in the Google Books Library Project. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/lakesuperior2.php Nitrate levels in Lake Superior, which have been rising steadily over the past century, are about 2.7 percent of the way toward making the water unsafe to drink, according to a new study by University of Minnesota researchers. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/teenmentalhealth.php For a decade, the legislative push for "abstinence only" sex education has suggested that nonmarital sex negatively affects a teen's mental health. But a new study shows... http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/percentages.php People deal with percentages every day: the performance of a stock portfolio, a sale at the department store, or the performance of a new hybrid car, are all often expressed as percent changes. As an everyday occurrence, calculating percentages should be second nature to the average person. "Not so," says Akshay Rao. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/collegebowl.php The University of Minnesota won the College Bowl National Championship in Los Angeles this past weekend defeating the home team, the University of Southern California in higher education's competitive game of knowledge and quick wit. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/spiderman.php Spider-Man 3 opens nationwide Friday, and if it comes close to matching the Asian release of May 1, it will surely be one of the biggest movies of the summer. U professor and author of "The Physics of Superheroes" is available for interviews. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/birthdayssurvey.php Parents in New York City, Washington, D.C., Hawaii and New Mexico feel the most pressure to throw over-the-top birthday parties their children, according to results released today by the organization Birthdays Without Pressure. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/onlinearchive.php The U of M's Center for Bioethics and the university's Human Rights Center have created a comprehensive archive of government documents describing medical operations in U.S. prisoner of war facilities in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/ceilings.php For years contractors, real estate agents and event planners have said that whether building, buying or planning an event, a higher or vaulted ceiling is always better. Are they right? Until now there has been no real evidence that ceiling height has any influence or advantage with consumers. But recent research... http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/lakesuperior.php Lake Superior is warming at a rate faster than the climate around it, according to a study conducted by two University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) scientists Jay Austin and Steve Colman. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/honeybees.php According to U of M researchers, disease, parasites and disappearing habitat are just some of the reasons why the overall, nationwide bee population is under serious stress. And that could mean a shortage of fruits and vegetables for all of us. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/veterans.php In the next six months, thousands of combat veterans will be returning to Minnesota, and the University of Minnesota is preparing faculty and staff on how they can assist veterans and their families during this time of transition. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/bmi.php Researchers have discovered a variant of a common blood protein, apolipoprotein C1, in people of American Indian and Mexican ancestry that is linked to elevated body mass index (BMI), obesity and Type 2 diabetes. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/birthdays.php Children's birthday parties are careening out of control in America, stressing parents out and turning some kids into overindulged brats. U of M professor William Doherty along with a group of St. Paul parents have come together to put the brakes on the birthday party craziness. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/davidtilman.php Highly diverse mixtures of native prairie plant species have emerged as a leader in the quest to identify the best source of biomass for producing sustainable, bio-based fuel to replace petroleum. A new study led by David Tilman, Regents Professor of Ecology in the University of Minnesota's College of Biological Sciences, shows that mixtures of native perennial grasses and other flowering plants provide more usable energy per acre than corn grain ethanol or soybean biodiesel and are far better for the environment. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/weighing.php Teenage girls who weigh themselves frequently are more likely to binge eat and participate in unhealthy weight control behaviors in the future, according to new research from the Univerity of Minnesota's Dianne Neumark-Sztainer. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/Rhodes.php Katie N. Lee, an honors senior at the U of M, has been named one of 32 U.S. Rhodes Scholars for 2007. What does it take to be a Rhodes Scholar? Katie is available to talk about the honor. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/vohs.php Why are some people more self-sufficient than others? Why are some people more willing to volunteer or help out than others? What makes some people seem stand-offish, while others move right in and help? Kathleen Vohs, assistant professor of marketing at the Carlson School of Management, is available to discuss the study. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/taner.php Taner Akcam, a U of M visiting professor of history, has written the definitive book exposing the intent of the Ottoman Turks in carrying out the 1915 genocide against the Armenians. "A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility" makes unique, groundbreaking use of Turkish, European, and American records to finally tell the full story of how and why the Ottoman-Turkish government attempted to exterminate their Armenian citizens. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/umore.php The University of Minnesota Board of Regents heard a recommendation today for the future of the university's 12-square mile property -- UMore Park -- near Rosemount in Dakota County. The vision, assembled by a steering committee of university and community members, calls for turning the land into a unique and vibrant new sustainable community, developed with the full research engagement of the university. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/dianneneumark.php A study released by the U of M's "Project EAT" shows startling results of 2,500 female teenagers studied over a five-year period. It found that high school-aged females' use of diet pills nearly doubled from 7.5 to 14.2 percent. By the ages of 19 and 20, 20 percent of females surveyed used diet pills. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/suh.php The shift toward a service-based economy won't automatically reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the air, a U of M researcher has found. His research contradicts assumptions about global warming often preferred by some economists and national policy experts. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/vocation.php In a study led by the University of Minnesota, researchers have found that high school students who took vocational education classes with enhanced mathematics instruction performed significantly better on standardized math tests than students in a control group. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/paulrosenblatt.php Paul Rosenblatt's research is a first-of-its-kind study into how couples share a bed. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/doughartmann.php From a telephone survey of more than 2,000 households nationwide, results show that there is more recognition among white people of their own racial identity. http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/national/stories/zestar.php The Honeycrisp apple was such a success that the Association of University Technology Managers named it one of the top 25 innovations that changed the world. Now comes the Zestar.