How University of Minnesota alumni helped make the magic behind the most-watched Minnesota Lynx and WNBA season in decades.

Bonnie Maas helps check out a customer at her grocery store in Clinton, Minnesota.. In small towns across Minnesota, local grocery stores are more than just places to buy food—they are the bread and ...

Gretchen Ritter has been named the University of Minnesota’s new executive vice president and provost. Pending Board of Regents approval on June 12, Ritter’s appointment will begin July 31, 2025. “Dr.

The U.S. is facing a range of public health challenges, including bird flu, measles and continued cases of COVID-19. However, the nation’s public health workforce is understaffed — exacerbated by ...

As the school year winds down, Katie Schuver, a lecturer in the School of Kinesiology, discusses why it’s important for children to stay active over the summer. Q: Why is physical activity important ...

The Community Plant Breeding Team held an open house event in July 2023 on the St. Paul Campus. Community members, Master Gardeners and researchers convened for an event featuring a field tour, taste ...

If you visited an introductory biology class at the University of Minnesota, you might think you had walked into the wrong room. Instead of a professor lecturing to students furiously scribbling notes ...

For Howard Quinlan, a visit to the School of Dentistry did more than keep his teeth clean. It saved his life. The visit started out like any other. Ellie Fekrazad (DDS, ’25) started her typical ...

West Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier is melting. That is worrisome, because buried deep in its ice lie vital clues to past climate conditions. But there’s another reason, given the destructive rises in ...

Eastern Tailed Blue, one of the study species. Credit: Emilie Snell-Rood, College of Biological Sciences While laws to limit pollution have been around for decades, heavy metal pollutants like lead ...

In his second year at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Kenny Ta wanted to “get more involved.” He promptly volunteered with the University’s Mobile Health Initiative (MHI), helping its ...