Archive

• PRISMH: The President's Initiative for Student Mental Health.
• Features: Stretching of neurons implicated in traumatic brain injury; Flipping policy.
• Awards and Recognition: A tribal-U of M partnership has received a $1.5 million NSF grant to study and protect wild rice; and more.

• February Board of Regents meeting highlights.
• Features: Minnesota Law Review elects first Black editor-in-chief; Faster than the speed of sound; Where it starts.
• Awards and Recognition: Four Carlson School faculty have been awarded Lawrence Fellowships; and more.

• February Board of Regents meeting.
• Features: A world under glass; The grit to succeed in construction; Where it starts.
• Awards and Recognition: The March of Dimes has named Michael Georgieff the recipient of the 2020 Agnes Higgins Award; and more.

• Features: Where it starts; Law students help free client who spent 18 years in prison; Refresh and reset at winter’s best kept secret.
• Awards and Recognition: Keshab Parhi has been named a National Academy of Inventors Fellow; and more.

• Features: Meeting of the minds; A sonic substitute for surgery; Using analytics to attack addiction; Top of Mind podcast: Mental health at the U of M.
• Awards and Recognition: The U of M has been selected by the Toyota Research Institute to participate in the next five-year phase of a collaborative research program; and more.

• Features: Turning plants into everyday products; Hardwired for science; Explaining teamwork in male lions.
• Awards and Recognition: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the University a $5 million grant to address racial justice; and more.

Winter schedule: Brief will not publish on Dec. 23, 30; Jan. 6, 13.

• Board of Regents December meeting highlights.
• Jan. 14 - Annual Legislative Kickoff Breakfast.
• Features: A port in the storm; Be the voice of the user: An interview with Simon Ozbek.
• Awards and Recognition: Melissa Anderson has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; and more.

Winter schedule: Brief will not publish on Dec. 23, 30; Jan. 6, 13.

• Board of Regents meets Dec. 10-11.
• Features: Building a brighter future with robotics; More than a mask; An ally for Native American students.
• Awards and Recognition: Twenty-two faculty have been named to Clarivate Analytics’ 2020 highly cited researchers list; and more.

Holiday schedule: Brief will not publish on Nov. 25 and Dec. 2, as well as Dec. 23, 30; Jan. 6, 13.

• Features: Leading while the world waits; Artificial intelligence, real-life results.
• Awards and Recognition: A team of researchers has received a $1.2 million grant to study smart tracking systems on scooters; and more.

Holiday schedule: Brief will not publish on Nov. 25 and Dec. 2.

• Features: Finding the code to success; New approach could help cities address gender equity in transportation plans.
• Awards and Recognition: Michael Osterholm has been named to the Biden-Harris COVID-19 Advisory Board; and more.