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Inside This Issue:
Notice: Brief will not publish on May 27.
- May 20 - Town hall with President Gabel.
- Features: A closer look at mental health; Lab closed, they push forward; Domestic violence risk grows during pandemic.
- People: Robert Clarke has been named executive director of the Hormel Institute; and more.
Inside This Issue:
- Board of Regents May meeting highlights.
- May 16 - Celebrating our graduates during virtual commencement.
- Features: Study tests revolutionary treatments for depression; Research at the bottom of the Earth; Woman strong.
- People: Marc Jenkins and Marc Hirschmann have been elected as members of the National Academy of Sciences; and more.
Inside This Issue:
- May 7-8 - Board of Regents meeting.
- CIDRAP outlines COVID-19 realities, next steps.
- Features: When xenophobia spreads like a virus; Online learning sparks furniture design creativity; Brave new proteins; COVID-19 and cheese curds.
- People: Five U of M faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and more.
Inside This Issue:
- 'Transformative' testing capacity set to combat COVID-19.
- Features: New curriculum equips medical students to support COVID-19 efforts; Connected to their communities; U of M Libraries expands reach during COVID-19.
- People: Recent Campus Public Health Officer Rapid Response Grant recipients; and more.
Inside This Issue:
- Board of Regents sets direction for post-COVID-19 planning.
- Features: Portable virus detection device on its way; Modeling COVID-19 for Minnesota; Computing COVID-19; New COVID-19 test increases daily testing volume; FDA authorizes U of M’s first-of-its-kind, low-cost ventilator; University of Minnesota launches COVID-19 antibody test.
- People: 2020 McKnight Presidential Fellows and Distinguished McKnight University Professors; and more.
Inside This Issue:
- Regents review response planning and forecasts of financial challenges around COVID-19.
- Researchers launch U.S. COVID-19 Hospitalization Tracking Project.
- Features: Medical Reserve Corps answers the call; Cancer may try to run, but it’s getting harder to hide; No microscope? No slides? No problem.
- People: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine has recognized 97 U of M Medical School doctors among its 2020 “Top Doctors: Rising Stars”; and more.
Inside This Issue:
- New COVID-19 stories website.
- Features: U researchers orchestrate state’s fastest on-site testing for COVID-19; Researchers design respirator mask prototypes from filter technology; Choline connection; Medical School and NASA research bone loss.
- People: Campus Public Health Officer Rapid Response Grant recipients; and more.
Inside This Issue:
- U of M researchers find key—and vulnerable—features of novel coronavirus.
- Features: DIY face masks during COVID-19; Lending a hand to heroes; Shifting business to battle the coronavirus; Eye spy.
- People: The Humphrey School has been ranked one of the top 10 graduate schools for public affairs in the nation; and more.
Inside This Issue:
- University establishes funds to aid students, health workers.
- Uof M launches COVID-19 clinical trials.
- Features: University researchers construct makeshift ventilators to fight COVID-19; Dog at work; Protocol overhaul; Powerful benefits.
- People: Trevor Ames has been named Veterinarian of the Year by the Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association; and more.
Inside This Issue:
- Board of Regents March meeting highlights.
- Features: Move into the stream; Home again.
- People: Keith A. Mays has been named interim dean of the School of Dentistry; and more.