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Julia Interrante identifies factors linked to loss of hospital-based obstetric care in the United States

The research fellow in the School of Public Health and her team found that low birth volume and financial pressures are linked to the loss of obstetric units in rural and urban hospitals.

Campus: Twin Cities

Categories: Health


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CentraCare and the Medical School partner to grow rural physician workforce through expanded residency programs

The partnership plans to add three specialty tracks to expand training opportunities in areas critical to the health and well-being of rural populations.

Campus: Systemwide

Categories: Health


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Awards & Recognition

Fueling the scientific pipeline: How philanthropy empowers researchers and drives big ideas

The College of Veterinary Medicine is helping fund postdoctoral researchers to accelerate early-career development and keep top scientific talent — and their pioneering ideas — moving forward. 

Campus: Twin Cities

Categories: Education


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Emily Willoughby and James Lee on the heritability of intelligence

The researchers in the College of Liberal Arts expanded on Professor Matt McGue's history of scholarship on heritability and genetics.

Campus: Twin Cities

Categories: Social Sciences


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Awards & Recognition

Alik Widge and Michael Bronstein receive DHS award to develop new treatments for suicidality and severe mental illness

The Medical School research team will use the up to $6 million award to study cognitive flexibility as a form of intervention.

Campus: Twin Cities

Categories: Health


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Did this year's drought steal our fall colors?

Jessica Savage, associate professor in the Swenson College of Science and Engineering, shares how weather trends may impact this fall season and how to plan for prime leaf-peeping.

Campus: Duluth

Categories: Agriculture and Environment


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The connection between personality traits and personal narratives

 College of Liberal Arts faculty members Moin Syed and Colin DeYoung are helping advance an understanding of how traits are connected to life narratives.

Campus: Twin Cities

Categories: Social Sciences


A tractor is fertilizing a vast green agricultural field at sunset, creating a serene rural atmosphere. The golden light adds warmth and depth to the lush landscape.
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First-of-its-kind fertilizer study reveals where the world can boost food production and cut pollution

Deepak Ray, research professor at the Institute on the Environment, spent six years leading the development of a new global dataset of crop-specific fertilizer application rates. 

Campus: Twin Cities

Categories: Agriculture and Environment


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Aimee Osgood uses patient-led research to drive medical progress

The dean's office assistant in the School of Nursing advances patient care with a new paper redefining hormone-related diagnostic frameworks.

Campus: Twin Cities

Categories: Employee Profile


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Building 001: Bringing life back to Eddy Hall

The oldest standing building on the Twin Cities campus will reopen to serve the University in 2028.

Campus: Twin Cities

Categories: Education