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Inside This Issue:
- Features: Students as map makers: Connecting concepts to geography; Carlson School team helps Mia prepare to reopen; Battling misinformation when health is at stake.
- People: Ramla Kasozi has been elected resident director of the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians; and more.
Inside This Issue:
- Board of Regents July meeting highlights.
- Features: Propelling the emerging economy; Curbing air pollution with purification towers; Students create video series to help parents prepare for having a baby.
- People: The National Institutes on Drug Abuse has awarded the U of M $9.9 million to establish the Center for Neural Circuits in Addiction; and more.
Inside This Issue:
Notice: Brief will not publish on July 8 and 15.
- Features: Pushing the boundaries of fashion; Tales from the South Pole; Life-saving links; ‘Tenacious’ dental student navigates detours.
- People: U in the News features highlights of U faculty and staff cited in the media; and more.
Inside This Issue:
- Features: The education of a public health worker; Beyond the classroom; Diary from the Diamond Princess; Preparing today’s law students for tomorrow’s world; Breaking barriers, bridging care.
- People: 2020 recipients of the Research Infrastructure Investment Program; and more.
Inside This Issue:
- Board of Regents June meeting highlights.
- Features: Law students flock to aid George Floyd protesters, advocate for change; Students step up to produce masks for hospitals; And then it happened.
- People: The U of M ranks 17th in the world among universities granted U.S. patents in 2019; and more.
Inside This Issue:
- June 11-12 - Board of Regents meeting.
- Features: Mapping prejudice: A painful part of Minneapolis history; A powerful voice for change.
- People: Mary Chesney has received the Loretta C. Ford Distinguished Fellow Award; and more.
Inside This Issue:
- Features: Driven to serve those most in need; Stem cell ingenuity; Healing words; Wasted produce; Starting strong.
- People: David Redish and Sophia Vinogradov will lead a $15 million National Institute of Mental Health grant researching better ways to treat psychosis; and more.
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.