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Inside This Issue:

  • The science of Minnesota strawberries.
  • A medical student’s book teaches kids to appreciate differences.
  • Awards and Recognition: U in the News features highlights of University faculty and staff cited in the media; and more.

Inside This Issue:

  • Researchers create breakthrough spintronics manufacturing process.
  • Feature: Protecting U.S. embassies.
  • Awards and Recognition: Announcing the grant recipients of the International Institute for Biosensing; and more.

Inside This Issue:

  • Board of Regents March meeting highlights.
  • Features: The future of mobility; A closer look at the Cereal Disease Lab.
  • Awards and Recognition: Recipients of the 2023 Distinguished McKnight University Professorship; and more.

Inside This Issue:

Notice: Brief will not publish on March 8. 

  • University seeks critical support for U of M Health.
  • Features: A lifesaving procedure, moments after birth; Bench to bedside: How academic medicine improves patients’ lives; C.O.P.E. brings hope to Minnesota.
  • Awards and Recognition: 2022-23 recipients of the John Tate Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising; and more.

Inside This Issue:

Notice: Brief will not publish on March 8. 
  • University research helps Minnesota become first state to screen newborns for cCMV.
  • Awards and Recognition: Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran has received a 2023 Cottrell Scholar Award; and more.

Inside This Issue:

  • Board of Regents February meeting highlights.
  • Feature: Academically and adventure bound.
  • Awards and Recognition: Announcing the recipients of the 2022-23 Distinguished Teaching Awards; and more.

Inside This Issue:

  • Board of Regents meets Feb. 9-10.
  • Awards and Recognition: Barbara Kleist is a recipient of a 2023 Policy Award from the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; and more.

Inside This Issue:

  • University leaders share vision for health care with state representatives.
  • Help support state funding for the University’s work.
  • Awards and Recognition: Announcing the recipients of the 2023-25 McKnight Land-Grant Professorship award; and more.

Inside This Issue:

  • New research shows humans impact wolf packs in national parks.
  • Feature: Life as we don’t know it; Clean water with Kernza.
  • Awards and Recognition: Aamina Ahmad's debut novel won the Best First Novel prize by the Writers Guild of Great Britain; and more.

Inside This Issue:

  • U of M announces MPact Health Care Innovation vision.
  • Feature: Who owns our water?
  • Awards and Recognition: Faith Miller and Amanda Sullivan have been awarded a $5.9 million Department of Education grant; and more.