Trivia time: Guess these University of Minnesota historic firsts
For 175 years, the University of Minnesota has been a place for remarkable firsts. Can you guess some of them?
Which of the following human procedures was the University the world’s first to complete?
Above-knee amputation
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Angioplasty
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Artificial heart valve implant
Correct! Former Medical School professor C. Walton Lillehei led the procedure.
The University hired the nation’s first woman to coach what collegiate men’s sport?
Cross country and track and field
Correct! Eleanor 'Ellie' Rynda was the first woman to coach the sport at the university level in 1968.
Golf
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Swimming and diving
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What lower-cost undergraduate degree pathway is the University the first in the nation to pilot?
2+2 Program
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College-in-3
Correct! The Rochester campus leads the charge on the program designed to increase student success while decreasing student costs.
College Track
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The University is the first and only institution to host what collegiate chapter in Minnesota?
Collegiate Future Anthropologists of America
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Collegiate Future Farmers of America
Correct! CFFA at the Crookston campus prepares students for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.
Collegiate Future Physicians of America
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The University became the first in the U.S. to deploy what type of thermochemical energy to heat a building?
Mining
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Recharge
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Storage
Correct! The partnership with Grid Catalyst will help power the Morris campus with renewables while decarbonizing heating systems.
Where on the University research vessel Blue Heron did scientists make the world’s first microorganism discovery?
Keel
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Propeller
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Rudder shaft
Correct! The discovery marked the first time new life was discovered living in the ship itself.
In what year did the University become the first in the nation to acquire a supercomputer?
1978
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1981
Correct! The Cray-1 was created by Twin Cities campus alum Seymour Cray.
1984
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in what year did the University become the first in the nation to provide laptops to its faculty and full-time undergraduate students?
1993
Correct! The Crookston campus-issued IBM ThinkPads with preinstalled software pioneered ubiquitous mobile technology in higher education, drawing visits from over 100 colleges and universities seeking to replicate its technology model.
1996
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1997
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