Newsletters

Alumni Association

Alumni E-News newsletter: Subscribe to select the topics you are interested in to receive a customized newsletter.

College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

Subscribe to a selection of newsletters about topics of interests.

Government and Community Relations

• UMN Advocates: Sent monthly during the Minnesota legislative session to students, faculty, staff, and alumni with event invites, timely updates, action alerts and talking points to effectively champion the University. Subscribe.

Global Programs and Strategy Alliance

• News from M Global: Sent monthly to faculty, staff, and leadership with timely information about news, events, updates, and opportunities related to international research, teaching, and outreach across the System. Subscribe.

Minnesota Sea Grant

• Minnesota Sea Grant Monthly Highlights: Sent monthly with highlights of Sea Grant outreach and research projects, events, special features, fellowship and scholarship opportunities and features, research funding opportunities, and water-science news you can use. Subscribe.

Office of Academic and Clinical Affairs

• A Message from Jakub Tolar: Sent biweekly message that showcases thought leadership and builds community. Subscribe.

Office of Information Technology

• News & Alerts: A collection of important technology updates and information.
• Teaching with Technology News: Sent monthly to instructors and academic technology support staff by Academic Technology with need-to-know updates about the Canvas, Zoom, Kaltura, and other learning tools; strategies for teaching and learning with technology; tips and tricks on how to use technology tools efficiently and effectively; and engagement and learning opportunities. Subscribe.

Office of the President

• President’s Communications: University-wide emails, reports to the University Senate, remarks from Board of Regents meetings, and other messages sent by the president.

Research and Innovation Office

• Data Science Initiative: Features systemwide updates on research, events, funding opportunities, and collaborations in AI, machine learning, and data-driven innovation. Subscribe.
• UMN Research: Sent monthly to the University research community with news and announcements, research policy and process updates, funding opportunities, and workshops and events. Subscribe.

Tax Management Office - U Finance

• Tax Tips: Sent monthly to University departments with support information for business tax needs. Email [email protected] to subscribe.

University Libraries

• News & Events: Receive updates about the Libraries when new content is published. Subscribe.
• Short Stacks: Sent twice monthly with feature stories about the Libraries services, collections, expertise, and information on upcoming events and current exhibits. Subscribe.

University of Minnesota Extension

• RSDP Happenings: Sent monthly with stories from across the state about RSDP work, announcements, events, and opportunities related to sustainability and community development work. Subscribe.
• Source magazine: Sent monthly with stories about programs and topics across the state related to food systems & agriculture, natural resources, climate, family health & wellbeing, youth development and 4-H, and rural and urban communities. Subscribe.
• Various newsletters primarily for agricultural producers, professionals, and homeowners:
  • Agricultural Business Management (ABM) News: Subscribe.
  • Community Development news - Vital Connections Newsletter: Subscribe.
  • Home Lawn Care Newsletter: Subscribe.
  • Horse News Extension Update: Subscribe.
  • MN Crop News Fruit and Vegetable News: Subscribe.
  • Pesticide Safety and Environmental Education program alerts: Subscribe.
  • Poultry Extension Update - Mindful Monday: Subscribe.
  • Small Farms Newsletter: Subscribe.
  • Swine Extension Update: Subscribe.
  • Tourism Center - News You Can Use: Subscribe.
  • Women in Ag Network: Subscribe.
  • Yard and Garden News: Subscribe.

University of Minnesota Foundation

Sent two to four times annually with stories about various topics that impact the University of Minnesota System. Subscribe.

• Cancer Connections
• Children's Health
• Discovery
• M Giving
• Making a Difference
• Med Matters
• Neuroscience News

University Relations

• Communication Blog: Sent weekly discussing best practices regarding media relations, internal communications, and marketing.  Subscribe.
• M Pride: Sent monthly with highlights of stories that exemplify the University's mission. Subscribe.

To subscribe to any of the newsletters listed, please email Jess Bengston at [email protected].

Campus Activities & Events: Sent weekly during the academic year with special updates and events. to subscribe.

Campus Update: Sent weekly to all faculty and staff with special messages, accolades, HR/wellbeing notices, events, and a leadership message. 

Campus Update for Retirees: Sent to retirees quarterly with a message from the chancellor, special updates, campus news, athletics news, and events. 

Chancellor Community Message: Sent to the UMC community monthly. 

Golden Eagle Gazette: Sent to student families monthly during the academic year with special updates, student opportunities, dates and deadlines, and events. 

Online and Campus Activities & Events: Sent to all online student weekly during the academic year with special updates and events. 

Torchlight Alumni eNewsletter: Sent to alumni and donors annually with alumni feature stories, campus news, athletic news, events, and special updates. 

Torchlight Alumni Magazine: Sent to alumni and donors annually with alumni feature stories, campus news, athletic news, events, and special updates. 

UMC Today: Sent to all faculty and staff daily with current happenings and special messages. Internal only.  

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

• The CAHSS Way: Sent biweekly with updates from the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Email [email protected] to subscribe.

College of Education and Human Service Professions

• Synergy: Sent annually each spring featuring articles highlighting the College of Education and Human Service Professions' impact. Email [email protected] to subscribe.

Kirby Student Center

• Kirby Newsletter: Sent twice yearly highlighting updates to operation and events held in the Kirby Student Center. Email [email protected] to subscribe.

Labovitz School of Business and Economics

• Labovitz Newsletter: Sent twice yearly featuring articles that highlight the Labovitz School of Business and Economics' impact. Email [email protected] to subscribe.

Large Lakes Observatory

• Large Lakes Observer: Sent quarterly with stories about new and ongoing research at the Large Lakes Observatory, student, perspectives, and upcoming events. Subscribe.

Natural Resources Research Institute

• NRRI Now: Sent monthly  with stories about the integrated, applied research at the Natural Resources Research Institute and its impact for Minnesota and beyond.  Subscribe.

Recreational Sports Outdoor Program

• UMD Sports Clubs Newsletter: Sent twice yearly highlighting information about campus sports clubs and the memorable moments, victories, and anecdotes from the year. Subscribe.

UMD Alumni Relations

• UMD Alumni Newsletter: Sent monthly with campus news, upcoming and past alumni events, announcements, giving, and alumni spotlights. Email [email protected] to subscribe.

University Marketing and Public Relations

• In the News: Sent weekly during the academic year, intermittent in the summer with brief mentions of UMD in the news. Email [email protected] to subscribe.

Communications and Marketing

• Profile: Sent annually in print to alumni and families of current students with campus updates, giving news, and class notes. Email [email protected] to subscribe.

Morris Advancement

• WSCA AlumNews: Sent annually in print to West Central School of Agriculture alumni by Morris Advancement with campus updates, campus memories, and event announcements. Email [email protected] to subscribe.

Morris Alumni Relations

• Morris Matters: Sent monthly to UMM alumni and friends with campus happenings and achievements, upcoming alumni events, and philanthropy/giving news. Email [email protected] to subscribe.

Center for Transportation Studies

To subscribe to any of the newsletters listed, please respond via this form.

• AirTAP Publications: Sent quarterly with training information for personnel operating, maintaining, and administering Minnesota's public-use airports.
• Catalyst: Sent twice-monthly with the latest transportation innovations at the University of Minnesota.
• CTS Events: Sent with a broad range of transportation-related events for professionals, researchers, and the public.
• MFAC News Brief: Sent twice monthly to freight and logistics professionals by the Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee (MFAC) with news, construction alerts, and event information.
• Minnesota LTAP News and Training: Sent twice monthly with timely MnLTAP events, news, and updates of interest to local agencies.
• Truck-Weight Education Program: Sent by the Minnesota Truck-Weight Education Program with training and program updates promoting voluntary compliance to reduce damage to public roads and highways from overweight vehicles.

College of Education and Human Development

• Burton Brief: Sent weekly during the academic year featuring faculty, staff, student and alumni news, upcoming events and job postings. Email [email protected] to subscribe.
• CEHD Connect Magazine Online: Sent triannually for alumni and friends with significant goings-on at the college. Email [email protected] to subscribe.
• CEHD Impact: Sent monthly with noteworthy achievements and activities in and around the college. Email [email protected] to subscribe.
• Institute on Community Integration (ICI) Updates: Sent monthly with Institute resources and news. Subscribe.

College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

• Upcoming CFANS Events: Sent monthly with an agenda of upcoming events of interest to the CFANS community. Subscribe.

College of Liberal Arts

• Alma Matters: Sent quarterly to alumni and friends by the Office of Institutional Advancement with stories selected to advance collegiate priorities.
• Brain Wave: Sent weekly by the Department of Psychology with department news, including recently published research. Subscribe.
• CLA Office for DEI: Sent monthly during the semester sharing news and updates related to professional development, community engagement, and other opportunities for readers to lean into practices of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Subscribe. 
• CLA Research Newsletter: Sent biweekly by the Office of Research & Graduate Programs with events, announcements, and funding opportunities that support faculty and graduate student research. Subscribe.
• Community Connect: The Liberal Arts Engagement Hub's biweekly newsletter with community and publicly engaged opportunities across the Twin Cities and systemwide. Subscribe.
• Human Rights Ideas & Action: Sent biweekly by the Human Rights Program with stories and events related to human rights work. Subscribe. 
• News & Events: Sent by the Immigration History Research Center with the center's news and events and related community events. Subscribe.
• RIDGS Center Newsletter: Sent monthly by the Center for Race, Indigeneity, Disability, Gender & Sexuality Studies with news, events, resources, and opportunities that support students and faculty doing research in these fields. Subscribe.
• You Are Invited: Sent monthly to alumni by the Office of Institutional Advancement with invitations to events, online courses, UMAA offerings and to highlight how alumni can engage. Subscribe.

College of Veterinary Medicine

• Profiles: Sent quarterly with news and feature stories highlighting the people, patients, and work of CVM. 

Graduate School

To subscribe to any of the newsletters listed, please respond via this form. 

• Academic, Career & Campus Update (ACCU): Sent biweekly with post-baccalaureate-related events, services, resources, job postings, and workshops.
• The Post: Sent monthly to postdoctoral scholars
• Synthesist: Sent biweekly to graduate faculty and staff with information about issues, events and opportunities related to graduate, professional and postdoctoral education.

Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs

To subscribe to any of the newsletters listed, please respond via this page.

• The Center for Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy: Send with interdisciplinary and community-engaged research on energy and environmental policy.
• The Center for the Study of Politics and Governance: Sent with political and policy analysis in the Midwest to generate dialogue across difference by stimulating vigorous but civil debate.
• The Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy: Sent with research, teaching, and public engagement news to illuminate gender-based disparities.
• The Global Policy Area: Sent with a focus on national security, human rights, economic development, and international policy cooperation stories.
• The Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice: Sent with information dedicated to finding solutions to racial and ethnic inequality.

Institute for Advanced Study

• IAS newsletter: A selection of information about interdisciplinary fellowship, research, and other funding opportunities. Email [email protected] to subscribe.

Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership

• MCAP Horizons: Sent monthly with event alerts and news from University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership. Subscribe.

Northrop

• Northrop Email Club: Sent weekly with information about events, workshops, feature stories, announcements and more. Subscribe.

Office of Undergraduate Education

• The Record: Sent monthly by Academic Support Resources to deliver information that pertains to projects, initiatives, policies, and systems in which ASR leads, owns, or has been involved. Subscribe.
• Writing Across the Curriculum Update: Sent with effective, course-relevant approaches to writing instruction. Email [email protected] to subscribe.

Office for Public Engagement

To subscribe to any of the newsletters listed, please follow this form. 

• Engaged Scholar: Sent monthly with professional development opportunities.
• Engaging U: Sent monthly with news, tools, award information, and other opportunities.

The Raptor Center

• Raptor Release: Sent semiannually with feature stories about the Raptor Center's people, education ambassadors, programs, and philanthropic opportunities. Subscribe.

School of Nursing

• This month in Minnesota nursing: Sent monthly with five short items about school news, research, and feature stories. Subscribe.

School of Public Health

To subscribe to any of the newsletters listed, please respond via this page.

• Advances in Population Health: Sent monthly with emerging public health issues and cutting-edge research from SPH.
• SPH Weekly News Headlines: Sent weekly with a collection of SPH faculty, staff, and students who recently appeared in local and national news.
• Notes on Antiracism, Justice & Equity: Sent monthly with thought-provoking articles, profiles, resources, and events.

Weisman Art Museum

• WAM E-news: Sent monthly with updates about exhibitions, upcoming public programs, talks, workshops and other happenings at the museum. Subscribe.