Work Life
Explore snapshots of U employees and our campuses, plus essential information for your role.
Need to Know
- Faculty: Submit your spring 2027 course materials requests by Nov. 6.
- Read the recap of the Board of Regents' October meeting.
- Benefits open enrollment runs Nov. 1-30. Register for the employee webinar on Nov. 2 at 11 a.m. to learn more about this year's options.
Have an AI challenge at work? Turn it into an AI Quest, a new initiative from the AI Hub and CSE AI Makerspace that connects students with real campus challenges to build AI solutions. Submit your quest.
Institutional Updates
The new 1,896 student record builds on last year's record enrollment and comes as colleges and universities across the country navigate changing demographics and evolving student expectations.
This growth is driven by a large incoming class of 269 freshmen and 78 new transfer students — one of the largest incoming classes in the last seven years.
In the State of the University address, President Rebecca Cunningham emphasized that our future will be shaped not by the challenges we face, but by how we respond to them.
How will you build a better future?
“By supporting and enabling research in cellular therapy treatments that will help find cures for cancers and chronic diseases.”
Cyndi Armstrong
Financial Professional 2, Molecular Cellular Therapeutics, Office for Academic and Clinical Affairs, Twin Cities campus
“I help younger Minnesotans discover exciting pathways into food, agricultural, natural resource and environmental science fields.”
Cathleen Drilling
Director of Strategic Outreach, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, Twin Cities campus
Scenes Across the University
