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02. 06. 2019

Following a Unique Path Leads to a Prestigious Fellowship

Willow Coyote-Maestas is the first University of Minnesota graduate student to receive the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellowship. His research in the area of  focuses on ion channels whose misregulation is involved in numerous neurological and cardiac diseases. Willow's findings could have great application in developing improved drugs for neurological and cardiac disorders. 

 

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11. 19. 2018

Page Receives Medal of Freedom

University of Minnesota alumnus and former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday, Nov. 16, at a special ceremony at the White House.

 

Scott Lanyon and Kweku Konadu Amponsah-Efah shaking hands at Three-Minute Thesis Competition
11. 14. 2018

Pharmaceutics Student Wins Three-Minute Thesis Competition

Winners of six collegiate competitions took part in the University-wide Three-Minute Thesis competition on November 9, 2018.

 

Students of the Marshall Central Schools collect seeds from prairie plants in the district's outdoor classroom
11. 13. 2018

12th annual Local Government Innovation Awards (LGIA) Recipients Announced

The Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota today named 19 such projects as recipients of its 12th annual Local Government Innovation Awards (LGIA).

 

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10. 05. 2018

Board to Discuss Graduate and Professional Education

At its October meeting, the University of Minnesota Board of Regents will discuss graduate and professional education, including academic planning for new graduate programs, enrollment management and financing graduate education. 

 

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09. 17. 2018

University of Minnesota Postdoctoral Associate Named Hanna H. Gray Fellow

University of Minnesota postdoctoral associate Jose L. Alejo, PhD, has been named a Hanna H. Gray Fellow by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). 

 

Michael Congiusta and a large black dog
09. 10. 2018

A Vision for Veterinary Education

In their second year, University of Minnesota veterinary students are introduced to dental basics. And while for most students practice makes perfect, Michael Congiusta’s experience left him feeling a step was missing between class and lab. So he created models of the teeth of canines so students could practice basic dental skills.

 

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08. 20. 2018

New Assistant Dean for Postdoctoral Initiatives

The Graduate School is pleased to welcome Professor Rhonda Jones-Webb to the Graduate School as our new Assistant Dean for Postdoctoral Initiatives.

 

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08. 15. 2018

2018-2019 Endowed Fellowship Recipients

To support advanced graduate students in the humanities. Norman Johnston Dewitt received his A.B. degree at the University of Toronto in 1930 and his Ph.D. in Latin at Johns Hopkins University in 1938. He came to the University of Minnesota in 1949 and served as chair of the classics department from 1949 to 1964.

 

Eric Middleton posing in a flower garden with a variety of bugs crawling on him
07. 31. 2018

The Ninja Warrior Entomologist

As a youngster, Eric Middleton used to tag along with his mom on her field trips as a geologist to southern Utah. There, he remembers “climbing on rocks and hopping over stuff” until, as always happens with kids, he got bored. Then he turned his gaze downward to discover the wide world of insects, and he figuratively caught a bug that’s been dominating his life ever since. 

 

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