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

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).

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. 

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.

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. 

Fourth year medical student Kent Peterson’s father, Gordy, had battled chronic kidney disease for as long as Kent could remember. Peterson’s decision to go to medical school was sparked, in part, by accompanying his dad to frequent appointments.

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