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Last Thursday, the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents approved the purchase of the former Shriners Hospital for Children complex.

Adolescence is a critical time for brain development as well as onset of mental illness. Converging evidence suggests that practicing art has a positive impact on mental health, and that sleep - which is often impaired in adolescents - is…

If you are fortunate enough to receive regular dental care, you are probably well acquainted with your dental hygi

This Wednesday, Sept. 18 is Healthy Minnesota Day as part of President Gabel’s week of inaugural activities. She is sending the message to us and to all Minnesotans that health care is a priority at this land-grant University.

Heard on campus (I didn’t make this up): Student 1: “My dad is past his prime.” Student 2: “Mine, too….” Student 1: “No, I mean he’s really past his prime, and I don’t think he knows it!” Ouch. (Especially when I realize how young the…

The Office of Academic Clinical Affairs is soliciting applications for Faculty Research Development (FRD) grants that will support new or expanding interdisciplinary research that addresses significant clinical issues, is innovative, and…

Message from the VPWe live in a difficult and divisive time. I believe that here, in a University environment, we have the opportunity and the responsibility to preserve civility and to model what Vaclav Havel (my Czech roots) described as…

The academic calendar for health sciences reflects activity year-round. However, until the Tuesday after Labor Day, we enjoy the relative calm of a campus without the additional 48,000 Twin Cities students pursuing knowledge.  

Work is underway to launch the six inaugural BOLD Ideas grants announced at the beginning of this month.  

Researchers from the University of Minnesota and community are expanding upon work done during the Immigrant Microbiome Project that was partially funded by CTSI in 2015. The project identified changes in gut microbiomes in Southeast Asia…