Health
As part of the initiative, the Minnesota Department of Health, the Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota will substantially increase the availability of both molecular tests, which identify current COVID-19 infections, and serology tests, which identify those who’ve been infected in the past.
Artscape
ALSO: Jennifer Egan leads U of M’s spring literary series; pipe organ concert by Giacomo Benedetti; and more.
Mental Health & Addiction
“We meet on the third Wednesday of the month,” said Michele Gran. “We’re constantly welcoming other parents in to help them understand that there is hope and life for us — even after our children’s diagnosis.”
Politics & Policy
In 2018, 42.7 percent of 18 to 24-year-old Minnesotans who are U.S. citizens voted in the midterm election, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. That’s the lowest turnout of any age group in Minnesota and is only about two-thirds of statewide turnout for all age groups.
Eric Black Ink
Toff’s work raises a troubling question: How much difference does good or bad journalism make if people don’t want to read, watch or listen to it?
Mental Health & Addiction
This spring, a collection of Uma Oswald’s self-portraits was hung at the University of Minnesota’s Institute for Translational Research in Children’s Mental Health, a center that brings together researchers to study the latest research on mental illness in young people.
Education
House DFL delayed the process for months while they wrangled votes, and it paid off: They voted together on a slate of candidates and filled three of the four seats with their selections.
Arts & Culture
At more than 180 years old, the Bell Museum’s set had a few issues. There were tears or stains on some pages. Fingerprint grime could be seen up and down the large sheets.
Artscape
ALSO: University Organist Dean Billmeyer at Northrop; “Nureyev” at Edina Cinema; Lorna Landvik at Scott County Library; and more.
Mental Health & Addiction
Learn to Live, an online cognitive behavioral therapy program, is offered free to University of Minnesota students. “It’s streamlined, it’s effective, it’s quick,” says student Sawyer Boyles.
Artscape
ALSO: Opera/Gospel: A Fusion Event at the Weisman; reception for “Takeover: Morrill Hall, 1969” at Northrop; and more.
State Government
If his funding request is adopted, Kaler said he thinks the U of M could keep tuition increases at inflationary levels at the Twin Cities campus and at zero at the other four campuses in the system.
Business
After decades of working with backyard growers and amassing a collection of plant material, the University of Minnesota is investigating the possibility of producing kiwi berries at a commercial level in Minnesota.
Environment
For the U team, the technology brings more than flash; it has serious potential advantages over typical carp removal methods around Minnesota, which Bajer said can be time and labor intensive.
Artscape
ALSO: 3rd Annual Arts Quarter Festival at the U of M; Club Book featuring Curt Brown; 18th Annual Twin Cities Book Festival at the Fairgrounds; and more.
Education
Recognizing the appeal of social media among adolescents, three instructors specializing in second language acquisition investigated how it might be best leveraged to support English literacy development in the classroom.
Community Voices
I hope this new president challenges Minnesota in ways that make us uncomfortable and enable us as a state to do more and be better.
Twin Cities Business
Minnesota’s former governor on the reasons for the state’s prosperity; the state of the University of Minnesota; and more.
Artscape
ALSO: Follow the Minnesota Orchestra’s South Africa tour; 2018 Square Lake Film & Music Festival in Stillwater; Poetry in the Park Friday at the Commons; and more.
Politics & Policy
Nicholson harbored serious political ambitions as far back as his days at the University of Minnesota, when he announced that his goal was to be president of the United States.
