Artscape
Let’s cover coughs and sneezes, please; ‘Interstate’ to open at Mixed Blood
ALSO: Jennifer Egan leads U of M’s spring literary series; pipe organ concert by Giacomo Benedetti; and more.
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Mental Health & Addiction
First-episode support group helps parents cope with the reality of their children’s psychosis
“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
The University of Minnesota has some of the highest voter turnout in the country. It’s trying to get it even higher
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
Ben Toff on Americans’ news consumption — from ‘avoiders’ to embracers
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
Out of the ashes: Self-portrait series depicts a young artist’s struggle with psychosis
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
Legislature chooses four new University of Minnesota regents
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
How the Bell Museum revived its original set of Audubon’s ‘Birds of America’
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
Guthrie’s indelible ‘Metamorphoses’ is powerful, moving and visually delicious
ALSO: University Organist Dean Billmeyer at Northrop; “Nureyev” at Edina Cinema; Lorna Landvik at Scott County Library; and more.
Mental Health & Addiction
For college students, mental health support — in any form — is key
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
Latté Da adds nights to ‘A Little Night Music’; Glenn Kotche at Northrop in ‘Calling Glenn’
ALSO: Opera/Gospel: A Fusion Event at the Weisman; reception for “Takeover: Morrill Hall, 1969” at Northrop; and more.
State Government
In last pitch to Legislature, U prez Kaler asks for more funding, offers advice
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
The U wants to bring the kiwi berry (whatever that is) to a grocery store near you (though not for a long time)
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
This sucks: U of M researchers hope to turn the ‘salmon cannon’ into a carp vacuum
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
Tom Weber’s favorite Minnesota things; Walter Mondale to speak at the History Center
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
Facebook enhances English language literacy among refugee students, U of M study finds
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.
