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.
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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.
Community Voices
A University of Minnesota president for this time
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
‘The reason Minnesota thrives today is we’re living off the fat of yesterday’: A Q&A with Gov. Arne Carlson
Minnesota’s former governor on the reasons for the state’s prosperity; the state of the University of Minnesota; and more.