University of Minnesota

Racial disparities in U.S. COVID-19 deaths narrowed substantially from the first to the second year of the pandemic. While this has been touted as a major sign of progress, new research found this sharp decline mostly resulted from an…

At the conclusion of a day-long meeting that featured public interviews with four finalists and extensive discussion about each, the Board of Regents selected Jeff Ettinger to serve as the University’s interim president following the…

University of Minnesota researchers recently led successful efforts to build the first genome for Pallas’s cat (Otocolobus manul), a small wild cat native to central Asia known for its grumpy facial expression. The cat, which faces…

Corn tar spot is a new disease causing significant yield loss in the United States. The lack of information about the pathogen and epidemiology of the disease — which was first reported in the U.S. in 2015 and has since spread to multiple…

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered a new species of tiny parasitic wasp that might prove beneficial to managing soybean gall midge, a recently emerged pest in Midwest soybean fields that can have devastating…

A number of University of Minnesota graduate schools and programs on the Twin Cities campus ranked among the nation’s best in the latest edition of the U.S. News Best Graduate Schools Rankings, the last of which were publicly released on…

Thanks to data from a magnified supernova, a team led by University of Minnesota researchers has successfully used a first-of-its-kind technique to measure the expansion rate of the Universe. Their data provide insight into a longstanding…

An innovative learning strategy in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner specialty is giving students a better understanding of the intersection between mental health and law enforcement in…

Climate change and extreme events like flooding, drought and heat waves, are experienced throughout Minnesota, affecting all aspects of our society and economy. According to a 2022 survey from the University’s College of Food,…

Of the several thousand enrollees in the nation’s largest Alzheimer’s disease (AD) blood test research study, exactly two were Native American. That and similar statistics drove William Mantyh, an assistant professor of neurology in the U…