University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota recently published its first Twin Cities campus Climate Resilience Plan — the only one of its kind in the Big Ten. The new plan is an addendum to the 2023 Climate Action Plan. Other universities have climate…

Lichen, which people may think of as a single organism, is in fact a community of several species that depend on each other for survival. Lichen symbiosis includes at least one fungus and one alga, along with other fungi and bacteria in…

Opioid-related drug overdoses cause 130 deaths per day in the U.S. Access to treatment and prevention programs are key to addressing the opioid crisis, as is access to overdose reversal drugs like naloxone, which has emerged as one of the…

University of Minnesota researchers developed and reported processes for the first time to infect corn plants in the field with the corn tar spot pathogen, a relatively new disease threatening corn production across the United States.…

In the final milestone of a thorough, public search for the University’s next president, Dr. Rebecca Cunningham officially took office today as the 18th President of the University of Minnesota System. “I could not be more excited to…

The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota released the 2024 Update of a Research and Development (R&D) Roadmap for Nipah Virus to accelerate the development of medical countermeasures…

The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota released the 2024 Update of a Research and Development (R&D) Roadmap for Lassa Fever to prioritize medical countermeasures—specifically,…

A coalition of conservationists and researchers have shown how we can prevent the most likely and imminent species extinctions by saving a tiny percentage of the planet’s surface. This affordable, achievable plan would make it possible to…

Nestled above the Mississippi River gorge and just minutes from the Twin Cities campus, the Eastcliff property has served as the official residence of U of M presidents for more than 60 years, as well as a central location for hosting and…

About 3,400 infants die suddenly and unexpectedly in the U.S. every year, but these tragic events do not fall evenly across populations. Deaths are notably higher among Indigenous and Black infants compared with white infants, and rural…