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As the Monkeypox outbreak continues to spread worldwide, the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy has launched a Monkeypox Resource Center on their website. The Monkeypox Resource Center features up-to-date information on the Monkeypox outbreak and is being updated frequently as the… Read more

A multidisciplinary study led by Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain scholar Dr. Catherine Burrows has demonstrated that earlier, improved screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may help correct for large gender differences in ASD diagnoses. Currently, male children are diagnosed with… Read more

Michael Van Ryn has been named a Managing Editor for Volume 107 of the Minnesota Law Review. Van Ryn is a JD candidate at the University of Minnesota Law School, with an interest in health and patent law. He is also a Research Assistant for the Consortium, and is working with the ATP-Bio… Read more

In a study published by the Journal of Adolescent Health, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) scholar Laura Hooper and co-authors determine that adolescents who experience food insecurity are at higher risk for binge eating and obesity as they become young adults. Previous research… Read more

Prof. Mary Jo Kreitzer and co-authors recently published an article that investigates the effectiveness of Loving Kindness Meditation in an online health community. This type of meditation is a “systemized mind–body approach developed to increase loving acceptance.” The article’s findings show that… Read more

The Institute on the Environment (IonE) will host a conversation focused on ensuring equitable access to careers in clean energy on Tuesday, June 21 at Noon Central time by Zoom. As efforts to educate the public and create job training opportunities around green energy continue to proliferate,… Read more

Researchers with ATP-Bio, an NSF-funded Engineering Research Center headquartered at the University of Minnesota, have developed a new way of preserving pancreatic islet cells that may lead to improved treatment options for diabetes. Transplantation of pancreatic islet cells can cure for diabetes,… Read more

Congratulations to University of Minnesota law student Claire Colby ‘23, who has been selected to serve as Editor-in-Chief of volume 24 of the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology (MJLST)! MJLST publishes innovative articles on issues at the intersection of law,… Read more

The Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs’ Swain Climate Policy Initiative and the Big Ten Collaboration on Democracy in the 21st Century will host Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, the author of Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World, for a virtual event… Read more

We note with sadness the passing of Amos S. Deinard, MD, MPH, on March 9. Dr. Deinard was a faculty member in the University of Minnesota’s Department of Pediatrics, past-Director of the Community-University Health Care Center in Minneapolis, and founder of the Minnesota Oral Health Project. Dr.… Read more