The University of Minnesota is a research-intensive institution based in the US city of Minneapolis-St Paul. It is a member institution of the American Association of Universities.
The university is broadly organized into 19 colleges and schools, and it has sister campuses in Crookston, Duluth, Morris, and Rochester. The University’s enrollment has reached 64,964 but a 16-to-1 student-to-faculty ratio.
Contributing to the University’s academic prestige are 20 Nobel Laureates, 86 Guggenheim Fellows, and 2 MacArthur “Geniuses” currently on campus.
The world’s largest collections of Sherlock Holmes literature, artifacts, and memorabilia are housed in the University’s Andersen Library.
Minnesota’s athletic teams are known collectively as the Minnesota Golden Gophers and compete in the NCAA’s Division I as members of the Big Ten Conference.
First elected in 1987, Pelosi offers decades of experience at building coalitions and she excels as a Democratic fundraiser. Still, the vote was closer than expected.
S'gaw Karen girls of Khun Yuam District, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand.
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When immigrants come to the US, it isn’t just the people who assimilate. The microbes in their gut also become Westernized after living here. This may predispose them to diseases like obesity.
Nisarg Desai observes wild chimps known as Sandi, Ferdinand and Siri in Tanzania.
Michael Wilson
Do chimpanzee talk to each other? Scientists follow and record chimpanzees in the wild to find out – and to fill in details about how human language might have evolved.
Petani skala kecil amat rentan terhadap rawan pangan.
Leah Samberg
Menurut PBB, kelaparan dunia meningkat pertama kali dalam 15 tahun. Selain mmemproduksi lebih banyak makanan, kita perlu melindungi petani skala-kecil dari perubahan iklim dan konflik bersenjata.
Setelah beberapa dekade penelitian, perkembangan kontrol kelahiran untuk laki-laki kini mungkin sudah selangkah lebih maju. Bersama para kolega, saya sedang mengerjakan sebuah langkah terobosan menjanjikan…
Even common knowledge isn’t immune.
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Research suggests a new threat to life on Earth from the meteorite’s crash: Via seismic waves, the impact triggered massive undersea eruptions, as big as any ever seen in our planet’s history.
Will blue packets replace pink ones soon?
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Dieting is a setup. The act of dieting causes physiological changes that make it hard to continue dieting successfully. Here’s how the body fights back when some people try to lose weight.
British author Philip Pullman.
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In his new book, Philip Pullman, once again tackles religion as an oppressive institution. On another level, he continues the quest for explaining human consciousness.
Holidays don’t always bring you closer.
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A scholar applies lessons from her research to negotiate with her spouse better and have an ‘awesome holiday.’ Here’s how you can too – and make your family life happier overall.
Political reporter William D. Workman speaks at a GOP event in 1962.
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In the 1960s, white newspaper journalists exploited racial divisions to help build the GOP’s southern firewall.
COP 22 President Salaheddine Mezouar from Morocco, right, hands over a gavel to Fiji’s prime minister and president of COP 23 Frank Bainimarama, left, during the opening of the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017.
AP Photo/Martin Meissner
Although climate change threatens the world’s small island nations, many can find ways to adapt and preserve their homes and cultures – especially if wealthy countries cut emissions and provide support.
Smallholder agriculture in southern Ethiopia. Smallholder farmers are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity.
Leah Samberg
According to the UN, world hunger is rising for the first time in 15 years. The answer is not only growing more food, but also buffering small-scale farmers against climate change and armed conflicts.
Beatrice Fihn, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).
Teenagers aren’t just lazy. Their sleep hormones aren’t calibrated to let them get up and go until later in the morning – which has academic and health consequences when school starts too early.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria (Trump), Larry Downing (Obama)
Eloquent Obama and bombastic Trump certainly have different speaking styles. But a big data analysis of their speeches also shows a surprising commonality.
A public worker clears a storm drain in Carson City, Nevada.
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The US wants to invest in more infrastructure to handle our rainfall and melted snow. Stormwater credits could help cut costs and protect the environment.