The Trump administration and members of Congress propose cutting environmental reviews and public involvement to boost logging. But data show reviews aren’t the problem.
University of Minnesota
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.
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Quel pourrait être demain l’impact sur la santé humaine et sur l’environnement de la vie miroir faite de bactéries synthétiques, versions chimiquement inversées des cellules naturelles ?
Synthetic cells that look just like natural cells but are chemically reversed could outcompete other living organisms − with dire consequences for human health and the environment.
Virologist Wolfgang Preiser and paediatrician Ndia Sam-Agudu talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the latest mpox epidemic and how the disease has been ignored in Africa.
Los niños corren mayor peligro de contraer infecciones como el mpox porque su sistema inmunitario aún se está desarrollando. Especialmente en África, con un sistema de vacunación deficiente. ¿Cómo deberíamos responder?
Children are in danger of infections such as mpox because their immune systems are still developing.
The six-time platinum-selling artist invites fans into an imagined future that celebrates Blackness and queerness.
Researchers used AI to analyze photos of Olympic medalists and found that bronze medalists appeared happier than silver medalists. A cognitive process called ‘counterfactual thinking’ may explain why.
The education technology sector constantly offers new products to solve old problems. Will anything be different this time?
Climate change is often seen as solely a technical problem. This is a misguided belief. Understanding how to build a better world begins, and ends, with understanding the societies which inhabit it.
Not much is known about the predator fly Laphria saffrana. New research identified how they count the wingbeats of their favored prey, letting it slip out of focus before adjusting their heads.
Marriage on its own won’t do away with child poverty, and in fact it can create even more instability for low-income families.
A new study traces how Russia’s empire building, especially in Ukraine, resulted in long-term economic damage and fomented rebellion for over a century.
Rupert Murdoch is a major media figure, but he may not be as influential as most people think.
The Supreme Court has not yet committed to making livestreaming oral arguments a permanent part of its work. But this measure could lead to more transparency and possibly confidence in the court.
Despite Fox News’ questionable ethics, its last-minute settlement with Dominion Voting Systems was a win for all media.
Contrary to the idea that apes evolved their upright posture to reach for fruit in the forest canopy, the earliest known ape with this stature, Morotopithecus, lived in more open grassy environments.
A satirist posted a parody of a police Facebook page. He was arrested and jailed for four days. How far do free speech protections extend when it comes to satire about government?
Taking into consideration the number of excess deaths caused by COVID-19 compared with pre-pandemic years is critical to getting an accurate accounting of the pandemic’s real toll.
During the 1918 flu pandemic, white people died at similar rates to Black Americans, according to a new study – a very different pattern than what occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology, University of Minnesota
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota
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Associate Professor American Studies and Asian American Studies, University of Minnesota
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Assistant Professor of urban planning, University of Minnesota
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Associate Professor of Natural Resource & Environmental Policy, University of Minnesota
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Professor of learning technologies, University of Minnesota
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Professor of Media Ethics and Law, University of Minnesota
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Professor of Law, University of Minnesota
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Assistant Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota
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Professor of Anthropology, University of Minnesota
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Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Director, Global Pediatrics Program global health, University of Minnesota
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Professor of Law and Business, University of Minnesota
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Graduate Researcher in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota
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Horace T. Morse Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Law, University of Minnesota
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Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Minnesota
