Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Featuring selected highlights of the latest news from around the University of Minnesota System. See https://twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events for more.

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Already this year…

We treated the first human patient with a new Glioblastoma Cancer Therapy

Boosted food security with a major advance in wheat breeding

Fired up a first-of-its-kind truck to bring the ER to cardiac arrest patients

Launched a Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial

Partnered with Toyota on a 5-year AI project

Announced a groundbreaking partnership at Rochester with Google Cloud & Mayo Clinic

Morris was awarded $1.3 Million for the Summit Scholars Program

And Minnesota Sea Grant (Duluth) received $230 thousand to explore aquaculture in Minnesota

Among our students

The Minnesota Law Review elected the first Black Editor-In-Chief in its 104-year history

And the NY Times featured a Crookston alum who is helping people navigate affordable housing

We even went to the Super Bowl with 3 Gopher Football alums

And we’re just getting started…

Discovery Never Stops

Neither does our commitment to our citizens and the State of Minnesota