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April 15, 2021 U of M Twin Cities student Gurtaran Johal. Please contact Kat Dodge at kdodge@umn.edu for multimedia assets. University of Minnesota Twin Cities junior Gurtaran Johal has been named a 2021 Truman Scholar. The Truman Scholarship, one of the most prestigious awards for undergraduates, recognizes outstanding leaders who plan to devote their careers to public service. Johal is one of 62 Scholars selected this year from 845 candidates nominated by 328 colleges and universities in the United States. Johal has been a campus leader since her first semester, when she interned...

March 16, 2021 Model of Micronesian Wa. Canoes are one of the oldest and still most widely used global Indigenous technologies. Their functionality and cultural significance allow them to be vessels for transportation, a positive foundation for building relationships, and a teaching and learning space. Canoes are also a strong cultural symbol with ties to Traditional Ecological Knowledge and environmental stewardship.  “This exhibit is a representation of the ongoing relationship building and knowledge exchange between three Indigenous communities around Mnisota Makoce,” said ...

February 3, 2021 Inside of the U of M Minnesota Mobile Resuscitation Consortium truck. University of Minnesota, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust and health care system partners announce the launch of a truck outfitted with medical equipment and virtual reality technology to help experts attend to patients remotely for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Part of the Minnesota Mobile Resuscitation Consortium (MMRC), the truck brings the emergency room to cardiac arrest patients and is an innovative step in providing care to cardiac arrest patients who need t...