Systemwide

Urgent shortages in Minnesota’s health care workforce are looming across the state as the Minnesota Department of Health reports one in three rural physicians plan to leave the workforce within the next five years. Similar trends are noted for nurses, emergency medical services and mental health providers. 

Both new and returning students will soon continue their educational adventures at the University of Minnesota this fall, and when they do, they’ll have thousands of courses to choose from.

If you’re reading this, then it’s likely you’re one of the roughly 40 million people whose drinking water comes from the Great Lakes.

To help stop the spread of invasive carp, a deterrent system will be installed on the Mississippi River at Lock and Dam 5 near Winona.

Minnesota’s beloved waters, fish, forests, and other natural treasures are under attack from invaders like carp, spiny water fleas, zebra mussels, the emerald ash borer, and buckthorn. 

The 2024 cohort of the Sustainable Land and Water Resources Research Experience for Undergraduates celebrated the end of their program by sharing poster presentations and elaborate StoryMaps. 

Heidi Roop, is joining the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on a temporary assignment as the Assistant Director for Climate Services

At its first national conference, the National Sustainability Society presented its 2024 Achievement Award to the University of Minnesota’s Climate-Smart Municipalities program.

Results from a decades-long field study in Minnesota reveal the dangerous impact of rising carbon dioxide and nitrogen pollution on grassland biodiversity.

The Delta Air Lines flight flew from MSP to New York using fuel blended with winter camelina, a cover crop that Minnetonka-based Cargill helped grow.