Quality Education

Members of the University of Minnesota’s Project Dinkytown club aim to make Dinkytown a better place by promoting cleanliness and safety.The club meets once a week on Fridays near the Dinkytown Target to pick up litter around the area. 

The UMN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Initiative is excited to announce the 2025 SDG Research Grant competition!

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. 

The U of M has multiple programs that allow Minnesota students to earn college credit while in high school, including College in the Schools and Postsecondary Enrollment Options offered through the Twin Cities campus. These programs are available to students across the state, not just those living in the metro area. 

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.

Griffin Peck, the Morris Model coordinator, initiated a planning effort to update and expand the scope of our sustainability strategic vision for the Morris community. This work included using the SDGs as a framework as they established new goals and priorities. 

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. 

Associate Professor Tracey Deutsch and post-doctoral associate Andre Kobayashi Deckrow helped undergraduate students team up with the Mapping Prejudice Project to digitize mapping data from Minnesotan history.

Joanne Slavin, Ph.D., R.D., a professor in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, answers questions about how to make healthy choices this school year. 

The University of Minnesota Crookston hosted 40 students from regional high schools in early May 2024 for the annual Northern Great Plains Youth Institute World Food Prize experience.