Twin Cities

It can be frustrating when the light turns green and every car in front of you makes it through before it turns red -- except for you.

Hmong patients are twice as likely to suffer strokes than their white counterparts, and at younger ages, according to a first-of-its-kind study published recently by a University of Minnesota researcher. 

All Twin Cities benefits-eligible faculty and staff now have unlimited access to all transit systems in the Twin Cities metro area.

The School of Public project is the first to bring researchers, government agencies, and community organizations together to examine the issue.

To mark LGBTQ+ Pride Month in June, the University of Minnesota School of Public Health is highlighting current research aimed at protecting the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ residents in long-term care facilities. 

A University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led team has developed a more energy-efficient, tunable superconducting diode — a promising component for future electronic devices — that could help scale up quantum computers for industry and improve artificial intelligence systems.

Minnesota is home to a great variety of biodiversity due to its position at a confluence of four of the planet’s major biomes — aspen parklands, prairie grasslands, deciduous forest and coniferous forest. Now, University of Minnesota researchers have confirmed the state is also home to 508 bee species, including numerous rare and specialist species that were recorded in the state for the first time. 

Hortense Minishi has always dreamed of making the world a better place. In 2021, she received a Fulbright and Hubert Humphrey scholarship to study human rights at the University of Minnesota.

Minnesotans are eager to get back to their gardens and are busy picking out this year’s plants and seeds. Dan Shaw, an adjunct assistant professor in the College of Design, answers questions about how you can create your own residential pollinator garden.

Spending time in parks and other greenspaces has many positive effects on both physical and mental health, but research has shown that access to these greenspaces is uneven. The School of Public Health's Urban Greenspace Access Score will be an evidence-based, scoring system aimed at promoting urban greenspace equity.