The School of Social Work has long been committed to innovation, especially in partnership with community members. While students can make a meaningful contribution to that work, they aren’t always invited to share their ideas or have the resources..
Professors Gillian Roehrig and Keisha Varma from CEHD are leading an initiative to increase diversity in the STEM fields as part of a $26 million National Science Foundation grant awarded to the U. The grant is to establish the Engineering...
The Minnesota Legislature has passed a bonding bill that includes funding to construct a new building for our Institute of Child Development (ICD). It took many months of debate, but the Minnesota House passed the $1.36 billion bill on a 100-34 vote..
The goal of the McKnight Land-Grant Professorship is to advance the careers of new assistant professors at a crucial point in their professional lives. The goal of this award is to advance the careers of new assistant professors at a crucial point...
First responders in all 50 states are now using an app designed by University of Minnesota researchers to help manage the emotional and physical exhaustion of their work that can lead to personal burnout, reduced feelings of empathy, and...
The Death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last May galvanized world opinion that it was beyond time to finally address racial inequities in a meaningful and lasting way. CEHD is not exempt from this reckoning. Although racial justice, diversity...
Iris HeavyRunner-PrettyPaint, PhD ’09, often says she is a living example of her own dissertation. She considers herself a Pisatsikamotaan, a “miracle survivor.” That term refers to Native students who are able to “persist” in non-tribal...
In their clinical internship work at a Minneapolis substance abuse treatment center, two Department of Family Social Science PhD candidates became deeply troubled by how few mental health services were accessible to their clients over...
The Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND) has tapped the Institute on Community Integration’s (ICI) Minnesota Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (MNLEND) program to create a network of partner organizations...
There are many ways the human brain can go off track during development—trauma, poor nutrition, neurocognitive disorders, stress, genetic diseases—all affecting the trajectory of people’s lives. Often, early diagnosis and intervention are key to...
