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McKnight Professorships recognize influential early career work

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...

Sarah Greising and Sylia Wilson

Aiding the helping professions

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...

First responders in a van

Toward being an antiracist institution

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...

2 Animated people, one in wheelchair outside of Coffman Memorial Building

Alumni profile: educational persistence

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...

Iris HeavyRunner-PrettyPaint

Helping families with justice system trauma

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...

Katie Ausherbauer, Molly Bailey, and Elsa Kraus

Brain Boost

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...

Michael Georgieff and Damien Fair

Commitment and action

This collection of stories and commentaries contains reflections and reactions offered in the wake of the killing of St. Louis Park resident George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Generated by CEHD alumni, students, faculty, and staff, the contributions...

painting of Breonna Taylor by Stephanie Morrison Gandy

Caring for our community

This collection of stories and commentaries contains reflections and reactions offered in the wake of the killing of St. Louis Park resident George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Generated by CEHD alumni, students, faculty, and staff, the contributions...

Kente Cloth

Resilience

This collection of stories and commentaries contains reflections and reactions offered in the wake of the killing of St. Louis Park resident George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Generated by CEHD alumni, students, faculty, and staff, the contributions...

	Woman holding sign with the word "justice" while standing in front of the Minnesota State Capitol