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Associate director helped achieve new standard for tribal child welfare training
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A ceremony celebrating faculty and staff efforts and years of service.
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U of M Twin Cities and UMD hold first and second rankings in MN for both Best School For Social Work and Best Business School.
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New materials meet extreme conditions to bring wood innovations into new markets.
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Please join us in congratulating faculty and staff in the College of Education and Human Service Professions for their fall 2023 achievements.
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University of Minnesota becomes nation’s first to receive community engagement distinction for every campus.
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The University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) has now joined the Age-Friendly University Global Network as an Age-Friendly University.
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Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Life Jeremy Lieferman was named a DIAL Scholar.