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Frontier Issues in Organ Transplantation: New Approaches to Saving Lives & Securing Trust

Organ transplantation is at a crossroads. Too many people die for lack of an organ. Confidence in the U.S. transplant system has been shaken. Join three top experts to debate what comes next! Will new ...
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Art collection project gives students hands-on learning experience

A collection of contemporary Native American artwork that had been donated to the University of Minnesota Morris by Gershon ...
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UMN Morris: Direct Admission Through PTK Connect

Recognized on the 2025 PTK Transfer Honor Roll, UMN Morris is officially ranked among the most transfer-friendly colleges in ...
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Harteneck found purpose, passion in research

As a first-generation college student, Skylar Harteneck ’26, Rosemount, thought college was just like high school—you go to classes every day until you graduate, then you get a job. But she found more ...
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Internship leads to job and Baade finds more is Morris—in less than four years

When Jordan Baade ’26, Annandale, a biology major, came to UMN Morris, he planned to pursue pre-medicine, but after interning at Agvise Laboratories in Benson, a soil and plant analysis company, he ...
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Meenakshisundaram to give student address at UMN Morris commencement

Each year, faculty and graduating seniors at the University of Minnesota Morris select a student to receive the Curtis H. Larson Award. This award was established to honor UMN Morris’ first senior ...
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Josephine Marcotty and Dave Hage Reading

Josephine Marcotty and Dave Hage will read from and discuss their MN-Book-Award-Finalist book, Sea of Grass: The Conquest, Ruin, and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie.Q&A and book signing ...
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Purpose-driven business motivates UMN Morris student in Nike internship

Kenyon Ponce ‘26 , Kuna, ID, has always been passionate about purpose-driven business, which is exactly what led him to pursue the internship opportunity he had last summer with Nike’s N7 initiative.
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Van Wey named Fulbright finalist

University of Minnesota Morris student Catherine Van Wey ’26 has been named a finalist for a Fulbright grant. The English and Spanish major from Maple Grove received notification on April 9 that she ...
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Peters receives Faculty Distinguished Research Award

Heather Peters, professor of psychology and chair of the Social Sciences Division, is the recipient of the 2026 Faculty Distinguished Research Award. The award, established in 2000, recognizes ...
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Coon named Founders Scholar

Associate Professor of Spanish Adam W. Coon, has been named the 14th UMN Morris Founders Scholar of Liberal Arts. Coon’s project, "Indigenous Lan(d)guage Learning amid an AI Landscape," explores the ...