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UMN President Joan T.A. Gabel and Rector Jón Atli Benediktsson of the University of Iceland pose after signing the agreement.

University of Minnesota renews partnership with University of Iceland

The University of Minnesota renewed its partnership agreement with the University of Iceland on September 15, 2022, celebrating 40 years of successful student exchange and collaboration.

Jo Anne Van Tilburg (right) and Christián Arevalo Pakarati, one of the project’s codirectors, digging around a statue

The Island of Her Dreams

Jo Anne Van Tilburg (B.A. ’65) is director and principal investigator of the Easter Island Statues Project, which studies the stone guardians called moai by the island’s inhabitants.

Cover of Impact: Feature Issue on Transition in a Global Context for People with Intellectual, Developmental, and Other Disabilities. The photo shows a young employee with a disability in a workshop. He is operating industrial equipment and wearing a work apron.

Transition Through a Global Lens

The latest issue of Impact, a publication from the Institute on Community Integration, places the critical period of transition from school to adulthood for youth with disabilities in a global context.

University of Minnesota seal

UMN receives Department of Education grant for international and African studies

By competitively earning this funding, the University becomes one of only nine programs in the country to be designated a comprehensive international center, and one of ten programs in African studies.

A graphic featuring a color wheel with the text: University of Minnesota Sustainable Development Goals Initiative: SDG Research Grants Program.

Announcing new round of Sustainable Development Goals Research Grants Program

The UMN Sustainable Development Goals Initiative is currently accepting applications for their SDG Research Grants Program, which awards grants of up to $20,000 to faculty and research staff to support SDG-aligned projects. 

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