A showcase of all things global at UMN
The Kathryn A. Martin Library at the University of Minnesota Duluth has one of the largest Sámi collections in the world. Library Director Matt Rosendahl recently traveled to Sápmi, the traditional lands of the Sámi people, to visit cultural centers, museums, and libraries and meet with people working to preserve Sámi language and culture.
Student and faculty researchers at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs are part of a unique new partnership with a goal of better understanding conflict and finding ways to reduce it around the world.
Kyle Martin, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, is working to create an in-clinic calculator that physicians can use to predict the risk of ACL reconstruction failure at a patient-specific level. His project received grant funding through the Norwegian Centennial Chair Program.
The state of Minnesota shares strong cultural ties to Norway, and the University of Minnesota maintains strong research connections to Norwegian institutions in a variety of disciplines.
The University of School of Dentistry’s past, present and future came together as Moos Tower hosted a special visitor from Halden, Norway. Fridjtov Owre, a great-great-great nephew of the influential Dr. Alfred Owre, School of Dentistry dean (1905-27), paid Moos Tower a special visit.