College of Biological Sciences

The Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility has awarded seven University of Minnesota faculty members Global Engagement Grants, funding that will be used to advance novel global health projects.

As a researcher in evolutionary ecology, Jesús Pinto-Ledezma studies the origin, causes, and consequences of biodiversity at global, regional, and local scales.

Alejandra Perez-Enriquez and colleagues are helping communities in Costa Rica shape their own future through participatory ecological restoration.

Ph.D. student Chau Pham is examining how the dry forests of Central Vietnam respond both to natural disturbances and those caused by people.

The study, co-written by UMN professors with more than 20 experts around the world, revealed the likelihood of an emergent feedback loop in which, as climate change puts more pressure on the global food supply, agriculture adopts practices that further accelerate climate change. 

Qianna Xu's experience at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology provided her with an invaluable international community to lean on as her career continues to evolve and mature.

Mariana Cardenas, a graduate student from Venezuela, investigates the lichens adapting to South America’s mountain summits.

Professor Jennifer Powers reflects on her decades-long connection to Costa Rica, where she runs a field station within the Area de Conservación Guanacaste.

Long before becoming an ecologist, Maowei Liang recalls being deeply impacted by the tangible ways his village in Inner Mongolia experienced global change.