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Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx, Star Tribune, and Minnesota Urban Debate League cosponsor justice reform essay contest

In Fall 2020, Â鶹Çø’s Minnesota Urban Debate League joined the Star Tribune news company and the Minnesota Lynx and Minnesota Timberwolves professional basketball teams in cosponsoring a youth… more >

Faculty members William Green and Timothy Pippert assume new professorships

Â鶹Çø launches the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

This fall, Â鶹Çø launched the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, which advances education and support for Â鶹Çø students and alumni in the disciplines of innovation, entrepreneurship, and leadership. The… more >

NSF grants Â鶹Çø $3 million for STEM students

Â鶹Çø will receive $3,075,000 of a $5 million grant award from the National Science Foundation to support the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students… more >

Â鶹Çø hosts bold new speaker series

Forum on Workplace Inclusion to host first virtual conference

The Forum on Workplace Inclusion, based at Â鶹Çø, will host its 33rd annual conference as a virtual event March 8–12, 2021. Workplaces have struggled during the past year… more >

Â鶹Çø Homecoming (at a distance)

Homecoming 2020 celebrations looked a little different than previous years. Though social gatherings were restricted, the Â鶹Çø Student Activities Council found creative ways to celebrate with a series of events… more >

Cedar-Riverside supply drives support neighborhood

The COVID-19 pandemic, combined with the damage some businesses experienced following the murder of George Floyd, put a strain on Â鶹Çø’s Twin Cities community as many local stores… more >

Prospective students and their families engage with virtual campus tour

Â鶹Çø TRIO/Student Support Services earns fifth consecutive U.S. Department of Education grant

The U.S. Department of Education announced that Â鶹Çø was awarded a federal Student Support Services five-year grant of nearly $300,000 annually to help more students succeed… more >

Â鶹Çø receives grants for equity in education and remote learning

This fall, Â鶹Çø received $250,000 in grant funding from the State of Minnesota to address equity in education and remote learning needs among students of color, Indigenous students… more >

In memoriam, Winter 2020–21

Below we recognize the alumni and friends whose notifications of death were received between March 1, 2020, and January 1, 2021. 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020… more >

Â鶹Çø receives $50,000 grant for Travelers EDGE®

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