More than 150 students, faculty, staff, and alumni attended Taste Diversity 2012 on March 28, making for another successful event, said Diversity Coordinator Sherlonde Clarke. Sponsored by the Dean’s Office and organized by the Student Senate Diversity Committee, this was the sixth annual Taste Diversity celebration. This year’s theme was Africa. “The Student Senate Diversity Committee [...]
Learn about 2012 Research Day at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health through the lens of our dean, John Finnegan.
While serving as a community health volunteer in rural Ecuador as part of her Peace Corps experience, Samantha Mills made a decision: She would pursue a degree and a career in public health at the University of Minnesota.
The economy is recovering, but the percentage of Minnesotans without health insurance remains as high now as it did two years ago at the official end of the great recession. That’s according to findings from the Minnesota Department of Health and the University of Minnesota.
The location and design of nutrition labels on food packages — first introduced 20 years ago — has come into question based on a new University of Minnesota study that used eye-tracking technology to objectively measure whether or not consumers read the labels.
University of Minnesota president Eric Kaler and his wife, Karen Kaler, visited the School of Public Health as part of a campus crawl during Inauguration Week. The Sept. 19 tour, led by Dean John Finnegan, focused on the broad research excellence at the SPH and the educational opportunities for students. Watch a video about the [...]
A record number of students attended the SPH 2011 Orientation at the University of Minnesota’s McNamara Alumni Center. The incoming students learned more about the school and what they can look forward to at the U of M, said Maggie Aftahi, SPH recruitment director. “We had students representing 13 different countries and 33 different states,” [...]
Brian Davis and his clients love to talk about sports at the North Minneapolis barbershop he owns: Brian D’s Old School Barbers.
Kathryn Nelson was a freelance journalist working in Kenya. She wasn’t particularly interested in public health. But then she met Kevin. Kevin was a Kenyan boy who had epilepsy. His family, not understanding the condition, thought he was possessed by the devil. Nelson met Kevin near the end of his life, following years of neglect. [...]
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