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It’s a long road from tending tobacco fields in North Carolina to being named one of the 350 women who changed the world by Working Women magazine, but General Clara Adams-Ender has always defied convention.

A team of University researchers with expertise in animal health, nursing, agronomy, plant genetics, public health and environmental ecosystems will partner with colleagues in East Africa to explore the complex and inter-related tensions and threats brought by dramatic climate changes in the arid regions of East Africa.     

BSN student Isatou Cham was one of 10 undergraduate students selected from across the country for the fifth annual Pathways to Research program.

Home isn’t just where the heart is; home is also where your meals are. Healthy meal and snacking habits at home could be building blocks for battling childhood obesity.

The University of Minnesota School of Nursing celebrated the class of 2016 during the School of Nursing commencement ceremony May 13 at Northrop. The school welcomed U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who delivered the commencement address. Klobuchar is the senior United States senator from Minnesota and the first woman elected to represent Minnesota in the U.S. Senate. Before serving in the Senate, Klobuchar served as the Hennepin County attorney for eight years and was a legal adviser to former Vice President Walter Mondale.