University of Minnesota Foundation

Legacy

Fall 2025
Issues/Contents
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Feature

Home away from home

Born with two congenital heart defects, young Joey DiVincenzo found hope and healing in Minnesota.
Feature

Both sides of science

Amid a storied career as a cancer researcher, Carol Lange, PhD, experiences life as a patient.
Feature

Mining for meaning

University of Minnesota researchers use AI to sift through mountains of data in search of better care for each individual facing cancer.
Q&A

The three D’s of epilepsy care

Sandipan Pati, MD, explains how data, devices, and drugs are shaping the future.

Departments

Forefront

Forefront

New hope for a dire diagnosis

Masonic Cancer Center researchers are making headway in their search to find better treatments for a ‘vicious’ leukemia.
Forefront

An up-close view of ALS

Using high-powered MRIs, University of Minnesota scientists are illuminating how ALS progresses—and how it might be treated more effectively.
Forefront

Cooking up community

A group of University of Minnesota Medical School students are bringing people together around food, health, and heritage.
Forefront

Comfy care

These specially designed shirts and onesies allow people diagnosed with cancer to feel a little more comfortable during treatment.
Forefront

Making headlines

Addressing vaccine misinformation, how wildfires are affecting kids’ health, and living better for longer.

Gallery

Gallery

The art of healing

Go inside the Center for the Art of Medicine, where students, faculty, and physicians meet to exercise their ‘creative hearts and healing minds.’

Synopsis

Synopsis

Turning out the lights on research

Here’s a glimpse of what’s at stake if federal funding for medical research is drastically reduced.

Gratefully Yours

Gratefully Yours

The kid he is today

“The care you’ve provided to Cooper has been not only medically exceptional but truly personal and impactful.”

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