University of Minnesota Foundation

Legacy

Fall 2026
Issues/Contents
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Feature

Finding their voices

Fueled by a $34.7 million grant, University of Minnesota experts aim to discover better ways to support nonverbal and minimally verbal autistic children.
Feature

Flipping the switch on pain

Through personalized brain mapping, a University of Minnesota team is turning off chronic pain — and giving John Kushman a second chance at life.
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The state of medical education

With three campuses and one unified mission, the University of Minnesota Medical School is preparing the doctors of tomorrow to care for every corner of the state.
Q&A

Secrets of the SuperAgers

Inside the Brains in Motion lab, Jacqueline Palmer, DPT, PhD, and her team are uncovering how certain older adults naturally outmaneuver age-related decline.

Departments

Forefront

Forefront

When cancer therapy goes viral

University of Minnesota researchers have enlisted an unlikely ally in the fight to treat pancreatic cancer: an engineered version of the common cold.
Forefront

Quitting by mail

An innovative solution from the Masonic Cancer Center is helping people across rural Minnesota quit smoking.
Forefront

Road test

A University of Minnesota team is hitting the road and bringing free vision and hearing screenings to local communities.
Forefront

Beyond the buzzer

A young athlete’s sudden heart issues inspired her to create her own foundation to support research.
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Making headlines

Scientists are catching Alzheimer’s sooner and helping medical staff across Minnesota prepare for complex births.

Gallery

Gallery

Full potential, here and abroad

For more than two decades, the University of Minnesota Global Pediatrics Program has prepared doctors to deliver high-quality care to children anywhere.

Synopsis

Synopsis

Growing for good

See inside the new Community-University Health Care Center, which will serve even more people in South Minneapolis starting in 2027.

Gratefully Yours

Gratefully Yours

A seat at the table

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