University of Minnesota News Service

#UMN School of Nursing leads collaborative efforts to address substance use disorders in nurses. Read more at http://z.umn.edu/1elv

Prof. Serido discusses how peers, parents, and communities are learning to support good financial decision-making in the transition to adulthood. Read more at: http://z.umn.edu/1elr

An original musical composition by Minneapolis-based musician LOTT inspired by the environmental biomes in the College of Biological Sciences Conservatory. 

Associate professor and mezzo soprano Adriana Zabala has become widely known for her work creating new roles in opera.

University of Minnesota Duluth alumna Cristina Coc is helping develop a sustainable Mayan economy from an indigenous way of life, inspiring communities worldwide. Read more at http://z.umn.edu/1duo 

News on the genetics of addiction can crowd out information about its social and environmental context. Associate Professor Molly Dingel seeks to present addiction in its full, complicated web of causation. Read more at http://z.umn.edu/1duh

American Indian youth have the highest rate of suicide in Minnesota and the nation. It’s a serious symptom of a wider problem: Native youth don’t feel connected to their school or the larger community. Read more at http://z.umn.edu/1dug

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University of Minnesota Duluth assoc. prof. Adam Pine has been researching the "food deserts" in the Duluth, MN, communities of Lincoln Park and Morgan Park. Food deserts are typically low-income neighborhoods that have relatively poor access to healthy and affordable food. Learn how he works to make their food supply healthier and more secure: https://goo.gl/ckCvjw

Nic VanMeerten is out to investigate how people learn in video games and how this information can be used for the greater good.