Exploring the Intersection of Healing Through Creativity in Medicine
Yuko Taniguchi is an assistant professor in the Center for Learning Innovation at the University of Minnesota Rochester and joined the IAS as a residential fellow in Fall 2024. She is investigating how creative activities like art can transform mental health practices for adolescents.
University of Minnesota Duluth researchers receive $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to launch new food justice hub
A new project that will engage community members in identifying environmentally sound food justice solutions—helmed by two faculty members from the University of Minnesota Duluth’s (UMD) College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences—was awarded a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation.
Center for Canon Expansion and Change Receives $500,000 Grant from the Mellon Foundation
Support from the Mellon Foundation will enable the CCEC to expand its mission of broadening the philosophical canon and training educators to teach around a broader set of ideas. The project is led by Dwight K. Lewis Jr., assistant professor of Philosophy, and Jessica Gordon-Roth, associate professor of Philosophy.