A collection of recent news featuring IAS community members and programs.
 

Join the IAS on Thursday afternoons this fall for our eclectic, wide-ranging discussion series designed for scholars from all walks of life.

Events are free, open to the public, and will be held online*. All events will take place at 3:30 p.m. CT. Events are FREE, open to the public, and will be held online via Zoom. Additional details about each event, including registration details, can be found via the links below and on our events calendar.

We are pleased to announce the 2021–2022 Spotlight Series: Reconsidering Patriotism, Public Service, and Civic Engagement.

The series is FREE and open to the public (registration requested), and will be held online via Zoom and in person at Northrop in the Best Buy Theater (masks required).

Open Rivers: Rethinking Water, Place & Community invites submissions for our Spring 2022 issue on Women & Water.

In myriad ways, women are connected with water—as scientists, as activists and water protectors, as policymakers, as providers, as researchers, and as artists and storytellers. In the contemporary moment, climate change and disasters affect already compromised water conditions, making these entanglements with water both more complicated and more critical.

Minnesota Transform is hiring an Administrative Assistant 

Seeking an organized UMN Graduate Student interested in gaining grant-based project administration experience. Position will work directly with Minnesota Transform and our community partners.

We are delighted to announce the 2021 Humanities Without Walls Grand Research Challenge seed grant awardees!

Open Rivers: Rethinking Water, Place, and Community
From the introduction to Issue Eighteen: Spring 2021

By Laurie Moberg, Managing Editor of Open Rivers

Originally published 3/16/2021

From May-June, the two new cohorts of our pilot short-term fellows program will gather virtually to share research and make productive connections. Open to all University of Minnesota system faculty, graduate students, staff, and to community members across the state of Minnesota, we are pleased to say we received an overwhelming number of applications. 

Please help us welcome these new fellows, and stay tuned for longer introductions to each individual and their work in the coming weeks!

Eight graduate students from the University of Minnesota have been selected to participate in the Summer 2021 MnDRIVE Human in the Data Fellowship.