UMN BioBlitz
BioBlitz Earth Week Event

The Earth Week BioBlitz is here! 

Use the app iNaturalist during Earth Week to collect current biodiversity observation on Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses and help improve biodiversity!

To encourage involvement, the Humphrey School is funding an incentive to students, faculty, and staff who participate in the survey to help the University of Minnesota improve its protection and promotion of campus biodiversity! The prizes are 6 visa gift-cards ranging from $20 to $100 to the top three participants who document the most observations on campus as well as three other randomly chosen participants in the BioBlitz! Fill out this participation form for the chance to win! Your participation will help the Twin Cities campus obtain a biodiversity credit from STARS! Learn more: 

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Facilities Management’s Landcare team is the primary snow removal service provider for the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus, responsible for clearing nearly 100 miles of streets and walkways, and over 100 acres of parking surfaces. Learn more:

We're hiring a systemwide student communications assistant! Learn more or Apply now!

Join our speaker from the Great Plains Institute, Aaron Backs, to learn more about all things energy efficiency!

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The U.S. energy transition is arriving faster than you think. But the move toward solar is global: a recent study from Nature expects solar to be the cheapest source of electricity in almost all countries by 2027. Along with its arrival, clean energy prices are expected to become cheaper than fossil fuel options. 

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Trees are showing their spectacular fall colors across Minnesota. This year, the changing leaves have come early due to the stresses of ongoing drought. Drought, flooding and higher temperatures associated with climate change are all factors prompting University of Minnesota experts to think about the future of our forests.

Extension Educator Angela Gupta answers questions about the future of MN forests Read More

A new variety of apple has been released by the University of Minnesota apple breeding program. Named Kudos, this new apple will be available to the public in coming years. 

Read more about the new Kudos apple here

Join our speakers from Drive Electric MN, Alejandro Nakpil and Moaz Uddin, to talk about the benefits of EVs, the current market, and climate impacts. Learn more and Register!

The Office of Sustainability's Living Laboratory program is BACK! Living Labs seek to transform otherwise unused space on campus into opportunities to learn, research, and innovate sustainability on campus. Applications are now open to students, staff, and faculty. Learn more and apply here.

U-Spatial has awarded prizes in nine categories, including a Grand Prize of $1000 to Andrew Hallberg's StoryMap, "Stop the Thud!".

A graduate student in Conservation Sciences, Andrew has created an interactive map tracking bird-building collisions at the UMN Twin Cities campus through "Stop the Thud!", a citizen science based recording system.

Check out Andrew's story map for more information and data and look for Stop the Thud! signs around campus to help continue this project!

Employee U Cards are now Employee Transit Passes (ETPs)! All Twin Cities benefits-eligible faculty and staff will receive unlimited access to all transit systems in the Twin Cities metro area! 

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