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As 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and St. Paul's 70th year as a sister city to Nagasaki, former St. Paul Mayor and Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK professor Jim Scheibel led a group of nine Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK students to Nagasaki on Jan. 12-19. This transformative experience offered students time and opportunity to deeply reflect on the impact the atomic bombing had on Nagasaki, Japan and the world.

Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK graduate adjunct professor Erin Entrada Kelly was recently awarded the 2025 John Newbery Medal for her novel The First State of Being. The prestigious award, given by the American Library Association, recognizes the year’s most outstanding contribution to children's literature.

On the Hawaiian island of Kauai, the students of Ke Kula NiÊ»ihau o Kekaha immersion school speak the native language of the nearby island of Ni‘ihau, which has only about 200 native speakers on the island and 200 more in their community. Ten years ago, the only book published in the NiÊ»ihau dialect was a Bible provided by missionaries. Today, there are over 400 books written in the dialect by students and staff of Ke Kula NiÊ»ihau o Kekaha and published by Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK’s Center for Global Environmental Education (CGEE).

Dr. Mayme Hostetter, a founding leader and current president of the Relay Graduate School of Education in New York City, was introduced as the 22nd president of Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK at a campus gathering on Wednesday.

A communication shared by the Chair of the Board of Trustees on Dec. 20, 2024.

New upper-level class will give undergraduate finance majors real-world experience with investment selection and portfolio construction.

A communication shared by the Chair of the Presidential Search Committee on Dec. 6, 2024.

This honor recognizes universities for outstanding efforts to increase nonpartisan student voter participation.

Students were called out to campus at 11 p.m. on Nov. 20 to investigate a staged double homicide as part of a forensic science course.

Minnesota’s first Cannabis Summit was co-organized and led by Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK professor Serena King on Oct. 25, 2024.