http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/newsservice/downloads/Images/MNmoment-300sq.jpg http://blog.lib.umn.edu/urelate/radio/ http://blog.lib.umn.edu/urelate/radio/ A weekly 90-second radio vignette featuring University of Minnesota expert commentary on rural, local and world issues, groundbreaking research and what the U of M is doing everyday to improve the global quality of life. Produced by the News Service and delivered every Monday morning. en-us dswain@tc.umn.edu 2009-11-05T13:38:15-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/urelate/radio/202338.html As flu season hits its stride, the current H1N1 pandemic is certainly putting the world on alert. Countries are worried about the strain spreading across their borders and parents everywhere warily send their children to school where the flu is... 202338@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/urelate/radio/ 2009-11-05T13:38:15-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/urelate/radio/200624.html There's an added layer of fear this Halloween season with the smash hit movie "Paranormal Activity" terrorizing audiences across the country. But why do we enjoy being scared? It may help us work through our fears, says University of Minnesota... 200624@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/urelate/radio/ 2009-10-29T14:42:15-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/urelate/radio/199474.html There's likely no other issue in America right now that's as contentious as health care reform. It's difficult to tell which is rising more - the cost of care or the passion of the debate. Jean Abraham, assistant professor in... 199474@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/urelate/radio/ 2009-10-22T15:23:52-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/urelate/radio/197985.html What effect do new media like Facebook and Twitter have on female athletes? That's the question the University of Minnesota's Tucker Center is setting out to answer. Kinesiology professor Mary Jo Kane says the mainstream media traditionally depict only the... 197985@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/urelate/radio/ 2009-10-15T15:13:46-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/urelate/radio/196619.html His high-yield crop innovations have been credited with saving nearly a billion lives around the world but a part of him just wanted to be a Midwestern wrestling coach. University of Minnesota alum and Nobel Prize-winning scientist Norman Borlaug passed... 196619@http://blog.lib.umn.edu/urelate/radio/ 2009-10-08T15:17:33-06:00