Alex FriedrichPlans are expected on President Eric Kaler’s desk by May 15. Read more →
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The D.C.-based consumer-advocacy group Public Citizen is calling for a federal investigation of the University of Minnesota’s human-subjects protection program — and says the program’s accreditation should be rescinded. The announcement, made today, comes after a strongly worded external review last month said the U was not doing enough to protect the subjects of its Read more →
In an attempt to revitalize the University of Minnesota Medical School, Gov. Mark Dayton today established a committee to suggest ways to bring it back to its former glory. The move comes after years of decline in med-school rankings as well as a recent review that says the institution, though strong, has suffered from staff Read more →
Three cars have caught fire on a University of Minnesota parking ramp. University spokesman Steve Henneberry said the fire occurred around noon on the sixth floor of a ramp on Delaware Street between Walnut and Harvard streets. The ramp serves the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview. Henneberry said around 1 p.m. that the fire Read more →
This announcement just in from the U: University of Minnesota names new Medical School Dean and Vice President for Health Sciences – Jay Brooks Jackson will begin in February pending Board of Regents approval – University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler announced today that the University’s new dean of the Medical School and vice president Read more →
Aaron Friedman, University of Minnesota medical school dean and VP of health sciences, had a few nuggets for today’s Board of Regents overview of academic medicine: On how long it takes to see the effects of changes made to the medical school and academic medicine in general: “The pipeline is long. For the average decision Read more →
University of Minnesota regents on Friday will discuss a 5-year, multimillion-dollar plan that lets the U and Fairview Health Services jointly manage the services they perform together. The agreement, a year and a half in the making, would affect the University of Minnesota Physicians clinics, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Amplatz Children’s Hospital and planned Read more →
I caught up with the speaker, Fairview VP Mark Hansberry, for just a minute as he was walking out the door. He wouldn’t elaborate on the timing of Fairview’s decision to end merger talks with the U — the fact that the decision was announced the same day as Sanford’s pullout. He just said that Read more →
Here’s a statement by Dr. Aaron Friedman, who is resigning at the end of the year as vice president of health sciences and dean of the University of Minnesota medical school. A university spokesman sent it to me: After three years as vice president of health sciences and dean of the Medical School, I Read more →
This announcement from University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler was forwarded to me: Dear Colleagues, Dr. Aaron Friedman, vice president for the health sciences and dean of the Medical School, has informed me of his plans to step down at the end of the calendar year, which is also the end of his current, three-year Read more →