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FSOS PhD alumna returns to Minnesota

On the heels of completing a post-doctoral research fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, Gretchen Buchanan, PhD ’21, is joining the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute as a senior researcher in the Redleaf Center for Family Healing.

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Alumni appointed to state board

Damir Utržan has been appointed to a four-year term on the State Advisory Council on Mental Health (MH) by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.

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Family Social Science professors awarded grants

Xiaoran Sun, assistant professor, and Lindsey Weiler, associate professor and Family Social Science Department honors faculty representative, have been awarded grants for research projects.

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Connect Magazine Connect Magazine

CEHD Connect Magazine is published in print three times a year and online by the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development for alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the college.

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CEHD Connect SpSu2025 magazine cover, including 6 U of M athletes performing in sports on a smoky blue background with stadium lights.

FSOS Professor Emeritus co-authors new book on family businesses

Sharon M. Danes, professor emerita in Family Social Science, is part of the writing team of a new book on family businesses. Concise Introduction to the Family Firm offers a multifaceted approach to the study and practice of family firm ownership.

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Mendenhall project awarded $150,000 grant

Tai Mendenhall, professor in Family Social Science, and the Interfaith Action of Greater Saint Paul’s Department of Indian Work have been awarded a $150,000 Superior Health Community Health Disparities Reduction Partnership Grant for the Family…

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FSOS graduate students honored

Samantha LeBouef has won a 2023 University of Minnesota President’s Student Leadership and Service Award.

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