Events

Meet with a SNAC peer educator to get answers to your nutrition questions and discuss building healthy habits, shopping on a budget, balanced eating, meal planning, recipe ideas, and more!

Join the CFANS Alumni Society for a virtual Classes Without Quizzes. You'll hear from experts as they discuss groundbreaking research at the University of Minnesota on cold climate fruit production. Following their lightning talks, breakout rooms will offer a chance to chat with the experts.

Are you interested in learning more about careers in Animal Science? Want to hear from professionals and students about their journeys in the field? Come to Snacks with Scientists for an informal and engaging conversation with experts in animal science while enjoying delicious snacks!

Learn how researchers are combining genetic survey and monitoring of invasive watermilfoil populations with field and laboratory studies of herbicide response to inform management.

A seminar hosted by the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, Alex Harkess of the HudsonAlpha Institute will present "A thousand ways to evolve a sex chromosome" at 2:30 p.m. in 306 Borlaug Hall. A reception will follow in 302 Borlaug at 3:30. Harkess is a faculty investigator at HudsonAlpha in Huntsville, Alabama.

Support turfgrass research and play golf at top golf courses in Minnesota! The Minnesota Golf Course Superintendents Association is auctioning off foursomes for some of the best golf courses in the state with all proceeds going to the University of Minnesota’s turfgrass research program. Online bidding starts April 6 and ends right after the Masters Tournament on April 13.

 Traders in stock exchanges are people, investors are people, bankers are people, and corporate financial managers are people. All the financial numbers that we see are driven by people’s behaviors and decisions. People’s fear of risk and yearning for return build the behavioral lens for us to understand all the core concepts in finance. In this seminar, Dr. Tracy Wang will show you what finance looks like when we see it from a behavioral lens.

Borealis Night of Excellence recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the college and community. The CFANS Alumni Society, Undergraduate Student Board, Graduate Student Board, Postdoc Board, and members of the Honors and Awards Committee come together to celebrate these exceptional alumni, students, staff, faculty, and friends. The awards presented hold great honor in the CFANS community.

Boynton Health’s Nutritious U Food Pantry provides free groceries to any University of Minnesota student.