News & Stories
Announcing the 2024-25 IAS Research and Creative Collaboratives
We are delighted to announce the new and renewing Research and Creative Collaboratives at the Institute for Advanced Study! Collaboratives represent some of the most synergistic and innovative work across the University of Minnesota system. Each Collaborative receives up to $12,000 as well as administrative support from the Institute for Advanced Study to further their work.
Announcing the 2024 MnDRIVE Human in the Data Summer Graduate Fellows
Eight graduate students from the University of Minnesota have been selected to participate in the Summer 2024 MnDRIVE Human in the Data Fellowship. Their research projects will explore the humanistic implications of data.
University of Minnesota Receives $75,000 Seed Grant to Partner with Tribal Colleges to Transform STEM Education for Indigenous Students
An ambitious new planning project aims to radically remake the role of predominantly white institutions in STEM graduate education by centering Tribal Colleges and Universities in tribal land- and self-determination-based science training.
Isaac Espósto: Mapping the Architectures of Borderland Confinement
For Isaac Espósto, a 2023–2024 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, the borders and walls along the U.S. and Mexico represent far more than just territorial boundaries. Their research looks at how the very architecture and spatial design of the borderlands purposefully produce categories of race, gender, and citizenship status that enable violence and determine whose mobility is criminalized or allowed.
University of Minnesota receives $226K grant for global gathering on Indigenous responses to mass tourism
The Institute for Advanced Study has received a grant of over $226,000 from the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes to lead a global gathering of scholars, community leaders, and partners that will explore how Indigenous communities creatively respond to the cascading effects of mega-development projects and mass tourism at various sites around the world.
Dr. Rachel Hardeman named to TIME’s annual TIME100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world
Dr. Rachel Hardeman, former IAS Residential Faculty Fellow and founding director of the Center for Antiracism for Health Equity, has been named to the 2024 TIME100, TIME's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Treasure Tinsley: Exploring the Racial Politics of Urban Renewal in Cedar-Riverside
Treasure Tinsley, 2023-2024 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, discusses the clash between top-down development and community resilience in the local neighborhood of Cedar-Riverside. Her research uncovers the racial and gender dynamics shaping the urban landscape.
JOB OPENING: Managing Director, Institute for Advanced Study
The Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Minnesota seeks a new Managing Director to direct the day-to-day operations and manage the finances of the IAS, a system-wide interdisciplinary center located on the Twin Cities campus.
Former IAS Residential Fellow Michael Lackey Named Obama Institute Fellow
Former IAS Residential Fellow (Spring 2009) and University of Minnesota Morris Professor of English Michael Lackey is one of five scholars from across the United States to be invited to lecture and work at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz as part of the Obama Fellowship program.
Announcing the 2024–2025 IAS Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellows!
We are delighted to announce the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellows joining the Institute for Advanced Study for 2024–2025: Tyler Akeem Anderson (American Studies) and Richard Lim (American Studies).