My Life: Katie Seitz

Katie Seitz is a University of Minnesota police officer and a public health student taking online courses through the University's School of Public Health.

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The importance of vitamin D

At least 60 percent of Americans are deficient in vitamin D. That’s according to a survey of blood tests by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

University of Minnesota nutritionist Kim Robien tells us why vitamin D is important for our health.

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Final Papers and Habits

Meet Our Student Bloggers

Thuy pulls an all-nighter at Java City, finishing up a term paper. Juliet realizes that she's a creature of habit.

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We're No. 1!

SPH receives more NIH funding than any other public health school at a public institution

And we are No. 1 among all schools of public health by a wide margin in the average NIH award amount, coming in at more than $1.3 million per award. This is more than double our closest competitors, Harvard and Columbia, says Dean John R. Finnegan, Jr.

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