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Stand 57: a stand-level climate adaptation silviculture demonstration
No full textThis conference poster was presented, along with a lightning talk, on January 14, 2026 during the 2026 Sustainable Forests Education Cooperative's Forestry and Wildlife Research and Practice Review in Cloquet, Minnesota.Stand 57 is a 12-acre FDn33 forest community located at the UMN Cloquet Forestry Center. This treatment was established to demonstrate putting climate adaptation silviculture theories into action at a stand level. It was primarily occupied by 75+ year old even-aged and even-structured red pine of mixed natural and planted origin. The climate adaptation goals were to diversify structure and composition to support both tree- and community-level resilience and adaptability to modeled and unknown future weather and tree growth conditions. To diversify structure, we conducted an early-winter timber harvest in 2016 that created six half-acre clearcut gaps and thinned the matrix. This created growing space for extant and new trees and a range of understory light conditions. For tree composition, we used assisted natural regeneration. For natural regeneration, we retained red and white pine in the canopy and relied on paper birch, red maple, and balsam fir seed from surrounding stands. In 2020 we planted white and jack pine, tamarack, northern red and bur oak, and paper birch at a total rate of 450 trees per acre (tpa). We used a mix of individual and group herbivory protection at half-acre plot levels across light conditions. In 2022, we found an average of 2929 tpa for all tree species. Red maple had 789 tpa, followed closely by red pine and paper birch at 643 tpa. Seedling stocking was 79% for all species. Red pine had the highest stocking at 43%. All planted species were present but not as well represented as natural regeneration species. In 2023, we did a planted-species only survey and found an average of 767 tpa. Paper birch, jack pine, and white pine had natural regeneration on top of planted regeneration. Except for jack pine, all species preferred matrix to gap growing conditions.
Resources used for climate adaptation treatment planning were the adaptation workbook and Tree Atlas models. They were both useful and clunky.This work was paid for by the University of Minnesota Cloquet Forestry Center, the University of Minnesota Department of Forest Resources, and timber sale revenue produced at the CFC.Gill, Kyle G; Windmuller-Campione, Marcella. (2026). Stand 57: a stand-level climate adaptation silviculture demonstration. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/278844
Building the Capacity of Community-Oriented Occupations: Describing the Workforce in State and Local Health Departments
Full text linkCommunity-oriented workers are essential to the delivery of population-based services across state and local health department systems, as they are often the frontline providers of culturally responsive care, outreach, and health education in underserved communities. This infographic describes the distribution, employment trends, and other data related to these workers in state and local health departments.This project was supported by the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) under award NU38PW000025, “Strengthening State and Local Health Department Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health.” Information, content, and conclusions contained within this document are those of the author(s) and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by CDC, Health and Human Services (HHS), or the U.S. Government.Dill, Janette; Kirkland, Chelsey; Stabler, Henry. (2026). Building the Capacity of Community-Oriented Occupations: Describing the Workforce in State and Local Health Departments. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/277779
An Oral History Interview with Sean Peisert
Full text linkAn oral history interview with Dr. Sean Peisert, sponsored by and a part of NSF 2202484 “Mining a Useable Past: Perspective Paradoxes, and Possibilities with Security and Privacy,” at the Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota.This oral history interview with Dr. Sean Peisert begins by briefly exploring Dr. Peisert’s evolving early interests prior to and his first years of college at UCSD, and how he came to focus on computer science, and within computer science earned a Ph.D. at the same institution. As part of this he discusses key mentors and opportunities he had to work with standout computer scientists and computer security specialists early on, and continuing as a peer, to date in his career. This included work at the UCSD Supercomputer Center. He relates his decision to join Berkeley Lab as a Research Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and to become an Adjunct Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of California, Davis. The bulk of the interview focuses on his research in various areas of computer security and privacy such as electronic voting, digital forensics, cybersecurity for energy delivery, intrusion detection systems, privacy and protocols for handling medical data. He discusses history of science, and his repeated penchant for finding ways to combine areas that previously had not been combined to help solve real world problems for government and for society. He also comments on teaching, his leadership with technical committees, the history of the Oakland Conference (IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy) and his service as General Chair, as well as his work in publishing that included strategic directions he took IEEE Security & Privacy, toward greater currency, and a board with greater gender and geographic diversity.NSFPeisert, Sean. (2026). An Oral History Interview with Sean Peisert. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/277746
Narrative Dynamic Assessment Task (NDAT): Protocol & Fidelity Checklist
No full textThe upload includes administration and scoring instructions and an examiner fidelity of administration checklist.The Narrative Dynamic Assessment Task (NDAT) is a tool that can be used by speech-language pathologists and researchers to better understand the language learning skills of children. The NDAT was designed for use with 5- to 6-year old multilingual children who speak English in addition to another home language. The NDAT includes three phases: Test, Teach, and Retest and can be completed in less than 30 minutes. The NDAT was developed by the was developed by the Child Language Intervention Lab at the University of Minnesota as part of the NIH-funded SMART Explicit Study (R01DC017927), which examines explicit and implicit grammatical instruction. These materials are released to provide researchers and clinicians with a tool for evaluating morphosyntactic skills in children aged 5 to 9 years. No participant data are included.NIDCD R01DC019895: Reliability and Validity of Dynamic and Processing-based Assessments for Language in Diverse Bilingual School-age Children StudyKuchler, Kirstin; Ebert, Kerry Danahy; Finestack, Lizbeth H. (2026). Narrative Dynamic Assessment Task (NDAT): Protocol & Fidelity Checklist. Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM), https://doi.org/10.13020/ngm8-2t32
Investigating Metabolic Regulation of HDAC Inhibition in Cancer Cells
No full textFaculty advisor name: Douglas G. MashekCancer cells experience metabolic stress that can influence epigenetic regulation and therapeutic response. Histone deacetylases (HDACs) play key roles in transcriptional control and may modulate cell survival under metabolic perturbations. In this study, we investigated how HDAC inhibition affects cancer cell viability under distinct metabolic conditions. To address this, Hep3B hepatocellular carcinoma cells were treated with oleate or short-chain metabolites (butyrate or acetate) in combination with HDAC inhibitors, and cell viability was assessed using the alamarBlue assay. HDAC inhibition conferred a protective effect against oleate-induced toxicity at high oleate concentrations, whereas no significant protective effect was observed when trichostatin A (TSA) was combined with butyrate or acetate, where TSA-induced cytotoxicity dominated. In parallel, CRISPR-compatible plasmids encoding SMA54, a wild-type HDAC3, and SMA55, an HDAC3 Y298F mutant, were constructed by subcloning coding sequences into a lentiviral backbone. The Y298F mutation lies within the short-chain fatty acid binding pocket of HDAC3 and is proposed to alter acylation dynamics rather than fully abolish enzymatic activity. Restriction digest and gel electrophoresis confirmed successful cloning of SMA54, while SMA55 was not conclusively validated. Together, these results demonstrate that the effects of HDAC inhibition on cancer cell survival are highly dependent on metabolic context and establish a framework for combining pharmacological and genetic approaches to study HDAC3 function under metabolic stress.This research was supported by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP).Tran-Dinh, Phuong-Uyen; Ward, Ryan; Mashek, Douglas G.. (2026). Investigating Metabolic Regulation of HDAC Inhibition in Cancer Cells. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/277879
Double Cropping Winter Wheat and Soybeans: A Climate Adaptation Strategy for Reducing Nitrate Leaching in Central Minnesota
No full textTechnical report narrative, timeline image, and supplemental material describing model parameters used for the report.By 2050, central Minnesota is expected to experience increased spring precipitation and higher daily temperatures throughout the growing season, under moderate carbon-emissions scenarios. Challenges associated with these climate change impacts include an increased risk of crop failure and increased early-season nitrate leaching into groundwater. A potential adaptation to Minnesota's changing climate is to double-crop winter wheat in soybean rotations. In portions of the southern United States, growers can reliably plant winter wheat in the fall, harvest it for grain in the late spring, and plant a soybean summer crop that is harvested at maturity before the start of winter. In Minnesota, the shorter growing season poses limitations to this double-cropping system. Researchers have paired regions as climate analogs, where the current climate of a region is analogous to the future predicted climate of a target region. To test whether double-cropping winter wheat with soybeans would become viable in central Minnesota based on future climate projections, we used a phenological crop growth model to determine when each crop would reach maturity based on temperature and solar data, using Jefferson County, WI, as an analog for the future climate of Pope County, MN. Ultimately, double cropping in central Minnesota today would be challenging for soybeans to reach maturity before the first frost of the season. However, as temperatures increase through 2050, our model indicated that double-cropped soybeans could reach maturity in the majority of simulated years. The presence of winter wheat on the landscape during the fall, winter, and spring supports beneficial ecosystem services, such as erosion control and water filtration, while providing an additional revenue stream for farmers.This report was supported by the United States Department of Agriculture as part of the Analogs for dialogs: an Academy to catalyze climate change adaptation for US specialty crops project.Hickman, Jason. (2026). Double Cropping Winter Wheat and Soybeans: A Climate Adaptation Strategy for Reducing Nitrate Leaching in Central Minnesota. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/277937
Thomas J. Farrell's Further Reflections about John Fugelsang's 2025 Book Separation of Church and Hate
No full textSee the above abstract.In the wide-ranging and deeply personal 5,281-word review essay "Thomas J. Farrell's Further Reflections about John Fugelsang's 2025 Book Separation of Church and Hate, I succinctly highlight (1) John Fugelsang's accessible and humorous 2025 book Separation of Church and Hate, and (2) the revolutionary mature work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955) of Saint Louis University, where, over the years, I took five courses from him, and (3) my life and work.N/AFarrell, Thomas. (2026). Thomas J. Farrell's Further Reflections about John Fugelsang's 2025 Book Separation of Church and Hate. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/277928
Thomas J. Farrell's Further Reflections about His Life and His OEN Articles, and about President Trump
No full textSee the above abstract.In the wide-ranging and deeply personal 2,175-word review esay "Thomas J. Farrell's Further Reflections about His Life and His OEN Articles, and about President Trump," I succinctly highlight (1) my life and my OEN articles, and (2) the work of the American Jesuit scholar Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955) of Saint Louis University, where, over the years, I took five courses from him, and (3) the life and political career of President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement.N/AFarrell, Thomas. (2026). Thomas J. Farrell's Further Reflections about His Life and His OEN Articles, and about President Trump. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/278225
University Performance and Accountability Report, 2026
No full textThe report includes the University of Minnesota Annual Progress Card.University of Minnesota. (2026). University Performance and Accountability Report, 2026. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/278963
Knowledge Complexity and Value Network Analysis A Framework for Cultivating Adaptive Leadership in Complex Healthcare Systems
No full textVerna Allee, a pioneer in knowledge management and value networks, developed frameworks that provide profound insights into how knowledge evolves within organizations and how value is created through networked interactions. Her seminal works, The Knowledge Evolution: Expanding Organizational Intelligence (1997) and The Future of Knowledge: Increasing Prosperity through Value Networks (2003), offer theoretical foundations and practical methodologies that remain remarkably relevant to contemporary healthcare leadership challenges. This article synthesizes Allee's Knowledge Complexity Framework and Value Network Analysis methodology with current complexity leadership theory to propose an integrated approach for healthcare leadership development and executive coaching. By understanding how knowledge evolves from basic data sensing to integrative wisdom, and how value flows through organizational networks, healthcare leaders can develop the adaptive capacities necessary for success in today's turbulent environments.Healthcare organizations function as complex adaptive systems requiring leaders who can navigate ambiguity, foster innovation, and convert intangible knowledge assets into organizational value. Traditional leadership development approaches often fail to address the dynamic, networked nature of contemporary healthcare environments. his article applies Verna Allee's Knowledge Complexity Framework and Value Network Analysis (VNA) methodology to healthcare leadership development and executive coaching, providing a theoretically grounded approach for cultivating adaptive leaders who can thrive in complex healthcare contexts. Through synthesis of Allee's seminal works, complexity leadership theory, and contemporary healthcare leadership literature, we present an integrated framework that connects knowledge evolution stages to specific leadership competencies and coaching interventions. The Knowledge Complexity archetype provides a developmental hierarchy from data sensing to wisdom and union that maps directly to healthcare leadership maturation. Value Network Analysis offers practical tools for understanding and optimizing the tangible and intangible exchanges that drive organizational adaptability. Executive coaches and leadership development professionals can leverage these frameworks to design interventions that address the full spectrum of knowledge complexity, enabling healthcare leaders to convert intellectual capital into strategic value and foster organizational resilience.Pesut, Daniel. (2026). Knowledge Complexity and Value Network Analysis A Framework for Cultivating Adaptive Leadership in Complex Healthcare Systems. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/277918