The University of Minnesota will hold its annual Juneteenth Celebration block party on Saturday, June 15, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in North Minneapolis. Centering on the theme, "We are the Noise: The Echoes of Our Ancestors."
Welcome to UROC
Located in North Minneapolis, the Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC) links the University of Minnesota in vital public partnership with urban communities to advance learning, improve quality of life, and discover breakthrough solutions to critical problems. Since opening its doors in 2009, UROC has worked to build thriving, innovative, and respectful collaborations, create new models of urban and community development, and strengthen the University as a vital engaged 21st century university serving the public good.
News Highlights
UROC is hiring a full-time Director of Community-Engaged Research to lead UROC’s mission-driven work related to community-engaged scholarship and research in three community-identified priority areas: health and wellness; education and lifelong learning; and community and economic development.
Works of art by high school students from Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District who participated in the national Congressional Arts Competition will be on display in the UROC gallery.
In the Gallery
The Play Project: Photography by Eric Melzer
May 1 through July 31
Through large-scale, black and white images, Minneapolis-based photography Eric Melzer captures the importance of play in times of social and climate change, while celebrating sports and good health. Melzer has been nationally recognized for his documentary-style photography of people, places, and the natural world.