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 Saturday, April 29 though Thursday, May 4.

Join experts and advocates from the University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment's Energy Efficiency Cohort in a lively UROC Critical Conversation on energy affordability and access.

STEM Education PhD Graduate Jessica Forrester on Her Justice-Oriented Approach to Education.

Forrester, now at the University of Virginia, discusses her work focused on justice-oriented practices in education and her four years with Prepare2Nspire at UROC.

By the time Jessica Forrester finished her master’s degree in biomedical engineering in 2016, she already knew she wanted to do something different. But she still loved math, so she moved to Washington, D.C. and worked in a middle school as a STEM teaching intern.

Get a jump on summer and learn about educational activities and job opportunities for youth and adults at UROC's 2023 Summer Resource Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 25 at the University of Minnesota Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC).

Join the University's Office of the President and Office for Equity and Diversity for a virtual conversation with University of Minnesota Vice President Mercedes Ramírez Fernández on art as a healing tool for racial healing in observance of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s annual National Day of Racial Healing. Featured artists Geno Okok, Thomasina Petrus, Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay, and Talvin Wilks will share their stories through conversation facilitated by Makeda Zulu, Executive Director of the Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center.

A University-community selection committee has named the 2022 recipients of the UROC Research Agenda Grant Competition. Launched in September of 2020, the UROC Research Agenda is a framework for addressing themes that community members and University of Minnesota researchers and practitioners identified as being critical to a thriving North Minneapolis and Twin Cities urban core.

The University of Minnesota Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC) is hiring! Visit the University's Find a Job webpage for details about the community liaison and front desk positions. Email Nichole at Kelly Services at [email protected] for information about the assistant to the executive director position. 

Are you (or someone you know) looking for a job? Come to the University of Minnesota's Research Animal Resources Job Fair to learn about open positions and interview for jobs on the spot. The event is sponsored by the University of Minnesota Office of Human Resources, Office of the Vice President for Research, UROC, and NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center.  

U of M Journalism Professor Danielle Brown is working to change the ways media perpetuates societal injustice. Danielle K. Brown is an award-winning researcher investigating how the news media’s coverage of race and racism, protest and social movements, as well as health inequalities perpetuates societal injustice, particularly against Black communities.

Join University of Minnesota researchers and community experts specializing in the treatment of chronic pain in a UROC Critical Conversation abut strategies to empower individuals in managing chronic pain, navigate health systems, and build stronger relationships between patients and their care providers.