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How colleges are preparing students for AI in the workplace
Employers want graduates fluent in artificial intelligence. How are colleges keeping up? MPR News guest host Chris Farrell explores how higher education is preparing students for AI in the workplace.  
Ribbons for Annunciation Church bind up a wider community in mourning
For blocks stretching out from Annunciation Catholic Church and School, trees and light posts are hugged by blue and green ribbons. Just days after the shooting, volunteers took action to literally wrap support around the grieving community.
‘More than a game’: Native lacrosse stages a comeback in NE Minnesota and beyond
Tribal members in Minnesota and Wisconsin are working to revive the game of Baaga’adowewin, the Ojibwe version of lacrosse that once was a vital community-building tradition around the Great Lakes — but then virtually disappeared during the boarding school era. 
Mike Osterholm reflects on lessons from the pandemic in 'The Big One'
Public health leaders, researchers, doctors and nurses saved a lot of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. But serious errors were also made. In his new book, University of Minnesota epidemiologist Mike Osterholm pulls no punches on why last time may just be a practice run for “The Big One.”
Tribal nations’ flags raised in historic moment at Minnesota State Capitol
Flags of the 11 federally recognized tribes in the state were raised for the first time Friday morning at the new Tribal Flag Plaza. Some tribal leaders say the plaza will serve as a reminder that tribes have been here long before the state.
'Programs are being canceled:' Voyageurs National Park is down a quarter of its staff after Federal cuts
The Trump administration’s federal cuts are trickling down to Minnesota. Voyageurs National Park is suffering from a staffing crisis as current employees stretch to try and fill in the gaps.