Acara offers a lot of opportunities for students who want to see change happen. Whether you’re an undergrad or graduate…
The Graduate Changemakers Lab is designed to give students a freedom for innovation and collaboration that transcends a traditional classroom…
Last spring, Heidi Vesterinen took the Acara course GCC 5501 Knowledge to Impact: Creating Action with your Grand Challenge Project…
Who is thinking about what exciting, inspiring courses to take for the Fall semester? We are! And there are three…
Ten years of big ideas to change the world. Ten years of helping transform those big ideas into reality. Ten…
The Institute on the Environment’s Acara program, which outfits changemakers with the skills needed to develop innovative solutions to the…
Abigail Knoble, BS Biology 2019; Maria Soroka, CBS, BS Neuroscience 2018 were the Silver Winners of the 2018 Acara Challenge…
Isaac Giron (Master of Development Practice 2018) participated in Acara’s Changemakers Workshop in January 2018 and went on to win…
Could a tropical grass, Chrysopogon zizanioides, help alleviate poverty and malnutrition in Haiti? A team of University Minnesota students and…
Every year, the Acara Challenge shines a spotlight on University of Minnesota students with ideas that could change the world.…