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Why Bruininks and Cerra might not leave much behind at the U-Minnesota

Thomas Lee of MedCityNews writes about why the vision of outgoing University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks and U med school Dean Frank Cerra is in doubt:

The school already was facing shrinking state aid. But with Republicans unexpectedly set to seize control of the legislature and possibly the governor’s office – promising swift and far reaching budget cuts — it’s logical to assume the university’s research ambitions will be, at best, placed on hold if not severely diminished.

There are plenty of targets.