University of Minnesota Website Alerts ‘Whiteness Pandemic’
25th November 2025
The University of Minnesota used a federal grant from the National Institutes of Health to research and address what it called a “Whiteness pandemic.”
The project, which launched in 2021, aimed to provide “Whiteness pandemic resources for parents, educators, and other caregivers.” The National Institute of Mental Health awarded the University of Minnesota $279,271 toward the effort, which had a deadline of June 2023, according to the NIMH website.