Bringing UMN research into closer contact with the Minnesota community. D2D allows fairgoers to participate in research in a fun, innovative, & convenient way.

Minnesota State Fair
Joined August 2018
Driven to Discover Research Facility MN State Fair retweeted
University of Minnesota’s Driven to Discover (@D2DMNStateFair) initiative, co-directed by Logan Spector, PhD, from @UMNpeds, won the 2025 Impact Innovations Award from the Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society! 🏆 Read more ➡️:bit.ly/4kjL5OG
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Feeling blue due to dreary weather? 🌧 Turn your thoughts to the @mnstatefair! 🌞 The D2D Research Facility is accepting applications for the 2025 Fair now thru Jan 21. Applications found at d2d.umn.edu. @umnresearch @umndentistry
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Applications are open for the Driven to Discover Research Facility! Details at d2d.umn.edu. Come join us at the 2025 MN State Fair! HUGE research opportunity, thousands of fairgoers - apps due Jan 21. @umnsph @umncla @umnpharmacy @umnnursing
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Driven to Discover Research Facility MN State Fair retweeted
Our sincerest thanks to @C2DREAM_MN for the feature & highlighting our “The Great MN Heart Health Check” study we conducted at @D2DMNStateFair, during this year’s @mnstatefair! ❤️💪🏽 🎡🌽 @DrLaPrincess @MayoClinicCV @ABCardio1 @mathias_lalika @SharonneHayes @AshyaBurgess_
Before Oct. ends, we’d like to share that it is Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month! ❤️ Dr. LaPrincess Brewer, MD, MPH, & Dr. Jeremy Van't Hof, MD, MS (& C2DREAM Pilot Grant Scholar) led the Great MN Heart Health Check study at the UMN's D2D Building at the MN State Fair.
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Come by and check out the GIANT inflatable heart! 1367 Cosgrove - we can't wait to see you!!
See ya’ll this weekend at the @mnstatefair! Stop by @D2DMNStateFair to check out your ❤️ health and spin the wheel for prizes! I’ll be standing by our inflatable MEGA heart! 🫀🥰🙏🏾🍎🍓🏃🏾‍♀️🙌🏾🏆
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Love ya CVM! We can't wait to see you again enxt year! #researchonastick
It has been another amazing year for CVM at the MN State Fair! Check out the amazing things our staff, faculty, and students did this year at the Miracle of Birth Center, the Driven 2 Discover building, and more! #CVMproud #UMNProud
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Come on over to 1367 Cosgrove fairgoers! We've got lots for you to do! @mnstatefair #researchonastick #umnresearch
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Day 9 & feeling fine! D2D welcomes research teams and fairgoers to experience Research on a Stick! 1367 Cosgrove - we can't wait to see you!
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So cool Ip Team!! We can't wait for your next day at the D2D Research Facility! @mnstatefair @UMN_CEHD #researchonastick
Excited to bring developmental neuroscience out of the lab and into the community at the Minnesota State Fair! 🎡🧠 Engaging with families in a naturalistic setting helps us better understand how kids learn and grow. #StateFairScience #BrainInTheWild
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Driven to Discover Research Facility MN State Fair retweeted
"Enterococcus on a stick" is back for day 2! Come visit us in the Driven 2 Discover building at the Minnesota State Fair from 2-9pm today and help us Swish for Science! @D2DMNStateFair @umnmedschool #ResearchOnAStick
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We love ya!!
We’re #UMNproud to be celebrating 10 years of nursing research at the @mnstatefair! Fairgoers of all ages can participate in research in a fun, innovative and convenient way. We hope to see you at the @D2DMNStateFair Building this year!
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We can't wait to see you at D2D Regent James! Swing by the D2D Research Facility and check out all the interesting projects today from business to social work, animal health and worker safety - there's something for everyone at D2D! #researchonastick
.@UMNews has a large presence at the #mnstatefair! Check out @CFANS in the Ag-Hort Building and our Driven to Discover Research Building (happy year 10!) on Cosgrove near the big green gate on Snelling. #UMNproud @mnstatefair
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Shall we say 'Spit on a Stick'? 😃🙃😃 Love ya Willet Team! #researchonastick
Coming to the Minnesota State Fair today? Stop by the Driven 2 Discover research building and help us Swish for Science! (gather Enterococcus from the oral cavity)
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Dr. Kerry Ebert et al doing great work at the D2D Research Facility at the @mnstatefair! We love that kiddos get to participate in science too! @UMNSLHS @umncla #researchonastick
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They're back! D2D loves the Sit, Share & Connect team! Swing by the D2D Research Facility tomorrow afternoon 8/23 and check them out at the @mnstatefair ! @UMNNursing @UMNresearch #researchonastick
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GREAT Day 1 of the Fair! Can't wait to see what Day 2 brings at the D2D Research Facility! @umndentistry @umnmedicalschool #researchonastick #mnstatefair #umnresearch
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Driven to Discover Research Facility MN State Fair retweeted
Very happy that we are back in the Crossroads Building here at the @mnstatefair. Come learn about the work of the U across our entire state + buy some Gopher Sports merch in time for next Thursday’s game! #UMNproud #mnstatefair
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