Biography06/21/2007 | "The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (the U of M, UMN, Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is the flagship institution of the University of Minnesota System, and is organized into 19 colleges, schools, and other major academic units. The Minnesota Territorial Legislature drafted a charter for the U of M as a territorial university in 1851, seven years before Minnesota became a state." -- Wikipedia
