Editing University of Minnesota Duluth (section)

===Modern history===
The University of Minnesota Duluth has established itself in a number of research areas including ocean, sea and freshwater sciences.<ref name=seagrant /> It is the primary sea-grant university for the state of Minnesota and operates the Minnesota Sea Grant Program offices on campus. In addition, in 1972 a two-year [[University of Minnesota Medical School|school of medicine]] was founded at the university to provide the first two years of medical education in a small urban and rural setting.<ref>{{cite web |title=Duluth Campus |url=https://www.med.umn.edu/about/duluth-campus |website=University of Minnesota Medical School |date=14 February 2018 |publisher=University of Minnesota |access-date=8 June 2018}}</ref> The medical school was reorganized in 2000 to be a direct component of the University of Minnesota Medical School from the Twin Cities campus and now operates semi-independently from the University of Minnesota Duluth.

Today, the University now educates around 9,500 students each year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://d.umn.edu/about-umd/umd-facts|title=UMD Facts|last=hlieberm|date=2018-04-16|work=Academics|access-date=2019-11-20|language=en}}</ref> The University colors are maroon and gold which are the same colors of one of the two public high schools in the city of Duluth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Denfeld High School History - Denfeld High School |url=https://denfeld.isd709.org/about-us/history#:~:text=The%20auditorium%20is%20the%20annual,skits,%20music%20and%20school%20spirit. |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=denfeld.isd709.org |language=en-US}}</ref>