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13-year-old University of Minnesota student earns physics degree

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By Matt Gillmer
May 12, 2022 - 7:05 PM

Elliott Tanner, a St. Louis Park 13-year-old, got his undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Minnesota Thursday, one of the youngest college graduates in American history. He starts post-graduate studies there in fall.

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