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Emily June Zolfaghari poses for a portrait with information from a toolkit she created based on LGBTQ health on Wednesday, Oct. 14 in Minneapolis. Zolfaghari shared her toolkit with high school nurses to help inform them on LGBTQ health and won an award for her work.

Medical student creates toolkit for school nurses to better serve LGBTQ youth

by Becca Most, Campus Activities Reporter
Published October 19, 2020
Emily June Zolfaghari put together the kit to bridge the gaps in knowledge for middle and high school nurses around LGBTQ health.
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CAs will receive additional compensation for their work during COVID-19

by Ava Thompson
Published October 19, 2020
Community advisers will be paid the equivalent of two hours of pay at $10.25 per hour for each shift worked, but some say additional COVID-19 testing is still needed.
Principal Investigator in the Department of Forest Resources Lee Frelich holds a jumping worm found in the soil near the St. Paul Student Center on Wednesday, Oct. 14.

Getting their hands dirty: University of Minnesota digs into worm research

by Becca Most
Published October 19, 2020
Jumping worms cause significant environmental harm and appear to be spreading throughout the state.
Brankin: Look out for yourself and others

Brankin: Look out for yourself and others

by Tara Brankin
Published October 19, 2020
Crime is continuing to spike on campus; we need to stay alert and advocate for our mutual safety.
Jessica Focht-Perlberg, the new executive director of Southeast Como Improvement Association, poses for a portrait on Saturday, Oct. 17. “The focus is really just right now trust-building and relationship-building to geniuinely inform what our priorities should be and our work should be based on,” Focht-Perlberg said. “However, it’s this constant kind of… tension, really… between the need to do that in a geniuine way that takes time to build those relationships and diversify our organization, but at the same time, there is such an urgent need. Like… people need things now.”

‘A lawyer with the heart of an organizer’: Southeast Como neighborhood organization appoints new executive director

by Samantha Hendrickson, City Reporter
Published October 19, 2020
Jessica Focht-Perlberg was selected from four candidates for the position in Southeast Como and has left her mark on several communities in multiple states.
Gophers Head Coach Richard Pitino looks on from the sidelines during a free throw attempt at Williams Arena on Wednesday, Feb. 26. The Gophers entered the second half with a 47-31 lead over the Maryland Terrapins.

Pitino optimistic about transfers this season

by AJ Condon, Sports Reporter
Published October 19, 2020
After losing some starting players from last season, Pitino and his staff filled those holes in the transfer portal.
SDS Member Nadia Shaarawi addresses a gathering, advocating for community control of UMPD, outside of the Transportation and Safety building on Friday, Oct. 16. The SDS event began with speakers and ended with a march to Morrill Hall.

Students for a Democratic Society march for community control of UMPD

by Ava Thompson
Published October 18, 2020
On Friday, SDS and community activists called for the creation of a Campus Civilian Police Accountability Council.
A Gophers football player watches from the sidelines during a game on Sept. 16, 2017.

ESPN’s College GameDay set to return to University of Minnesota

by Tony Liebert, Sports Reporter
Published October 17, 2020
After visiting the University for the first time ever last year, ESPN College GameDay will return for the Gophers first game of the 2020 season.
Bob Blake, the founder and CEO of Solar Bear Solar Panel Installation Services, poses for a portrait by his hybrid car parked at an electric vehicle charging station at the Como Lakeside Pavilion on Sunday, Oct. 11. He started Solar Bear in hopes of doing his part for the environment.

University grad student bridges Native American communities and solar energy

by Becca Most
Published October 17, 2020
Bob Blake's solar installation company and nonprofit foster self-reliance, energy sovereignty in Red Lake.
Joan Gabel on Zoom

Gabel talks COVID-19 testing expansion, spring semester and University finances

by Abbey Machtig, Campus Administration Reporter
Published October 17, 2020
The University president also discussed the status of the University’s finances and student tuition.

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