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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Minneapolis legal service will continue to serve those who don’t speak English for free

by Christopher Lemke
Published June 21, 2017
47 percent of callers to HOME Line, a tenant advocacy organization which gives consultation in Spanish and Somali, were non-Caucasian according to a 2016 report.
New assistant hockey coach Scott Bell poses for a portrait in Mariucci arena on Tuesday, June 20.

Bell lands ‘dream job’ at Minnesota

by Jack Warrick
Published June 21, 2017
The assistant coach comes to the Gophers after five years in the NHL.

Top UMN administrator set to take job in Illinois

by Sydney Baum-Haines
Published June 21, 2017
Danita Brown Young will leave in July for a new position as Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs at the University of Illinois.
Paul Simon plays for a packed crowd of the weekend on Saturday, June 17, 2017 at Eaux Claires in Wisconsin. "Anger breeds anger," said the 75-year-old artist as he delivered a short monologue.

Review: Oh, Eaux Claires – A look at Wisconsin’s biggest festival

by Katie Lauer and Gunthar Reising
Published June 21, 2017
A&E looks back at Justin Vernon’s two-day festival in Eau Claire, Wisconsin that brought tunes, dance moves and rain showers.

Culture compass: Pretty girls, soul books, and “Melodrama”

by Gunthar Reising
Published June 20, 2017

Friday: Twin Cities Jazz FestivalFriday marks day two of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, a festival credited with developing Lowertown in Saint Paul. The second half of the day lineup features various jazz...

Kids enter the Brian Coyle community center on Thursday June 15, 2017.

West Bank organization works to improve early childhood education

by Maraya King
Published June 20, 2017
With $68,000 in grant money, the Cedar Riverside Neighborhood Revitalization Program started outreach and research on education in West Bank.
University of Minnesota alumna "Myss Angie" teaches and performs pole dancing, using the art to empower women.

The art of dancing — on a pole

by Gunthar Reising
Published June 20, 2017
Minneapolis pole dance instructor and competitor Myss Angie talks sexuality, pole therapy and Russian pole prodigies.

National Science Foundation discontinues research grant, leaving U grad students disappointed

by Sydney Baum-Haines
Published June 20, 2017
Ecologists all over the U.S. are sending letters to the NSF, asking the organization to rescind the decision.
Body cameras sit in a charging cradle.

UMPD gives body cameras a try

by Bella Dally-Steele
Published June 20, 2017
UMPD are testing body cameras for the next two months which could lead to permanent implementation.
A Minneapolis grant from the U.S. Dept. of Energy is letting the city build MonoPath housing for energy efficient and affordable houses in low income neighborhoods. The energy efficient building technique started at the University of Minnesota in the early 2000s and is now being put back to use after its development was delayed by the 2008 recession. Volunteers are seen working on a Northeast Minneapolis house on Monday, June 19, 2017.

UMN and Minneapolis team up to study greener houses

by Christopher Lemke
Published June 20, 2017
Minneapolis and the University will study nine MonoPath Homes, an innovative and green housing design, as they are built to improve housing in the future.

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