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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Clubs and Organizations

Club members are invited to participate in the Midwest Collegiate Taekwondo Conference.

UMN Taekwondo Club provides a space to learn and practice

by Sophie Eydis
Published July 25, 2024

The University of Minnesota’s Taekwondo Club aims to create a community with shared interests, regardless of experience or background, both inside and outside of taekwondo. The club meets three times...

The Climate Action Plan will focus on green spaces and waterways around the Twin Cities campus.

UMN expands Climate Action Plan

by Tyler Church
Published July 23, 2024

The University of Minnesota’s Office of Sustainability recently announced additional policies to its Climate Action Plan.  The Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan pushes the focus beyond the University’s...

The club meets monthly for meetings and activities.

UMN Best Buddies promotes friendships with people with disabilities

by Sophie Eydis
Published July 16, 2024

The University of Minnesota’s Best Buddies club is a chapter of Best Buddies International, which creates one-to-one friendships between students at the University and students with intellectual and...

Nature of Life instructors wait for the students to arrive. Image courtesy of Nature of Life.

Nature of Life at Itasca welcomes CBS students for over 20 years

by Georgia Jensen
Published July 9, 2024

Since 2001, incoming first-year students in the University of Minnesota’s College of Biological Sciences (CBS) have ventured to Itasca State Park to participate in the college’s Nature of Life at Itasca...

K-12 educators came to campus to gain insight from the American Indian Studies faculty. Image courtesy of the American Indian Studies Institute.

UMN American Indian Studies Department hosts first workshop

by Sophie Eydis
Published July 1, 2024

The University of Minnesota’s American Indian Studies Department hosted its first American Indian Studies for Teachers Institute last week in partnership with the Center for Climate Literacy.  Thirty-eight...

MLK Program Director Alexander Hines and Associate Director Evan Johnson work to increase program impacts.

UMN MLK program serves students for 55 years

by Bianca Caputo
Published June 28, 2024

In the basement of Appleby Hall, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Program works to provide University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts students across the Twin Cities Campus with an activism-focused...

The team started in 2017 and is open to undergraduate, graduate and veterinary students for course credit.

UMN Animal Welfare Judging Team demonstrates passion for competition

by Sophie Eydis
Published June 28, 2024

The University of Minnesota’s Animal Welfare Judging Team is composed of undergraduate, graduate and veterinary students who compete every November at the Intercollegiate Animal Welfare Judging and Assessment...

The Community of Chemistry Graduate Students hosts regular events including coffee hours and group runs.

Chemistry graduate student group helps foster community

by Georgia Jensen
Published June 17, 2024

The Community of Chemistry Graduate Students (CCGS) at the University of Minnesota aims to forge relationships between graduate students and help promote a healthy academic environment. The group hosts...

The University of Minnesota campus gates on East Bank, Nov. 12, 2022. Murali cited personal and mental health reasons for his resignation.

Allegations of sexual harassment filed against former Undergraduate Student Government President

by Georgia Jensen
Published May 15, 2024

Editor’s Note: This article contains material regarding allegations of sexual harassment that are currently unproven.  Two allegations of sexual harassment were brought against former University...

COGS hopes to continue many of the same advocacy efforts next year.

UMN Council of Graduate Students reflects on 2023-24 academic year

by Georgia Jensen
Published April 30, 2024
COGS had success this year in resource accessibility, collaboration with the Graduate Student Labor Union and working with University administration.

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