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Flora Yang (right), who ran for the statewide at-large seat two years ago, and Dylan Young (left) are the current candidates. Courtesy of Young and Yang.

Meet the UMN Board of Regents student candidates

by Mady Leick
Published April 24, 2025

The Minnesota State Legislature will elect four new University of Minnesota Board of Regents this spring to fill the four open seats — one student at-large, two statewide at-large and one fifth district...

Eleven UMN students had their SEVIS status terminated with no clear reason why.

What to know about visa status changes

by Ainsley Brown
Published April 24, 2025

Over 1,700 international students across the U.S. have had their visa status changed.11 University of Minnesota Students have had their Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, or SEVIS, status...

Until recently, researchers did not believe bird flu could affect cows.

UMN Researchers study bird flu in dairy cattle

by Colleen McGowan
Published April 24, 2025

Researchers from the University of Minnesota are studying the presence of avian influenza in dairy cattle.This research comes after the College of Veterinary Medicine received a $1.5 million grant...

Researchers are still working to understand what makes up a healthy gut microbiome.

UMN researchers explore how diet impacts gut microbiome

by Rachel Hoppe
Published April 24, 2025

A research team at the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences examined how a person’s diet impacts their gut microbiome through fecal microbiota transplants,...

‘You are not alone’ — UMN professors speak on academic freedom, free speech

‘You are not alone’ — UMN professors speak on academic freedom, free speech

by Mady Leick
Published April 23, 2025

At least 100 people sat in the audience, and another 80 joined over Zoom to watch the public forum held by eight University of Minnesota professors on academic freedom and free speech on Thursday in the...

The Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain in Minneapolis consults the MRI scans for this study.

New study hopes to detect autism at six months old

by Katrina Bailey
Published April 22, 2025

A study at the University of Minnesota’s Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain in Minneapolis hopes to detect autism in children as young as six months. The nationwide Infant Brain Imaging...

Lit candles marked the end of a protest lasting over two hours,

UMN faculty, students observe National Day of Action to Defend Higher Education

by Tyler Church
Published April 21, 2025

Nearly 100 people rallied in front of the University of Minnesota Northrop Auditorium Thursday night in observance of the National Day of Action to Defend Higher Education, a nationwide effort which organizers...

Researchers closer than ever to developing non-hormonal birth control for men

Researchers closer than ever to developing non-hormonal birth control for men

by Anshu Patel
Published April 20, 2025

Six decades after the first oral contraceptive for women was approved in the United States, University of Minnesota researchers are one step closer to developing a non-hormonal birth control pill for men. A...

This announcement comes weeks after the detention of an international graduate student at the UMN.

UMN announces 11 international students’ legal status terminated

by Tyler Church
Published April 18, 2025

In a rapid response brief sent to faculty Friday afternoon, the University of Minnesota announced that 11 students had their Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) records terminated by...

Courtesy of Dr. Rachel Hardeman

Prominent UMN researcher resigns amidst plagiarism allegations

by Rachel Hoppe
Published April 17, 2025

Renowned researcher from the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health, Rachel Hardeman, announced her resignation amidst plagiarism allegations earlier this week. A former colleague of...

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