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Fewer student groups requesting operational funding

Fewer student groups requesting operational funding

by Bella Carpentier and Amelia Roessler
Published December 1, 2022
Of the 34 student organizations that applied for funding, 10 received no funding from the University of Minnesota Student Services Fees for the 2022-23 school year.
University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel. Photo courtesy of Eric Miller.

Gabel discusses union negotiations, commencement, Halloween weekend fireworks

by Maya Marchel Hoff
Published December 1, 2022
President Gabel also addresses October’s active shooter threat, Regent Steve Sviggum’s comments on diversity and graduate student pay.
The funerary objects have been housed at the Weisman Art Museum since 1992.

UMN begins repatriation of Mimbres-cultural collections after 32 years of non-compliance

by Lara Boudinot
Published December 1, 2022
The University of Minnesota collected Native ancestor remains and associated funerary objects nearly 100 years ago and has since been non-compliant with a federal law requiring the inventory and return of all collections.
Students wait in lines at the Pioneer Hall Dining Center on Sunday, Feb. 13.

UMN temp workers not required to have COVID-19 vaccine

by Amelia Roessler
Published November 29, 2022
Workers who are contracted through entities other than the University of Minnesota do not have to adhere to the same vaccine policy as full-time University workers to be eligible to work.
Faculty Senate passes AF&T resolution

Faculty Senate passes AF&T resolution

by Olivia Hines
Published November 28, 2022
The resolution requires the University of Minnesota to report term appointments that have continued for more than six years to a task force in an aim to protect academic freedom for term faculty.
Folwell Hall and Sanford Hall are the first two buildings up for renaming on the Twin Cities campus.

UMN’s four oldest building names in running for renaming

by Amelia Roessler
Published November 23, 2022
Applications for renaming buildings closed Nov. 11, leaving Folwell Hall on the Twin Cities campus with no requests for a new name or to retain its current name.
The Theater of the Relatively Talentless (TORT) is a theater group made up of University of Minnesota Law School students.

Professors advocate for Tribal programing, Native faculty in Humphrey, Law schools

by Lara Boudinot
Published November 22, 2022
Professors, students and faculty discuss why Tribal curriculum, faculty and programs are necessary at the University of Minnesota and voice the importance of Native American inclusion in education.
Jason Beddow worked as a research assistant professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University.
Courtesy of Lucy Angelis.

Fentanyl numbers, overdoses on rise in Minn.

by Madison Roth
Published November 22, 2022
Jason Beddow, who worked for the University of Minnesota, died in 2016 of a fentanyl overdose and is remembered as a caring, loving individual by those around him.
Ra'Shya Ghee is the law schools first dean of diversity, equity and inclusion.  Photo courtesy of Ra'Shya Ghee.

New UMN Law School program teaches intersection of race, law

by Gillian Haveman
Published November 22, 2022
The Racial Equity and Justice milestone was introduced after students expressed desire to learn more about how race affects practicing law.
UMN researchers to lead global study on impacts of vagus nerve stimulation

UMN researchers to lead global study on impacts of vagus nerve stimulation

by Maya Marchel Hoff
Published November 20, 2022
A group of University of Minnesota researchers will use a $21 million grant to conduct a three-year clinical study on how vagus nerve stimulation impacts the human body, beyond its use to treat depression and epilepsy.

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