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Virtual teach-in panel discusses race, policing and the criminal justice system

Virtual teach-in panel discusses race, policing and the criminal justice system

by Katelyn Vue
Published April 23, 2021
The University of Minnesota hosted a virtual teach-in to discuss race, policing and the criminal justice system related to the Chauvin trial and beyond.
CFANS professor Job Ubbink poses for a portrait on the St. Paul campus on Thursday, April 22. Ubbink created a new course focused on the intersection between food and culture.

New CFANS course connects food and culture

by Katelyn Vue, Campus Activities Reporter
Published April 23, 2021
The course aims to strengthen intercultural awareness through food.
UMN classes TH 5117: Performance and Social Change and TH 5950: Topics in Theatre holding in person class in the Rarig theater building.

Theater class links pharmacy studies with Greek tragedies

by Nathanael Ashton-Piper and Kyra Barbot
Published April 22, 2021
Combined with a study of Greek tragedies, the class examines the contemporary and historical aspects of pharmacy to create performance through science.
Protesters marched through campus on Saturday, April 17. The protest, organized by the Black Student Union and Students for a Democratic Society, was in response to the deployment of UMPD officers to Brooklyn Center.

Students march in protest of UMPD involvement in West Command Task Force

by Kyra Barbot
Published April 19, 2021
Hundreds of students gathered at the UMPD station on Saturday to demand the University cut ties with the countywide policing task force.
Students to Board of Regents: Withdraw UMPD from Brooklyn Center protests

Students to Board of Regents: Withdraw UMPD from Brooklyn Center protests

by Ethan Fine, Campus Administration Reporter
Published April 18, 2021
A listening session hosted by the Minnesota Student Association with the Board of Regents gave students the opportunity to voice their concerns regarding the West Command Task Force.
The Minnesota State Capitol on Nov. 18, 2018.

Controversial MN Supreme Court ruling fuels legislative change to protect sexual assault survivors

by Samantha Woodward, City Reporter
Published April 17, 2021
Following a ruling that determined victims cannot be considered “mentally incapacitated” if they used substances voluntarily, the Minnesota Legislature works to pass a bill to close the intoxication loophole.
The new "Why Canoes?" exhibit located in the Northrop gallery on Tuesday, April 13. The exhibit was curated by University of Minnesota graduate student Jacob Bernier, American Indian Studies professor Dr. Vicente Diaz and former University student Chrissy Goodwin.

Graduate student curates Northrop exhibit highlighting Indigenous canoeing communities

by Frankie Carlson
Published April 16, 2021
Heritage Studies and Public History graduate student Jacob Bernier is bringing attention to the importance of Indigenous watercraft with the opening of the exhibit “Why Canoes?”
UMN community presses for change after court rules “voluntarily intoxicated” rape victims are not “incapacitated”

UMN community presses for change after court rules “voluntarily intoxicated” rape victims are not “incapacitated”

by Ava Thompson and Kyra Barbot
Published April 15, 2021
Students have organized in protest and many have signed an MSA bill that voices support for changing the language of the statute that defines the “mental incapacitation."
Joan Gabel on Zoom

Gabel talks UMPD’s involvement in policing Daunte Wright protests

by Abbey Machtig
Published April 15, 2021
The University president also discussed the possibility of renaming campus buildings in an interview with the Minnesota Daily.
A student guide to getting vaccinated through Boynton

A student guide to getting vaccinated through Boynton

by Nathanael Ashton-Piper
Published April 14, 2021
With recently expanded eligibility, students may receive an invitation to get a vaccine through Boynton Health.

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