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UMN Academic Freedom policy in development despite logistical issues

by Mady Leick
Published October 9, 2024

A task force created by Provost Rachel Croson will define how academic freedom is outlined at the University of Minnesota for tenured faculty.  The task force was created last spring to write the policy...

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UMN names Gregg Goldman as executive vice president for finance and operations

by Tyler Church
Published October 9, 2024

University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham announced Wednesday in a system-wide email Gregg Goldman is the new executive vice president for finance and operations. The Board of Regents will...

Protestors silenced Cunningham’s inaugural speech for over four minutes as members of staff struggled to contain activists in Northrop Hall.

Protesters disrupt President Cunningham’s inauguration

by Olivia Hines and Tyler Church
Published September 19, 2024

President Rebecca Cunningham’s inauguration on Wednesday started as a success. There are 2,692 seats in Northrop Auditorium according to Andria Waclawski, and over two-thirds of them were filled with...

Croson received an 80% “no-confidence” vote from the CLA Assembly on June 26.

Provost Croson to select academic freedom review committee

by Olivia Hines
Published September 16, 2024

In a systemwide email sent July 15, University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham appointed Provost Rachel Croson to create a faculty-led committee to review hiring and academic freedom policies...

Rebecca Cunningham at the Board of Regents meeting Friday, Sept. 13.

UMN President Rebecca Cunningham breaks down her recommended budget request

by Samantha Siedow
Published September 16, 2024

Editor's Note: This article has been updated for greater context. University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham announced her recommended biennial budget request for the fiscal year 2026-27 on...

The UMN CLA Assembly passed a vote of no confidence June 24.

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies director search pause raises academic freedom concerns

by Georgia Jensen
Published August 12, 2024

In his last weeks as Interim President of the University of Minnesota, Jeff Ettinger withdrew a job offer for director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies on June 10, prompting debate about...

Seven out of 17 UMN colleges have experienced dean turnover since 2021.

Dean turnover and how UMN combats it

by Georgia Jensen
Published July 30, 2024

Since 2021, seven of the 17 colleges at the University of Minnesota have been led by interim deans, underscoring the lengthy and complex process of hiring permanent deans.  The University has experienced...

Remnants of the encampment on the Northrop Mall being cleaned up on Thursday morning.

Closed buildings to open Thursday at noon, encampment scheduled to end

by Theo Franz, Sam Hill, and Alex Steil
Published May 2, 2024
After Ettinger-student coalition dialogues, the administration agreed to make progress on the students’ six demands.
Interim President Jeff Ettinger inside Morrill Hall on Sept. 20, 2023. Ettinger gets deep with the Daily: “It’s bittersweet.”

Ettinger reflects on his presidency

by Olivia Hines and Emma Walytka
Published April 22, 2024
Ettinger shares the University of Minnesota’s achievements from the last year and his hopes for future projects the next president, Rebecca Cunningham, will undertake.
Dr. Rebecca Cunningham at a press conference following the Feb. 26 Board of Regents meeting.

Rebecca Cunningham named as 18th University president

by Alex Lassiter
Published February 26, 2024
The announcement was made after the Board of Regents selected finalists in mid-February and conducted public interviews on Feb. 26.

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