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Faculty say the economic impact study helps quantify the good they do.

UMN faculty push for new economic impact study

by Mady Leick
Published September 29, 2024

The last economic impact study about the University of Minnesota was completed in 2017, which found the overall economic impact of the University to be $8.7 billion. The study details the total jobs...

A voter enters the polling place at the Grace University Lutheran Church early in the morning on March 3, 2020.

How the UMN helps and hinders students vote

by Mady Leick
Published September 24, 2024

Eighty percent of University of Minnesota students voted in 2020, the highest voter turnout rate of any four-year institution in the country. While there are resources and opportunities for students to...

UMN Bookstore reflects on Course Works program

UMN Bookstore reflects on Course Works program

by Mady Leick
Published September 22, 2024

The opt-out deadline for Course Works was Sept. 16, leaving students who opted in with the University of Minnesota’s new textbook service introduced this fall. With a flat rate of $279, the new...

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 18, 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...

Palestine protest march Sept. 5.

Protest tensions echo 1985 fight for South Africa divestment

by Hannah Ward and Samantha Siedow
Published September 17, 2024

Mistrust in administration, protesters facing off with police and the Board of Regents declining to divest from a foreign country may sound familiar to both current students and 1980s alumni.University...

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...

Minnesota student literacy scores hit decade low

Minnesota student literacy scores hit decade low

by Mady Leick
Published September 11, 2024

New data reveals only 49% of Minnesota students are proficient in reading,  a decade low for students' reading scores, according to data from the Minnesota Department of EducationLiteracy rates have...

After a century and a half, international students at UMN say it is not easy to adjust to life on campus.

International Student and Scholar Services celebrates 150 years of international students

by Tyler Church
Published September 11, 2024

The University of Minnesota’s International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) is celebrating 150 years of international students on campus. The University first welcomed its international undergraduates...

Cunningham discussed tuition increases and campus safety.

Cunningham shares presidency goals

by Olivia Hines
Published September 3, 2024

On Thursday, University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham discussed her administration’s goals regarding affordability, increasing legislative support, supporting student activism and free expression,...

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