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Feds urge transparent bank deals

by Haley Hansen
Published April 15, 2014
Lawmakers want colleges to tell more about their bank contracts and to dial down marketing.
Minnesota Daily alumnus Kevin Siers, now of the Charlotte Observer, won a Pulitzer Prize on Monday for editorial cartooning. As a Daily cartoonist in the 1980s, he drew a variety of poliltical cartoons like this one, about then-Gov. Al Quie.

U alumnus wins Pulitzer

by Anne Millerbernd
Published April 15, 2014
Former Minnesota Daily cartoonist Kevin Siers won a Pulitzer Prize on Monday.
Third year Plant Pathology graduate student Matthew Haas presents wheat growing in the Plant Growth Facility on Monday.

University experts recommend whole grain food regulations

by Allison Kronberg
Published April 2, 2014
The experts are part of an international effort to standardize a definition for whole grain foods.
President Barack Obama announces a boost to federal funding for transportation projects across the country at Union Depot in St. Paul, Minn. on Wednesday afternoon.

Obama rallies Twin Cities for ‘year of action’

by Jessica Lee
Published February 27, 2014
The president chose St. Paul to unveil his new transportation plan.
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Manager of Energy & Labor/Management Policy Ben Gerber, center, speaks at a panel discussion, "Debating the Minimum Wage," at the Humphrey Forum on Wednesday afternoon. Among the other panelists were University professor Ann Markusen, St. Cloud State University professor King Banaian and Minn. Representative Ryan Winkler.

Minimum wage debate comes to campus

by Roy Aker
Published January 30, 2014
Experts localized the State of the Union on Wednesday.
University President Eric Kaler discusses campus issues, including the tobacco-free policy and the CBS-CFANS merger, at his Morrill Hall office Tuesday.

Kaler unveils retention plan

by Meghan Holden
Published January 21, 2014
The plan, presented at the White House, aims to keep students who get the Pell Grant at the University.

Kaler unveils plan to retain low-income students

by Meghan Holden
Published January 16, 2014
The initiative, presented at a White House event Thursday, is meant to improve first-year retention rates.

Experts weigh risks of genetically altered bugs

by Katelyn Faulks
Published December 4, 2013
A University study explored the potential effects of modifying insects to suppress disease.

U transplants first breathing lung in the Midwest

by Katelyn Faulks
Published November 25, 2013
The University could use the new breathing device for heart transplants in the future.

Private loans linked to high student debt

by Nicolas Hallett
Published November 5, 2013
Private student loans are 7 percent of the market but 15 percent of the debt.

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