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University of Minnesota medical student Edith Hernandez times out eight minutes and forty-six seconds while leading a moment of silence as first-year medical student Safa Abdulkadir holds an umbrella over them in pouring rain outside of the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office on Tuesday, June 2.

Medical students show up for Black lives

by Jasmine Snow
Published June 7, 2020
University medical students arose as leaders and organizers during Floyd protests.
Illustration by Luis Mendoza

UMN leaders weigh COVID-19 financial strategy options

by Max Chao
Published June 6, 2020
The Board of Regents will vote on the measures next week.
Minneapolis City Council meets in the council chambers at Minneapolis City Hall on Jan. 16, 2017.

Minneapolis City Council bans chokeholds, looks to improve transparency for MPD

by Madeline Deninger
Published June 5, 2020
The changes follow the Minnesota Department of Human Right's announcement that it would investigate the police department's last 10 years of conduct.
President Joan Gabel fields questions in her office in Morrill Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 15.

Gabel recommends University reopen in fall, end in-person classes at Thanksgiving

by Abbey Machtig
Published June 5, 2020
In a systemwide email sent out June 5, Gabel outlined modifications, including multimodal classes and an end to in-person courses by Thanksgiving break.
Illustration by Luis Mendoza

U study finds disconnect between adolescent cancer patients and their families

by Natalie Cierzan
Published June 4, 2020
Eighty-six percent of adolescents wanted to discuss care options before the illness became life-threatening, but only 39% of families knew that.
Concept rendering for a 12-story development on 15th Avenue. 

12-story student housing development proposed for Marcy-Holmes

by Caitlin Anderson
Published June 4, 2020
The development, which aims for a modern and Midwestern look, would replace Gorshe Auto Service and Wilderness Inquiry.
Hard Times Cafe boarded up in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood on Thursday, May 28. (Andy Kosier / Minnesota Daily)

Cedar-Riverside forms neighborhood watch to protect community

by Brooke Sheehy
Published June 4, 2020
Young adults mobilized a neighborhood patrol and organized a food shelf to support the neighborhood.
Soren Stevenson, a University of Minnesota student, was shot in the eye with a rubber bullet by police during a protest against police brutality on Sunday. (Image courtesy of Ryan Stevenson)

Students protesting police misconduct, systemic racism contend with police brutality

by Jasmine Snow and Katelyn Vue
Published June 4, 2020
Law enforcement have routinely employed pepper spray, tear gas and rubber bullets against nonviolent demonstrators and curfew-exempt personnel, students say.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison speaks during the United Black Legislative Caucus at the Brian Coyle Center in Cedar-Riverside on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019.

Attorney General charges all four officers involved in George Floyd’s killing

by Hana Ikramuddin
Published June 3, 2020
The state Attorney General Keith Ellison also upped charges against Derek Chauvin, the then-police officer who pinned Floyd to the ground.
The Phillips-Wangensteen Building at the corner of Harvard St SE and Washington Ave SE on the U’s east bank campus on Sunday, May 31. The building, which is home to the opthamology clinic, could be seeing major renovations in the future. 

Ahead of special session, UMN pushes job creation in infrastructure ask

by Madeline Deninger
Published June 3, 2020
The University has emphasized the economic impact of its infrastructure projects as the COVID-19 pandemic strains the state's economy.

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