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The Witch's Hat Tower sits in Prospect Park on Monday evening. On May 23, the Prospect Park Association voted on bylaw amendments that would have reserved a spot on their Board for student residents. The bylaw amendments did not pass, but will be revisited in later in June.

‘The elephant in the room’: UMN-area neighborhood organizations weather the pandemic

by J.D. Duggan
Published April 6, 2020
As meetings move online and developments are slowed, the University-area neighborhoods are taking different approaches to serve their community during COVID-19.
Senior Violet Ohnstad poses for a portrait on campus on Friday, April 3. Ohnstad, who enlisted in the National Guard in January, is uncertain what the next few months will look like as she prepares for basic training. 

National Guard students balance basic training and a pandemic — remotely

by Helen Sabrowsky
Published April 6, 2020
In some states, students are beginning to serve on missions directly related to the coronavirus.
Three houses under consideration for demolition are seen in Marcy-Holmes on Sunday, April 5. The site could be host to a potential project with micro-unit apartments.  

Historic Dinkytown houses may be demolished for new apartments

by Caitlin Anderson
Published April 6, 2020
The new apartments would house 65 micro-units, developed by North Bay Companies.
Volunteers pack color-coded meal kits at Bonnie's Hometown Grocery store. 

Bringing meal kits to the table for rural Minnesotans

by Becca Most
Published April 6, 2020
Through the development of a 14-day meal kit, University researchers aim to help rural Minnesota grocers and communities cope with food availability during the pandemic.
Illustration by Hailee Schievelbein

UMN researchers bring little known liver disease into the spotlight

by Natalie Cierzan
Published April 6, 2020
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis affects 3% to 6% of Americans. It is initially symptomless and hard to identify in patients.
Tiffany Welty, incoming business operations officer for the Minnesota Daily for 2020-21, and Dylan Miettinen, incoming editor in chief. 

Minnesota Daily selects incoming leadership for 2020-21

by Samantha Hendrickson
Published April 4, 2020
The Minnesota Daily welcomes Dylan Miettinen as editor-in-chief and Tiffany Welty as the business operations officer, starting in early May.
The Minnesota State Capitol as seen on May 13, 2013.

Lawmakers aim to proceed with long-awaited insulin bill despite focus on coronavirus

by Mohamed Ibrahim
Published April 4, 2020
Though COVID-19 relief is the Legislature's top concern, lawmakers say the insulin access legislation remains a priority.
Sarah Mai

UMN Foundation creates COVID-19 relief fund to support student finances

by Farrah Mina
Published April 4, 2020
The University of Minnesota Foundation set up an emergency fund last month to support students with their finances.
Third-year student Natalie Swanson poses for a portrait at the house she rents in Marcy-Holmes on Wednesday, April 1. Swanson was laid off from her job at a coffee shop that stopped operation in response to COVID-19. Though her landlord has lowered rent by $100 per person, she is uncertain about her ability to make rent after April. 

Without work, rent payments worry students living near campus

by Caitlin Anderson
Published April 3, 2020
With the shuttering of many businesses, students have been laid off and had hours cut. Many students do not qualify for the $1,200 federal government support.
University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel addresses the Minnesota Senate on the University's plans to contend with COVID-19, otherwise known as the Coronavirus, at the State Capitol on Tuesday, March 10.

Pending vote, University could lose over $27 million in refunds to students

by Hana Ikramuddin and Abbey Machtig
Published April 2, 2020
The Board of Regents will vote on a student refund plan that includes 100% refunds for housing, meal plan and parking fees.

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