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Students petition U to go pass/fail amid the COVID-19 outbreak

Students petition U to go pass/fail amid the COVID-19 outbreak

by Farrah Mina
Published March 18, 2020
Students from at least 47 other universities are also petitioning for similar accommodations.
Construction equipment stands ready on an empty plot of land beside homes on Erie Street Southeast. on Friday, March 13. Several homes on the block are set to be demolished as part of a broad plan for the future clinical campus facility.

Housing demolished in Stadium Village for University development

by Caitlin Anderson
Published March 17, 2020
The facility will help support education, research, training and patient care.
Minneapolis declares local emergency, shutters restaurants

Minneapolis declares local emergency, shutters restaurants

by Caitlin Anderson
Published March 16, 2020
Starting March 17, all restaurants will be closed for dining following Mayor Jacob Frey's declaration of a local public health emergency due to coronavirus concerns.

In-person instruction canceled for the rest of the semester

by J.D. Duggan
Published March 16, 2020
The rest of the semester will continue through alternative instruction formats.
Morgan La Casse

The big questions — and answers — about UMN’s canceled study abroad programs

by Dylan Miettinen
Published March 16, 2020
All students studying abroad are required to return home by March 20.
Beekeeper Gary Reuter opens a brood box at the University of Minnesota Bee Laboratory on Monday, March 16. The bees huddle together and flex their flight muscles in order to stay warm and survive the winter.

Honeybees dying from “deformed wing virus,” research finds

by Becca Most
Published March 16, 2020
University researchers found a key link between a common bee virus and colony decline.
UMN plans to formally recognize campus placement on Indigenous land

UMN plans to formally recognize campus placement on Indigenous land

by Natalie Rademacher and Dylan Miettinen
Published March 16, 2020
Following the lead of Duluth, the Twin Cities campus is drafting its own land acknowledgment statement.
Horses walk about their enclosure at the Leatherdale Equine Center near the St. Paul campus on Monday, Feb. 24.

Researchers study irregular horse heartbeats, hoping to find a cure

by Natalie Cierzan and Nat Jacobwith
Published March 15, 2020
Racehorses are affected more by irregular heartbeats than others.
John North, left, Issac North and mother Mary North view an installation from the exhibit Collecting Memory: Photographs and Installations by Jeff Millikan.

Bell Museum to increase support for visitors with sensory challenges

by Farrah Mina
Published March 15, 2020
Using funds from a Campus Climate Micro-Grant, the museum will establish sensory kits throughout the museum to assist visitors with autism and other sensory challenges.
Faculty scramble in the transition to online instruction

Faculty scramble in the transition to online instruction

by Michelle Griffith
Published March 14, 2020
Ultimately, it is faculty and staff who will decide how they want to format their alternative instruction.

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