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University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel testifies before the Senate Higher Education Policy and Finance Committee as the University requests $317.2 million on Monday, Feb. 18.

Gabel presents UMN capital request to state lawmakers

by Mohamed Ibrahim
Published February 24, 2020
In her first legislative session, the University president outlined the $317.2 million request for infrastructure funding.
From left, Grace Hogan, Madeline Miller, Benjamin Perez, Elizabeth Zanmiller and Sally Zuzuly, officers of the new “Students Against Pilelines” student group, pose for a group portrait by the Mississippi river on Friday, Feb. 21. Miller says that issues around pipeline construction, including Line 3, affect students on campus as well as the rest of the state.

New student group organizes against Line 3 pipeline

by Jiang Li
Published February 24, 2020
The group aims to educate the community about the Line 3 Pipeline Replacement Project.
Student counseling centers across the country grapple with increased demands

Student counseling centers across the country grapple with increased demands

by Dylan Miettinen
Published February 24, 2020
Reported clients at university counseling centers have more than doubled between 2013 and 2019, according to a Center for Collegiate Mental Health report released last month.
U to open new center, connecting those with disabilities to digital resources

U to open new center, connecting those with disabilities to digital resources

by Samantha Hendrickson
Published February 24, 2020
Project planners hope to have the Center for Digital Accessibility Excellence open by the end of the school year.
Mira Klein, CREATE Initiative research associate, poses for a portrait on the University of Minnesota campus on Friday, Feb. 21. Klein holds “Sharing in the Benefits of a Greening City,” a toolkit meant to address the interactions of gentrification and justice in Green New Deal planning, including city parks. 

U researchers combat “green gentrification” in Minneapolis parks

by Becca Most
Published February 24, 2020
Rent prices and property values often increase considerably after the addition of a park, according to project researchers.
Morrill Hall as seen on Saturday, Oct. 12.

UMN lays out steps to address lack of faculty diversity

by Niamh Coomey
Published February 24, 2020
Around 6% of the University’s tenure and tenure-track faculty are from underrepresented racial backgrounds, according to 2018 data.
U researchers working on implantable brain chip to combat neurological diseases

U researchers working on implantable brain chip to combat neurological diseases

by Natalie Cierzan
Published February 23, 2020
Researchers say the chip could treat diseases like Parkinson’s, Tourette’s, obsessive compulsive disorder and depression.
Gov. Tim Walz speaks at the University of Minnesota on Friday, Feb. 21.

Student, community protesters confront Gov. Walz at campus event

by Brooke Sheehy
Published February 22, 2020
About 30 to 40 protesters showed up at the event on Friday.
Writer, political activist and feminist organizer Gloria Steinem walks onstage for a moderated discussion at Northrup Auditorium on Wednesday, Feb. 20. 

Political activist and feminist Gloria Steinem speaks at UMN

by Erin Rose Baker
Published February 21, 2020
Steinem spoke at the Northrop Auditorium Wednesday as part of the Distinguished Carlson Lecture series.
Eva Berezovsky

New UMN-developed epilepsy rescue treatment receives FDA approval

by Abbey Machtig
Published February 20, 2020
The medication, which is in the form of a nasal spray, is able to be administered outside of medical settings.

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