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A cyclist rides down 5th Street Southeast in Dinkytown on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2019.

Safety app offers solutions for concerned campus-area residents

by Taylor Schroeder
Published November 11, 2019
ClutchSOS, created by a University of Minnesota graduate, provides a network of security for students traveling alone.
Currie Park is seen on Thursday, May 31, 2018 in Minneapolis. The park is now host to a customized syringe drop box that the city began installing on Nov. 1, 2019 as a response to the opioid crisis.

Minneapolis installs public syringe boxes across city

by Brooke Sheehy
Published November 11, 2019
Among nine other locations, Minneapolis’ Currie Park in Cedar-Riverside will have a designated box.
Project manager Jenna Burgett, left, and chief engineer Kyle Houser, right, discuss their process of creating and designing SOCRATES in a lab in Tate Hall on Friday, Nov. 8. SOCRATES, which NASA launched into space on Saturday, Nov. 2, is expected to begin orbiting the earth in January of 2020.

First UMN small satellite now in space

by Jiang Li
Published November 11, 2019
SOCRATES, launched into space by NASA, uses X-ray sensors for navigation and will collect data related to accelerations in sun flares.
Professor Ellan Tadmor, who sits back right, listens to students present their findings to the class science court on Tuesday, Nov. 5.

University professor Ellad Tadmor is using science to fight polarization

by Niamh Coomey
Published November 11, 2019
Tadmor, an Aerospace Engineering professor, is in his second year of teaching 'Science Court,' a course intended to encourage discussion about controversial issues.
The Metro Green Line pulls into the East Bank Station on Saturday, Nov. 9.

MSA pushes to expand free light rail stops for students

by Samantha Hendrickson
Published November 11, 2019
The undergraduate student government is garnering support for more University's Zone Pass stops, which currently include the West Bank, East Bank and Stadium Village stations.
The site of a proposed development in Marcy Holmes as seen on Monday, Nov. 4.

High-rise condo project canceled in Marcy-Holmes, rentals proposed instead

by Caitlin Anderson
Published November 11, 2019
Alia condos by Alatus, LLC was originally proposed in early 2016.
Fond Du Lac City Councilman Dan Degner presents at a College Republicans weekly meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 5.

Conservative student leaders seek more involvement in campus government

by Niamh Coomey
Published November 10, 2019
Some conservative students say they feel hesitant about voicing their political opinions or getting involved at the University.
Midnight robbery reported near UMN campus

Midnight robbery reported near UMN campus

by Dylan Anderson
Published November 9, 2019
It is the first alert to students after five last month, three of those related to robberies.
Morgan LaCasse

Study finds patients often mistreat medical trainees

by Hana Ikramuddin
Published November 8, 2019
The study defined six different categories of mistreatment, and patients were seen as the main source of mistreatment in five.

Update: Missing UMN student found

by Brooke Sheehy
Published November 8, 2019
Twenty year old Elizabeth Mann went missing Thursday in Anjuna, India.

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