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Body cameras sit in a charging cradle.

UMN omits bodycams from budget request

by Mohamed Ibrahim
Published January 28, 2019
The University of Minnesota Police Department will not ask for funding for body cameras in its upcoming budget request.
President Nils Hasselmo speaks at Northrop auditorium during, "Six Presidents. Four Decades of Leadership. One University," on May 4, 2015.

Former colleagues remember Nils Hasselmo as caring leader of University

by Helen Sabrowsky
Published January 28, 2019
Nils Hasselmo, who died Wednesday at 87, was a Scandinavian languages professor before his tenure as UMN president from 1988 to 1997.
Illustrated by Morgan La Casse

UMN Medical School taking steps for student mental health

by Gwiwon Jason Nam
Published January 28, 2019
The Medical School is changing its curriculum and offering resources to mitigate student stress.
Illustrated by Abby Adamski

Early confusion surrounds all-campus elections

by Dylan Miettinen
Published January 28, 2019
Discrepancies in communication surrounding referendum rule changes by ACEC lead to confusion among student government groups.
John North, left, Issac North and mother Mary North view an installation from the exhibit Collecting Memory: Photographs and Installations by Jeff Millikan.

After shutdown, campus establishments offer free services to furloughed employees

by Erin Wilson
Published January 28, 2019
Afro Deli and the Bell Museum have provided free food or entry to furloughed federal government workers during the shutdown.
A rendering of the new Child Development Center

Despite legislative uncertainty, UMN asks state for $28 million for ICD project

by Erin Wilson
Published January 28, 2019
The University of Minnesota is requesting money from the state to fund the Institute of Child Development's future renovation project.
Christina Laridaen, Minnesota Student Association government and legislative affairs coordinator stands in the MSA room on Thursday, Jan. 24 at Coffman Union. Laridaen facilitated a vigil Thursday evening for sexual assault survivors and a comment writing bank for the proposed Title IX changes. 

Student government hosts vigil after Title IX proposal

by Niamh Coomey
Published January 28, 2019
The proposed Title IX policy comment period ends on Jan. 28.

UMN students look to educate about antibiotic resistance in UTIs

by Gwiwon Jason Nam
Published January 26, 2019
As part of a Grand Challenge Curriculum course, four undergrads hope to educate students about urinary tract infection antibiotic resistance.

UMN sees uptick in burglaries, police say

by Mohamed Ibrahim
Published January 25, 2019
UMPD and MPD responded to multiple thefts and assaults on and around campus this past week.

Hundreds of genetic variants found by UMN researchers affecting tobacco, alcohol use

by Katie Salai
Published January 25, 2019
Genes could be used to inform future treatments for people predisposed to addiction.

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