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Architecture senior Belinda Xiong creates a cardboard model to represent a juvenile corrections facility at Rapson Hall on Monday, Sept. 24 on East Bank campus. Xiong and her class visited an adult correctional facility and a rehabilitation facility to learn firsthand how the spaces work.

UMN architecture students hope to redesign local juvenile rehab facilities

by Jordan Willauer
Published September 28, 2018
At the end of the semester, students in an architecture class at the University of Minnesota hope to send a report to Hennepin County.
Austin Kraft, student representative to the Board of Regents, spoke to the board at a listening session in Coffman Memorial Union on Monday, Sept. 24. Kraft said he thinks the next president should continue the positive work that President Kaler has done, but also to use it as an opportunity to improve on inclusiveness at the university.

Presidential search listening sessions see low turnout on Twin Cities campus

by Michelle Griffith
Published September 27, 2018
The sessions were a chance for the University community to express what it asks for the next University president.
Illustrated by Jane Borstad

UMN student group teaches improv to scientists

by Sunny Lim
Published September 27, 2018
Speaking Science Improv was formed this fall after receiving a grant from the University's Institute on the Environment.

Recent shootings don’t point to an increase in crime, officials say

by Emma Dill
Published September 27, 2018
The University of Minnesota area has seen three reported shootings in September.
University of Minnesota Regent Abdul Omari poses for a portrait on Monday, Sept. 24 on East Bank campus. Omari's regent seat will be up for election in 2019.

Regent Abdul Omari prepares to lead presidential search committee

by Helen Sabrowsky
Published September 27, 2018
Abdul Omari is a member of the University's Board of Regents and is chairing the Presidential Search Advisory Committee.

Research Roundup: Bike safety and city planning

by Nikki Pederson
Published September 27, 2018
University of Minnesota researchers published several studies this past month.
Construction employees work on the Marcy-Holmes General Mills renovation near St. Anthony Main in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Sept. 25. The renovation project is in its second construction phase.

General Mills development looks to enter phase two

by Imani Cruzen
Published September 27, 2018
Doran Companies presented an outline of the site's future development to the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood Monday.

Interior design program prepares for accreditation review

by Caitlin Anderson
Published September 27, 2018
The Council for Interior Design Accreditation will visit the University in October.
A BNSF Railway Company freight train passes by an unofficial railroad crossing in Como on Monday, Sept. 24. Despite a death last October and an injury at the site in August, neither the city nor BNSF has put up a fence or more signs that encourage safety.

Tragedy on Como train tracks prompts slow solutions

by J.D. Duggan
Published September 26, 2018
After two people were hit by trains within a year, with at least one ending in death, the City and Southeast Como community have struggled to find safety responses.

UMN researchers to use machine learning to observe global change

by Nikki Pederson
Published September 26, 2018
The University of Minnesota was granted $1.43 million to conduct the project.

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