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Moussa Hatav, left, and Gabe Sinner add a design to the Period.MN table with finger paint in Coffman Union on Wednesday, Feb. 21. After painting, organizers offered them either a napkin to clean their hands or a cookie, to help understand the decisions homeless women have to make between being clean and having menstrual care products.

Student group advocates for menstrual product accessibility

by Eliana Schreiber
Published February 26, 2018
Period, a national nonprofit advocating for access to menstrual care products, recently opened a chapter on the University campus.

UMN to host sustainable agricultural center through 2022

by Katrina Pross
Published February 26, 2018
The program gives grants to farmers and researchers working to promote sustainability in agriculture.
People walk past businesses on 4th Street Southeast in Dinkytown on Sunday, Feb. 18. A group of businesses are being forced to close after the building's owner decided to sell the property.

Longtime businesses reflect on Dinkytown’s shifting landscape

by Kassidy Tarala
Published February 26, 2018
As more new businesses open in Dinkytown, longtime establishments weigh their futures.
Ben Shapiro speaking at the 2016 Politicon at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California.

State lawmakers, conservative media criticize UMN administration’s handling of Ben Shapiro event

by Madeline Deninger
Published February 26, 2018
The University of Minnesota has faced national backlash over its decision to host the conservative speaker in St. Paul.
University President Eric Kaler fields questions during an interview with the Minnesota Daily on Thursday, Nov. 16.

Kaler announces postponement of UMN Child Development Center closure

by Carter Blochwitz
Published February 23, 2018
The move by the University president comes after protests and criticism by parents.

UMN St. Paul vision considers campus’ long-term goals

by Helen Sabrowsky
Published February 23, 2018
The plan, once completed, will look 30 years into the future.

Winter weather helps and harms senior residents, UMN study says

by Ella Johnson
Published February 23, 2018
Senior citizens' fears of falling in slippery conditions can lead to social isolation in the winter.

UMN study hopes to tackle misdiagnosis

by Michelle Griffith
Published February 23, 2018
Between 40,000 and 80,000 patients die each year from major diagnostic errors in the U.S.
The 17th Avenue Residence Hall as seen on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017.

Huntley House members see positive change

by Eliana Schreiber
Published February 22, 2018
Under different leadership, Huntley House, an LLC in 17th Avenue Residence Hall, is increasing its community outreach.
 The University wrestling team received donations to move from their current practice facility to previous basketball practice facilities in the Bierman Athletic complex.

Out of ‘the dungeon’: UMN wrestling to get new facility

by Helen Sabrowsky
Published February 22, 2018
The team has practiced in the basement of Bierman since the 1970s.

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