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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.

Several Dinkytown businesses to close by mid-summer

by Madeline Deninger
Published February 19, 2018
Milo’s on Fourth barber shop, Dinkytown Optical, Underground Printing, Blue Serge Alterations and the Hair Shaft barber shop were told to vacate the building.
Illustration by Jane Borstad.

UMN students seek GMO regulation reform

by Katrina Pross
Published February 19, 2018
The students sent a letter to members of Congress earlier this month.
Justin Hui and fellow University graduate students play soccer at Van Cleve Park in Minneapolis on May 25, 2014.

Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board plots future for neighborhood parks

by Tiffany Bui
Published February 19, 2018
The park board is developing its East of the River Park Master Plan to outline future improvements for local parks.
Irna Landrum presents a seminar on Wednesday, Feb. 14, at Jackson Hall as a part of the Black Student Union's new "Wellness Wednesdays". The seminar covered institutionalized racism and how it contributes to peoples' wellness using an arc from the television show "The Walking Dead."

Wellness Wednesday connects diversity to ‘The Walking Dead’

by Lew Blank
Published February 19, 2018
A lecture on campus last week tied the trauma of marginalized people to the plotline of a popular TV series.
Bikers ride beside crowded parking on both sides of Eighth Street Southeast in Minneapolis on June 6, 2017.

New bikeway layout would add protected lanes on and around UMN campus

by Madeline Deninger
Published February 19, 2018
The University of Minnesota protected bikeways layout will update existing lanes and add safety features.

Volcanos may have contributed to dinosaur extinction, UMN study says

by Wesley Hortenbach
Published February 19, 2018
The study could shed light on the long-debated role of the meteorite impact in the mass extinction.
#MeToo founder Tarana Burke speaks to students during her appearance at Coffman Union on Friday, Feb. 16.

Founder of #MeToo movement comes to UMN campus

by Tiffany Bui
Published February 17, 2018
Tarana Burke talked about her lifelong involvement in activism and interacted with students.
Mayor Jacob Frey speaks about affordable housing at a community event at the University of Minnesota Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center in North Minneapolis on Thursday, Feb. 15.

Frey lays out affordable housing plan at UROC forum

by Madeline Deninger
Published February 16, 2018
Mayor Jacob Frey and other city leaders discussed affordable housing issues at a forum at the University's Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center.
A Campus Connector waits for pedestrians to cross the busy Pleasant Street crosswalk between Walter Library and Appleby Hall on Friday, Dec. 1.

University of Minnesota ranks low in national report on campus safety

by Isabella Murray
Published February 16, 2018
The low ranking comes amid a spike in crime near campus.

UMN researcher aims to make MRIs faster, more precise

by Wesley Hortenbach
Published February 16, 2018
Mehmet Akçakaya was named a McKnight Land-Grant Professor last week.

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