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Students wait in lines at the Pioneer Hall Dining Center on Sunday, Feb. 13.

UMN temp workers not required to have COVID-19 vaccine

by Amelia Roessler
Published November 29, 2022
Workers who are contracted through entities other than the University of Minnesota do not have to adhere to the same vaccine policy as full-time University workers to be eligible to work.
Faculty Senate passes AF&T resolution

Faculty Senate passes AF&T resolution

by Olivia Hines
Published November 28, 2022
The resolution requires the University of Minnesota to report term appointments that have continued for more than six years to a task force in an aim to protect academic freedom for term faculty.
The University of Minnesota campus gates on East Bank, Nov. 12, 2022.

UMN to launch search for VP of University Services

by Maya Marchel Hoff
Published November 23, 2022
The University of Minnesota announced it is conducting a nationwide search for the next vice president of University Services.
Folwell Hall and Sanford Hall are the first two buildings up for renaming on the Twin Cities campus.

UMN’s four oldest building names in running for renaming

by Amelia Roessler
Published November 23, 2022
Applications for renaming buildings closed Nov. 11, leaving Folwell Hall on the Twin Cities campus with no requests for a new name or to retain its current name.
The Theater of the Relatively Talentless (TORT) is a theater group made up of University of Minnesota Law School students.

Professors advocate for Tribal programing, Native faculty in Humphrey, Law schools

by Lara Boudinot
Published November 22, 2022
Professors, students and faculty discuss why Tribal curriculum, faculty and programs are necessary at the University of Minnesota and voice the importance of Native American inclusion in education.
Jason Beddow worked as a research assistant professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University. 
 Courtesy of Lucy Angelis.

Fentanyl numbers, overdoses on rise in Minn.

by Madison Roth
Published November 22, 2022
Jason Beddow, who worked for the University of Minnesota, died in 2016 of a fentanyl overdose and is remembered as a caring, loving individual by those around him.
Ra'Shya Ghee is the law schools first dean of diversity, equity and inclusion.  Photo courtesy of Ra'Shya Ghee.

New UMN Law School program teaches intersection of race, law

by Gillian Haveman
Published November 22, 2022
The Racial Equity and Justice milestone was introduced after students expressed desire to learn more about how race affects practicing law.
Shoppers stream through the Mall of America during the start of the holiday season.

(Snow) ball’s in their court, companies left with excess this holiday season

by Emma Walytka
Published November 21, 2022
Campus sustainability club 365green highlights ways consumers can be more sustainable shoppers this holiday season amid excess inventory.
UMN researchers to lead global study on impacts of vagus nerve stimulation

UMN researchers to lead global study on impacts of vagus nerve stimulation

by Maya Marchel Hoff
Published November 21, 2022
A group of University of Minnesota researchers will use a $21 million grant to conduct a three-year clinical study on how vagus nerve stimulation impacts the human body, beyond its use to treat depression and epilepsy.
Collaboration between Ojibwe, Cloquet Forestry Center returns fire to landscape

Collaboration between Ojibwe, Cloquet Forestry Center returns fire to landscape

by Lara Boudinot
Published November 18, 2022
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and the Cloquet Forestry Center worked together to ensure fire returned to manage the Cloquet forest ecosystem.

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