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Graduate student Mario Perez receives instruction from special guest Thomas Muraco in the Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall on West Bank on Monday, Oct. 2.

School of Music brings in nationally renowned artists for free concerts

by Cleo Krejci
Published October 4, 2017
"Mondays @ MN" holds weekly events at 6 p.m. in Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall.

UMN project delivers crocheted toys to sick kids

by Carter Blochwitz
Published October 3, 2017
Project Teddy Bear pairs University faculty and students with Minnesota inmates to deliver stuffed toys to the Ronald McDonald House.
Members of the Student Veterans Association of Minnesota pose for a portrait on Friday, Sept. 29, on East Bank. The group said they struggle to recruit the more than 700 veterans on campus to their group and the Veteran's Resource Center located in Johnston Hall.

UMN student veteran group struggles to attract participation

by Kayla Song
Published October 3, 2017
With nearly 1,000 veterans on campus, less than 5 percent visit the Student Veterans Association of Minnesota every week.
Left, Associate Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology Jennifer Powers discusses research with the Minnesota Daily on outside Walter Library on Thursday, Sept. 28. 
Right, graduate student Leland Werden poses outside the Ecology building following his return from research in Costa Rica.

University research focuses on little-studied forests

by Helen Sabrowsky
Published October 2, 2017
The study's findings, while specific to tropical dry forests, can be applied to other environments.
The former Baldy's BBQ space undergoes renovations for new ramen and barbecue restaurant Ichiddo Ramen & BBQ on Sunday.

Ramen and barbecue restaurant coming to Dinkytown

by Arianna Valenzuela-Zazueta
Published October 2, 2017
Ichiddo, a Japanese-based restaurant will bring a variety of ramen and barbecue options to the neighborhood.

Exhibit highlights effects of 250-year-old documents on Minnesotans

by Cleo Krejci
Published October 2, 2017
"Why Treaties Matter," a traveling exhibit, will be at Walter Library until Oct. 14.
State Rep. Ilhan Omar, DFL-Minneapolis, addresses community concerns about immigration policy changes during the Immigration Resource Fair and Legal Clinic on Saturday, Sept. 30.

Rep. Ilhan Omar holds immigration resource fair in Cedar-Riverside

by Arianna Valenzuela-Zazueta
Published October 2, 2017
Omar and other panelists answered questions from community members on national immigration policies and their implications.
Examples of some of the work featured on the Creative Spark website. Aldo Moroni created bronze sculptures of many historical structures and sites in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood, which stand near the Stone Arch Bridge on Sunday, Oct. 1.

Marcy-Holmes’ art history housed on new website

by Kelly Busche
Published October 2, 2017
The neighborhood-themed art website was the result of a MHNA and University partnership.
Voters line up outside of First Congressional Church in the Marcy Holmes neighborhood on Nov. 8, 2016. Polls opened at 7 a.m. and hundreds of voters came out early to cast their votes.

With early voting underway, University student groups push to register students

by Michael Achterling
Published October 2, 2017
More than 8,400 students registered during the 2016 election.
Steve Fletcher, a Ward 3 city council candidate, poses for a photo at Gold Medal Park in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Sept. 27.

Steve Fletcher hopes to diversify housing, boost voter turnout in Ward 3

by Madeline Deninger
Published October 2, 2017
Steve Fletcher, the DFL-endorsed candidate for the Ward 3 Minneapolis City Council seat, hopes to use his community organizing background to engage students.

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