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Students crowd the front lawn of Coffman on Friday for Poliça's concert on Friday as part of spring jam.

UMN Spring Jam 2017 lineup announced

by Kevin Beckman
Published March 28, 2017
A$AP Ferg will headline the event. Jon Bellion, Robert DeLong and Bad Bad Hats will also perform April 22.

New apartment developments in Marcy-Holmes move forward

by Max Chao
Published March 28, 2017
The City Council could soon consider CPM Companies' development plans a neighborhood group signed off on last week.
Larry Kahlow poses for a portrait in Eagle Magic and Joke Store on Friday, March 24, 2017. The shop opened in 1899 and is the longest continually running magic shop in the country.

The oldest joke shop in the U.S. is right here in Minnesota — and it’s still going strong

by Katie Lauer
Published March 28, 2017
The Burnsville store has hundreds of items perfect for April Fools’ Day
Wes Leksell, Katie Kaseno, and Hunter Welch, members of the University curling club, talk about recently wining an national champion Coffman Union on Eastbank on Friday, March 24, 2017.

UMN curling club freezes competition, takes first place in national tournament

by Samir Ferdowsi
Published March 28, 2017
University curlers say enthusiasm for the Canadian sport is catching on in Minnesota.
Tawnya Konobeck, an entertainer, speaks during a press conference following a city council meeting that heard a report on the workplace conditions of erotic dancers in Minneapolis strip clubs on Monday, Mar. 27, 2017. The council said it wants to begin regulating the strip club workplace for entertainers after hearing the report.

New UMN study cites performers’ safety concerns at Minneapolis strip clubs

by Mike Hendrickson
Published March 28, 2017
Lauren Martin presented the study to the City Council Monday.
A super sponge in the Kaufert Laboratory on Thursday, March 23, 2017. The sponge absorbs mercury in contaminated water within seconds.

UMN researchers invent “super sponge” to help clean up mercury

by Neha Panigrahy
Published March 28, 2017
Nanotechnology in sponges will be used to absorb mercury more efficiently in wasterwater.
The new University of Minnesota Police Department squad car.

UMN student assaulted and robbed on West Bank Sunday

by Kevin Beckman
Published March 27, 2017
The student was robbed near the Carlson School of Management and Wilson Library.
Aurora Center director Katie Eichele speaks at the Dismantling Campus Rape Culture Panel on Saturday, Mar, 25. 2017.

UMN panel discusses solutions to end campus rape culture

by Natalie Rademacher
Published March 27, 2017
The University's bioethics center hosted the panel.
The University of Minnesota adult dentistry clinic at the Riverside Professional Building on Sunday, Mar. 26, 2017.

UMN reverses decision to close Cedar-Riverside dental clinic

by Raju Chaduvula
Published March 27, 2017
Although facing loses, the clinic plays a vital role in the health of West Bank community members, leaders say.
The University's Board of Regents talk at a meeting on June 10, 2016.

UMN regents mull preliminary increases to Twin Cities tuition

by Kevin Beckman
Published March 27, 2017
The increase would rely heavily on state funding, but non-reciprocity students could see tuition spike as much as 10 percent.

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