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State ruling says tenure-track and contingent faculty can form one union

by Layna Darling and Jessie Bekker
Published September 21, 2016
University administrators had fought union advocates to limit a faculty union to tenure-track faculty.

Man assaulted in Como with shovel, grill

by Layna Darling
Published September 21, 2016
Seneca Woods, 38, faces up to seven years behind bars.

Rep. Keith Ellison introduces gun policy transparency act

by Kristina Busch
Published September 20, 2016
The Representative wants universities and colleges to publish gun policy and gun-related crime data on their websites
Source: The New York Times, Human Rights Watch, Latin America Working Group Education Fund

Three thousand miles away, Colombian students affected by peace agreement

by Rilyn Eischens
Published September 20, 2016
The Colombian government reached an agreement with FARC, a Marxist rebel group, after 52 years of civil war.

Two University startups present to Congress

by Melissa Steinken
Published September 20, 2016
Both young companies will get a chance to win seed money and spread awareness

University bonding requests draw disagreement

by Ryan Faircloth
Published September 20, 2016
Capital funding requests by the University of Minnesota have some state lawmakers split on what projects are really necessary.

Study: Primates in captivity have lost native gut bacteria

by Melissa Steinken
Published September 19, 2016
University of Minnesota researchers studied monkeys from St. Paul, Singapore and Vietnam to understand captivity's influence on gut bacteria.

Slashed budgets push University Of Wisconsin faculty to Minnesota

by Kevin Beckman
Published September 19, 2016
In Wisconsin, some professors have left the system due to shrinking state funding and tenure policy changes.
Tanya Bailey from the Animal-Assisted Interaction Programs holds Woodstock, a therapy chicken, Monday, Dec. 9, 2012 at the Learning and Environmental Sciences building in St. Paul. Woodstock, one of the founding members of PAWS, passed away earlier this month.

Woodstock the therapy chicken dies at 10

by Keaton Schmitt
Published September 19, 2016
A founding member of Pet Away Worry and Stress at the University, the chicken died of old age earlier this month.

U will not use taxpayer, tuition money to cover faculty unionization legal fees

by Jessie Bekker
Published September 16, 2016
The University said it will cover legal fees using other sources that have yet to be identified.

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