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Comparing Minnesota colleges' COVID-19 policies

Comparing Minnesota colleges’ COVID-19 policies

by Gabrielle Lombard
Published April 2, 2022
As COVID-19 cases begin to decline, the University and other colleges in Minnesota are easing mask requirements.
Walter F. Mondale Hall on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021.

New Racial Justice Clinic will begin next fall at the UMN Law School

by Gillian Haveman
Published April 1, 2022
With over 24 clinics at the University Law School, this will be the first to exclusively deal with issues of racial justice.
Gov. Tim Walz signed the bill into law on Thursday.

Proposed bill replaces Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day

by Alex Steil
Published April 1, 2022
A bill to replace Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples’ Day at the state level passed out of the State Government Committee and will be voted on by the full House in the future.
Courtesy of Tony Kamel

UMN student Tobiloba Taiwo remembered by friends after recent death

by Bella Carpentier and Claire Nelson
Published April 1, 2022
Friends recall fond memories of Tobi and reflect on his character following his death on Feb. 21, 2022.
The three co-founders of Society of Black Men, Co-Vice President Baron Bahn (left), Co-Vice President Deus Kalege (middle) and President Hatim Suliman (right) speaking at an event. Photo taken by Saja Osman, courtesy of Hatim Suliman.

New student group supports Black men on campus

by Claire Nelson and Gillian Haveman
Published April 1, 2022
The Society of Black men seeks to foster community for Black men on campus as well as provide opportunities to serve the community.
UMN staff and faculty respond to and express concern on new masking requirements

UMN staff and faculty respond to and express concern on new masking requirements

by Gabrielle Lombard
Published March 31, 2022
Some staff and faculty voiced their opinions, from disappointment to worry, on the easing of mask requirements in some places on campus.
Ethics complaints dropped on Frey’s response to police killing of Amir Locke

Ethics complaints dropped on Frey’s response to police killing of Amir Locke

by Hanna Van Den Einde
Published March 31, 2022
The Ethical Practices Board dropped the complaints, leaving the residents who filed them looking for accountability.
The Twin Cities Recovery Project building, located in Minneapolis, captured on Monday, March 21.

Addiction “safe stations” to be implemented at Minneapolis fire stations

by Hanna Van Den Einde
Published March 31, 2022
City Council approved a contract with four organizations to develop programs alongside Minneapolis Fire Department to help with substance use disorder.
The University of Minnesota’s Health Sciences Education Center on Friday, March 18. The Board of Regents are looking at plans to make a new Health Sciences Center on East Bank Campus.

UMN requests $150 million from state legislature to build healthcare centers on Twin Cities and Duluth campuses

by Maia Irvin
Published March 31, 2022
The two academic health science facilities would aim to expand high-quality healthcare throughout the state.
Dmytro Tertytskyi and Kataryna Topuz, Ukrainian students, one at the University of Minnesota, pose for a portrait on Friday, March 18. Tertytskyi and Topuz are a married couple from Ukraine studying dentistry.

Couple reflects on Russian invasion of Ukraine and effects on family

by Roque Wood-Sinclair
Published March 29, 2022
With friends and family living in both Ukraine and Russia, two University students said they are concerned for loved ones while also trying to focus on their studies.

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