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The exterior of Darul Quba Cultural Center in Cedar-Riverside on Monday, Oct. 11. The building has been a target of frequent vandalization.

Vandalism impacts Cedar-Riverside mosques and businesses

by Olivia Stevens
Published October 15, 2021
Residents search for creative solutions to a longstanding problem.
Located in Scott Hall, the Center for Race, Indigeneity, Disability, Gender and Sexuality Studies aims to unite students and faculty. The center, previously known as RIGS, recently added disability studies to their mission.

Students and staff celebrate the new formation of the Race, Indigeneity, Disability, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Center at the University of Minnesota

by Bella Carpentier
Published October 13, 2021
Previously known as the Race, Indigeneity, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Initiative (RIGS), recent changes include disability in the new title and transition into a University center.
UMN establishes disciplinary process for faculty noncompliance with COVID-19 vaccine attestation mandate

UMN establishes disciplinary process for faculty noncompliance with COVID-19 vaccine attestation mandate

by Maia Irvin
Published October 13, 2021
As outlined in the University’s faculty tenure code, a five-person panel will recommend consequences for faculty who fail to attest their COVID-19 vaccine status with the University.
Researchers develop possible COVID-19 vaccine made with a pseudo-virus particle

Researchers develop possible COVID-19 vaccine made with a pseudo-virus particle

by Maia Irvin
Published October 13, 2021
The new vaccine combines the advantages of other common and currently used COVID-19 vaccines while eliminating their negative side effects.
The University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment building on the St. Paul Campus on Monday, Oct. 11.

University chosen to host ninth and final midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center

by Tess Fitzhenry
Published October 12, 2021
Led by the University of Minnesota’s College of Food and Agriculture, the new center will collaborate with several universities, The Nature Conservancy and the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission.
A rendering of the Flats at Malcolm Yards, which is set to break ground in early 2022 and will be a six-story building with 143 workforce, or affordable housing, units. Photo courtesy of Wall Companies.

Malcolm Yards apartments to break ground in 2022

by Hanna Van Den Einde
Published October 12, 2021
When complete, the complex will include parks, housing and office spaces
AFSCME Local 3800 Union poses for a portrait outside of Coffman Memorial Theater on Monday, Oct. 4. From Left to Right: Cherrene Horazuk, Jack Smith, Rachel Katkar, Sarah Vast, Deborah Pavlica.

COVID-19, wages, equity: union workers’ plight

by Maia Irvin
Published October 11, 2021
University union workers are in the midst of contract negotiations with University administrators, with many demands centered around COVID-19, wages and equity.
Regent Bo Thao-Urabe and her family at the recent regents meeting on Thursday, Sept. 9. The regents welcomed new member Bo Thao-Urabe, founder and Executive Director of the Coalition of Asian American Leaders.

Meet the new regent on the board: Bo Thao-Urabe

by Matthew Voigt
Published October 11, 2021
Regent Thao-Urabe sat down with the Minnesota Daily to discuss her experiences and goals of increasing access and equity at the University.
The Board of Regents convene for their September meeting at the McNamara Alumni Center on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021.

In an effort to communicate with University leaders, protesters interrupt Board of Regents meeting

by Gabrielle Lombard and Matthew Voigt
Published October 11, 2021
In two separate incidents, one with University union workers and another with Students for a Democratic Society, representatives briefly interrupted to advocate for their respective demands.
Student Jenna Hill poses for a portrait on Wednesday, Oct. 6.

UMN students express reservations and highlights about online classes amid first in-person semester since start of pandemic

by Gabrielle Lombard
Published October 9, 2021
Students voiced their opinions, from frustration to satisfaction, on the wide range of class formats available at the University this semester.

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