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University researchers partner with Minneapolis and St. Paul to make crosswalks safer.

Improved transportation infrastructure coming to University Avenue Southeast and Fourth Street Southeast

by Sonja Kleven
Published July 27, 2021
inor improvements were made in 2019, but the majority of renovations were saved for the upcoming project.
Pastor of the University Baptist Church Doug Donley and Executive Director of the Southeast Como Improvement Association Jessica Focht-Perlberg pose in front of the church on July 21, 2021. Focht-Perlberg and Donley organized a Drop-in Day at the church offering free hot meals, haircuts and supplies to the unhoused community in Dinkytown.

University area group hosts event providing unsheltered neighbors with resources

by Hanna Van Den Einde
Published July 25, 2021
Showers, hot meals, haircuts and other resources were at University Baptist Church for those struggling with housing insecurity.
City council members Cam Gordon and Steve Fletcher answer questions about affordable housing and share bad landlord experiences during a “Housing Town Hall” event hosted by the MSA at Coffman Memorial Theater, Wednesday Jan. 31, 2018.

Minneapolis will add a mental health response to 911 calls

by Emalyn Muzzy
Published July 25, 2021
Beginning in August, Canopy Mental Health & Consulting will be responding to emergency calls along with police, firefighters and paramedics.
Pillsbury Hall as seen on Sept. 16, 2015. The building is the second-oldest standing building on campus.

Members of the English department speak about Pillsbury Hall move

by Nathanael Ashton-Piper
Published July 24, 2021
The building has undergone renovations since 2018 and will officially reopen this fall to house the English department, creative writing program and brand new Liberal Arts Engagement Hub.
Photo of Dr. Eric Weitz, courtesy of the Princeton University Press

Former history professor and scholar of modern Europe Eric Weitz dies at 68

by MaryKate Fenstermaker
Published July 22, 2021
Eric Weitz taught at the University for 13 years until 2013, during which he directed the Center for German and European Studies and played an instrumental role in the formation of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies as a professor and chair of the History Department.
Minneapolis City Council meets in the council chambers at Minneapolis City Hall on Jan. 16, 2017.

Proposed amendment could change organization of Minneapolis government

by Hanna Van Den Einde
Published July 21, 2021
A local Minneapolis organization is raising support and awareness for the amendment in order to change the structure of city government.
UMN report outlines impact of COVID-19 on birth rates and STIs for adolescents in Minnesota

UMN report outlines impact of COVID-19 on birth rates and STIs for adolescents in Minnesota

by Marlee Louden
Published July 19, 2021
While birth rates remain low among teens, infection rates for some STIs are increasing while others are decreasing.
Orientation for transfer students starts this week and will be conducted entirely over zoom. Orientation is required for all transfer students.

Transfer students weigh in on starting at UMN amid pandemic

by Marlee Louden
Published July 19, 2021
Despite orientation taking place virtually, students said they were excited to start in-person classes.
Houses in Southeast Como sit in the afternoon sun on Monday, July 5 in Minneapolis, Minn.

Who owns Southeast Como? Study finds higher rates of single-family rentals and investor landlords

by Emalyn Muzzy
Published July 16, 2021
Patterns of investor landlords in Southeast Como differ from those in the rest of the metro area.
Members of 365Green pose for a portrait along highway 12 in Chaska, Minn. on July 11.

“365Green” club advocates for sustainability through advocacy, action

by Sonja Kleven
Published July 16, 2021
Jacob Bechtold, a third-year student at the University, started the club in early 2020.

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