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The Gophers huddle to celebrate defeating Oral Roberts three sets to none at the Maturi Pavilion on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019.

Gophers volleyball suffers second loss of season to top-ranked Wisconsin

by Brendan O'Brien
Published March 22, 2021
Minnesota was short-handed coming into the match and could not overcome the undefeated Badgers.
Maria and Miguel Cisneros pose in front of their home in Golden Valley, Minnesota with their dogs on Sunday, March 21. The City of Minneapolis signed onto the Just Deeds project, which provides a pathway for homeowners to remove racial covenants from their deeds. Maria proposed this project to the Golden Valley City Council and has removed a covenant on her own deed.

Minneapolis homeowners can now reject racial covenants on their deed

by Lydia Morrell, City Reporter
Published March 22, 2021
With the help of the University of Minnesota’s Mapping Prejudice, the Just Deeds initiative helps homeowners to remove racially exclusionary language from their property contracts.
Chris Cramer visits Branden Moriartys lab in the Cancer & Cardiovascular Research Building, Feb. 25, 2020.

Vice President for Research Chris Cramer announces departure from University

by Abbey Machtig, Campus Administration Reporter
Published March 22, 2021
In his time as vice president for research, Cramer has established several specialized research offices and helped the University exceed $1 billion in research expenditures.
Steveson competed for the Gophers from 2018-2022.

Gable Steveson wins first NCAA heavyweight title

by Matthew Kennedy
Published March 21, 2021
Top-ranked Steveson defeated Mason Parris 8-4 to secure the Gophers sixth heavyweight title in program history.
Graduate Student Savannah Wery poses for a portrait outside of McNamara Alumni Center on Sunday, March 14. Wery helped plan the University of Minnesota Climate Strike in 2019.

UMN Climate Strike puts fossil fuel disclosure referendum on all-campus elections ballot

by Ava Thompson
Published March 20, 2021
Students can vote for the University to disclose all of its investments in fossil fuels.
New initiative to support first-generation graduate students

New initiative to support first-generation graduate students

by Katelyn Vue, Campus Activities Reporter
Published March 19, 2021
The University of Minnesota’s Graduate School launched the First-Gen Connect initiative to develop programming to support all first-generation students in graduate programs.
UMN researchers discuss new ethical dilemmas during the pandemic

UMN researchers discuss new ethical dilemmas during the pandemic

by Izzy Teitelbaum, Campus Administration Reporter
Published March 19, 2021
The University’s sixth annual Research Ethics Week, which ran from March 1 to March 5, focused on adapting to COVID-19’s effects on research.
Unbound pages of the American Jewish World await scanning on Tuesday, March 16 at Elmer L. Andersen Library.

University of Minnesota archives the oldest Jewish newspaper in Minnesota

by Becca Most, Campus Activities Reporter
Published March 19, 2021
Through this effort, archivists hope to preserve a part of Jewish history.
Nurse Carol Gilbert administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Rep. Ilhan Omars Deputy District Director Ali Isse at the Brian Coyle Center on Friday, March 12. The Brian Coyle Center has started offering COVID-19 vaccinations on Fridays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Community leaders promote COVID-19 vaccines in Cedar-Riverside

by Lydia Morrell, City Reporter
Published March 19, 2021
The Brian Coyle Center has begun hosting vaccine clinics every Friday.
Thousands of young yellow perch swim in a tank in the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center on the St. Paul campus on Monday, March 15. University of Minnesota researcher Dr. Amy Schrank is working on a market study to test the viability of fish farming for commercial purposes in Minnesota.

University researchers among first to explore aquaculture viability in Minnesota

by Becca Most, Campus Activities Reporter
Published March 18, 2021
With a need to move away from wild-caught fish, farming fish could be an alternative.

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