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Senior Rashi Gulati works on her choreography Tuesday afternoon in the Barbara Barker Center for Dance. Gulati is preparing a piece for her modern dance class.

Passion pays for award-winning dancer

by Laura Sievert
Published November 17, 2010
Rashi Gulati, a U senior, has won more than 30 certificates and trophies in her dance career.

Study: Farming affects carbon levels

by Ashley Bray
Published November 9, 2010
Agricultural production may release add’l greenhouse gases.
A dress from the South Asia and Southeast Asia Volume of the Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion is displayed in McNeal Hall on the St. Paul Campus.

U prof re-examines fashion abroad

by Ashley Bray
Published October 26, 2010
Joanne Eicher is the editor of a new fashion encyclopedia that explores styles globally.
Dr. Carlos Sere speaks at the Sustainably Feeding the World panel discussion Monday at the Cargil Building on the St. Paul campus.

Experts tackle world hunger worries

by Ashley Bray
Published October 19, 2010
Three agricultural experts spoke on a panel for securing the global food supply.
Watching the skies

Watching the skies

by Tara Bannow
Published October 14, 2010
American researchers have tried for years to study unidentified flying objects but have been met with hostile resistance from those who say there’s no way the sightings were extraterrestrial visitors.

Dalai Lama to visit U in May

by Taylor Selcke
Published October 12, 2010
This is his second visit to the Twin Cities in the past 10 years.
Graduate student Sam Gale looks for wheat plants infected with Ug99 fungus Monday at the Cereal Disease Laboratory.  Ug99 is a stem rust fungus that can kill wheat and barley plants

St. Paul fights wheat disease

by Ashley Bray
Published October 5, 2010
Researchers in St. Paul head the global battle against the Ug99 fungus.
Finance and non-profit management senior Roxy Dreyer (left) and Spanish and anthropology senior Trisha Netsch, (right) purchase coffee from barista Jason Buckendorf Sunday at Hard Times Café.

Coffee bean prices hit decade high

by Jennifer Bissell
Published October 4, 2010
Prices have jumped from 64 cents per pound in 2000 to 89 cents in 2005 and most recently to $1.64 per pound in September, according to ICO.
Kevin Larson operates the roaster for Tiny Footprint in Brooklyn Park on Monday afternoon. As the coffee beans come out of the roaster they are mixed in the tray to cool off and prevent burning.

U grad grinds coffee, offsets carbon

by Jennifer Bissell
Published September 29, 2010

Working more than 100 hours a week and sometimes until 3 a.m., Kyle Meehan said he didnâÄôt last long in investment banking. After graduating with a dual degree in finance and entrepreneurship...

Saadiq Enow speaks to members of the Somali Student Association Monday at the Wabun Picnic Area.

U Somali Student Association celebrates Somali independence

by Mukhtar Ibrahim
Published July 7, 2010
The SSA honored the 50 year anniversary of the country’s freedom.

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