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For Ukrainian students, conflict overseas hits home

by Clint Birtzer
Published March 11, 2014
Two U students say they’re frustrated by the crisis abroad.
Liz Sevcenko, director of the PhD public history class The Guantanamo Public Memory Project, briefly talks at the Brian Coyle Center in Minneapolis on Saturday evening about past debates concerning whether Guantanamo should remain open.

Students speak up on Gitmo

by Ethan Nelson
Published March 3, 2014
With a traveling exhibit, four graduate students want to show the detention center’s wide-reaching effects.
A tear rolls down the face of Reba Sikder, a survivor of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh, as Kalpona Akter translates her story on Friday at Blegen Hall. Over 1,100 Bangladeshi garment workers died in the factory collapse.

Bangladeshi garment worker leaders call for student support

by Fernando Nunez
Published February 24, 2014
Activists want the U to stop buying garments made in unsafe factories.
University alumnus Shezanne Cassim was held in a maximum-security prison in the United Arab Emirates for nine months after posting a YouTube video that satirized teenage life in Dubai.

After prison, U alumnus moves forward

by Anne Millerbernd
Published February 6, 2014
Shezanne Cassim spent nine months in a United Arab Emirates prison.
University alumnus Shezanne Cassim is in a maximum-security prison in the United Arab Emirates. The government has held him for 247 days after he posted a video to YouTube that satirized teenage life in Dubai.

U rallies behind alum in prison

by Tyler Gieseke
Published December 11, 2013
Shezanne Cassim has been behind bars in the United Arab Emirates since April.

Nelson Mandela, 20th century colossus, dies at 95

Published December 5, 2013

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela, who became one of the world's most beloved statesmen and a colossus of the 20th century when he emerged from 27 years in prison to negotiate an end to white minority...

Study: Harvests must increase

by Nicolas Hallett
Published November 26, 2013
University researchers say farmers should harvest more to meet demand.

Groups take on typhoon relief

by Hailey Colwell
Published November 19, 2013
Students are raising funds to help Filipino communities get back on their feet.
Students share ideas at the Global China Connection meeting in STSS on Friday. Global China Connection was created to help promote mutual appreciation and understanding between China and the Western World.

University courts Chinese students, reaps benefits

by Kia Farhang and Roy Aker
Published October 16, 2013
U.S. universities are benefiting from record-high Chinese enrollment.

Somali leaders condemn attack on Kenyan mall

by Meghan Holden
Published September 24, 2013
The Minnesota community spoke out against al-Shabab on Monday.
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