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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.
Gophers forward Eric Curry challenges a defender at Williams Arena on Dec. 10, 2020. The Gophers went on to defeat the Kansas City Roos 90-61.

Eric Curry announces return to Gophers men’s basketball for sixth season

by Tony Liebert
Published July 7, 2021
The veteran big man has accepted the additional season of eligibility granted by the NCAA.
Two national guard troops look out over the balcony of the Hennepin County Government Center on Monday, April 19. on Monday, April 19. A coalition of activist groups held a protest calling for justice for George Floyd on the day of closing arguments in the trial against Derek Chauvin.

Chauvin sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison

by Emalyn Muzzy and Lydia Morrell
Published June 25, 2021
The jury convicted Derek Chauvin of the murder of George Floyd in late April.
Daryl Gohl, left, and Kenny Beckman pose among DNA sequencers in their lab in the Cancer and Cardiovascular Research Building in Minneapolis on Monday, June 21. Gohl is the principal investigator for a COVID-sequencing project that recently received funds from the CDC and Beckman is the director of the Genomics Center at the University of Minnesota.

University receives funding to conduct COVID-19 genome sequencing

by Marlee Louden
Published June 23, 2021
In an effort to help the future outlook of the pandemic, researchers will complete study the genome sequence of 6,000 test samples.
Fans cheer for the Gophers after winning the game against Penn State at TCF Bank Stadium Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. The Gophers won 31-26 bringing their record to 9-0. A first since 1904.

Breaking: Gophers athletics announces full capacity for sporting events

by Michael Lyne
Published June 22, 2021
The first ticketed Gophers sports planning on full capacity are football, soccer and volleyball.
Agriculture communication major Elaine Dorn in the Minnesota State Fairgrounds on Wednesday, June 24. Dorn was planning to show her sheep at this year’s fair before it was canceled due to COVID-19.

The Great Minnesota Get-Together is back for summer 2021

by Megan Phillips
Published June 21, 2021
The fair returns a year after its 2020 cancellation due to COVID-19 concerns.
The Board of Regents convene for their December 2019 meeting at the McNamara Alumni Center on Thursday, Dec. 12.

Regents address COVID-19’s impact on UMN finances; administrators to take out more than $45 million in loans

by Abbey Machtig
Published May 17, 2021
The board also approved changes to the American Indian Advisory Board policy.
UMN classes TH 5117: Performance and Social Change and TH 5950: Topics in Theatre holding in person class in the Rarig theater building.

Theater class links pharmacy studies with Greek tragedies

by Nathanael Ashton-Piper and Kyra Barbot
Published April 22, 2021
Combined with a study of Greek tragedies, the class examines the contemporary and historical aspects of pharmacy to create performance through science.
Community members and activists celebrate outside of the Hennepin County Government Center following the announcement of guilty verdicts on all counts in the State v. Chauvin trial.

‘We just got lucky by a few jurors’: Minneapolis reacts to Chauvin’s guilty verdict

by Minnesota Daily News Staff
Published April 20, 2021
Thousands throughout the city gathered in response to the verdict, remembering George Floyd and other victims of police brutality.

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