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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.
Former Biology Without Borders president Jenna Racine, middle, talks with Jan Swan, right, and Peter Swan at a picnic Thursday before departing to the airport.

U student group raises awareness in Africa

by Mukhtar Ibrahim
Published May 26, 2010
University Biology Without Borders students hope to aid albino children.

Strike affects U students abroad

by Cali Owings
Published April 29, 2010
A strike at a Puerto Rican university has possibly delayed finals for three U students.

Documentary debuts in Coffman

by Adam Daniels
Published April 27, 2010
U students helped bring drinking water to a Ugandan village.

Ash cloud delays U students’ travel

by Danielle Nordine
Published April 25, 2010
The eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano created problems for European airports.

University center maps Antarctica for scientists

by Brent Renneke
Published April 22, 2010
AGIC creates project-specific maps using satellite images.

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