The University of Minnesota hosted Signmark, a world-famous deaf rapper, Wednesday as a part of Disability Services’ Deaf and Hard of Hearing Day.
Originally from Finland, Signmark has toured several...
Before Tenzin Pelkyi was born, her parents, both former Tibetan government workers, decided to move from Tibet, China to New Delhi, India escaping the Chinese invasion in 1949.
Her father soon received...
People across the nation took to the streets with Kony 2012 posters and signs late Friday night but not with the fervor that took over the Internet when the video about the Ugandan guerilla leader...
While the gap between Caucasian and ethnic minority donors in the nation’s only bone marrow registry has narrowed slightly in recent years, the difference is still significant.
About 71 percent...
The Asian-American Student Union celebrates Asian cultures with its 33rd annual spring conference this week.
The conference is held each year in line with ASU’s mission “to provide educational,...
It started with 12 black men at the University of Minnesota who started a social club in 1911.
The club became a chapter of the national Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity in 1912. In less than a week, the fraternity...
Hundreds of people wearing hoodies gathered in front of Northrop Auditorium on Thursday night to rally on behalf of Trayvon Martin in the One Million Hoodies March.
Florida teenager Martin was shot...
Many Vietnamese-Americans, including students at the University of Minnesota, are involved in the ongoing effort to stop expanding trade with Vietnam at the expense of human rights.
A petition for...
Faculty, students and the Department of American Indian Studies have recently launched a new online dictionary of the Ojibwe language.
The Ojibwe People’s Dictionary is an online search...
Like its fictional counterparts on the hit show “Glee,” the University of Minnesota’s vocal group 7 Days A Cappella will compete Saturday for a spot at the international championship.
The...
The heated debate across the country about insurance coverage of contraceptives recently landed in Minnesota.
On the national level, many faith-based companies, such as Catholic Mutual Relief...
Editor’s Note: A University of Minnesota student’s name was changed in this story to protect his identity due to fears his parents could be deported.
In the middle of eighth grade, three...
Instead of spending their spring break partying in sunny southern states, students on the Pay it Forward Tour will help or work for others during their long-awaited break.
On Friday, more than 200 University...
Dates for voting on a graduate assistant union at the University of Minnesota were released Thursday by the state’s Bureau of Mediation Services.
After four months of collecting signatures on campus,...
Students, staff and faculty will march and rally to protest tuition hikes and layoffs Thursday on the steps of Morrill Hall as part of the National Day of Action for Education Rights.
For the third consecutive...
High school minority students from the Twin Cities and surrounding area attended a workshop, panel and a mock class Thursday to experience what college life is like.
The students were on campus as part...
The Women’s Student Activist Collective will kick off Consent Week — a series of events to inform the campus community of sexual consent — with an informal sex health talk Tuesday.
Sexual...
After eight months of work, University of Minnesota researchers released a report that points out weak spots in cell phone service towers that allows hackers to access a user’s physical location.
A...
