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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Dylan Miettinen

Dylan Miettinen, Former editor-in-Chief

Name: Dylan Miettinen
Twitter: @DylanMiettiNews
Pronouns: he/him/his

Dylan Miettinen was editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Daily through the 2020-2021 academic year. Dylan joined the Daily in 2018 as a general assignment reporter, then covered student issues and graduate and professional students, before becoming the features reporter. He majored in journalism, English and sociology of law, criminology and deviance. Originally from Elkhorn, Nebraska, in his (relatively limited) free time, he loves exploring Twin Cities coffee shops, finding locally printed cards and listening to true crime or investigative podcasts.

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Former Vice President and University professor Walter F. Mondale on Tuesday in his office at Dorsey & Whitney LLP in Minneapolis in 2012.

Walter Mondale, former vice president and University professor, dies at 93

by Dylan Miettinen
Published April 20, 2021
Police officers responded to reports of a shooting in Dinkytown late Monday night on March 29.

One death, one injury reported from Dinkytown shooting Monday night

by Ava Thompson, Tiffany Bui, and Dylan Miettinen
Published March 29, 2021
Tracking COVID-19 at the University of Minnesota

Tracking COVID-19 at the University of Minnesota

by Dylan Miettinen, Tiffany Bui, Hana Ikramuddin, and Niamh Coomey
Published January 26, 2021
Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a gun safety and Moms Demand Action event held at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo by Gage Skidmore / Associated Collegiate Press)

It’s official: Joe Biden is the president-elect

by Dylan Miettinen
Published November 7, 2020
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[Photo] University receives $75.4 million in state funding to be used for improvement and renovation

by Abbey Machtig
Published October 24, 2020
Minneapolis Police drive downtown on Tuesday, June 26, 2018.

Attempted auto theft on West Bank early Monday morning

by Dylan Miettinen
Published September 14, 2020
Minneapolis Police drive downtown on Tuesday, June 26.

Car theft reported near Weisman Art Museum Thursday afternoon

by Dylan Miettinen
Published August 21, 2020
Dark gray smoke from a building fire blew to the Stadium Village and Prospect Park neighborhoods near the University of Minnesota Tuesday morning.

Fire reported near Stadium Village Tuesday morning

by Dylan Miettinen
Published August 18, 2020
Morgan La Casse

Robbery reported Saturday night in Dinkytown, per SAFE-U notification

by Dylan Miettinen
Published August 16, 2020
A Minneapolis Police officer patrols Dinkytown on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018.

Robbery occurs near UMN West Bank Thursday night

by Dylan Miettinen
Published August 14, 2020
Morgan La Casse

Shooting and robbery reported near University, per SAFE-U notifications

by Dylan Miettinen
Published August 3, 2020
Letter from the Editors: After George Floyd, a letter of support for University communities

Letter from the Editors: After George Floyd, a letter of support for University communities

by Tiffany Bui and Dylan Miettinen
Published June 22, 2020
Mike Buttgereit, left, and Michael Warner, right, stand for a portrait in a central hall at Venture Academy on Saturday evening. The public charter school is open over the weekend as a shelter for families seeking refuge from protests and unrest.

Venture Academy offering temporary shelter for displaced families

by Dylan Miettinen
Published May 31, 2020
A demonstrator holds up a rose at the protest at Government Plaza in Minneapolis on Thursday, May 28.

Chauvin charged in killing of George Floyd

by Natalie Rademacher and Dylan Miettinen
Published May 29, 2020
Sarah Mai

Big Ten student body presidents advocate for additional financial aid for students

by Dylan Miettinen
Published April 28, 2020
Jen Onsum, left, and Paige Wolf, her personal care assistant pose for a portrait outside her apartment building on Wednesday, April 15. “I have no choice but to trust that my PCAs are practicing social distancing and self-isolation,” said Onsum.

‘You are truly essential’: for student PCAs, the job doesn’t stop with the ‘stay-at-home’ order

by Dylan Miettinen
Published April 16, 2020
 A Catholic Students United daily prayer session is hosted on Instagram Live. 

Keeping faith close – even from afar

by Dylan Miettinen
Published March 26, 2020
Morgan La Casse

The big questions — and answers — about UMN’s canceled study abroad programs

by Dylan Miettinen
Published March 16, 2020
UMN plans to formally recognize campus placement on Indigenous land

UMN plans to formally recognize campus placement on Indigenous land

by Natalie Rademacher and Dylan Miettinen
Published March 16, 2020
Student counseling centers across the country grapple with increased demands

Student counseling centers across the country grapple with increased demands

by Dylan Miettinen
Published February 24, 2020
Attempted kidnapping reported in Marcy-Holmes

Attempted kidnapping reported in Marcy-Holmes

by Dylan Miettinen
Published February 18, 2020
Senior Garrett Williams poses for a portrait in the basement of his former residence in the Marcy Holmes neighborhood on Saturday, Feb. 8. The Miles Group owned property suffered from hazardous heating equipment, a partially collapsed ceiling and an overall lack of maintenance.

With laundry list of code violations, students voice concerns with The Miles Group

by Dylan Miettinen
Published February 13, 2020
Sarah Mai

Fifteen years ago, a young man died by suicide during a University clinical trial. What has changed since?

by Michelle Griffith and Dylan Miettinen
Published December 12, 2019
Morgan La Casse

Influx of student apartments brings luxury living — and high rents

by Dylan Miettinen
Published December 9, 2019
Sarah Mai

Locked and loaded: the University’s mechanisms for securing data

by Dylan Miettinen
Published November 21, 2019
Aaron H. Doering

Tenured UMN professor resigns after pleading guilty to domestic assault

by Dylan Miettinen
Published November 14, 2019
Senior interior design student Irina Berman works in a McNeal Hall studio on Tuesday, Oct. 29. 

Interior Design Program changes lead to ongoing discussions about course work

by Dylan Miettinen
Published November 7, 2019
BREAKING: Sexual assault reported near UMN campus

BREAKING: Sexual assault reported near UMN campus

by Dylan Miettinen
Published October 22, 2019
Wil Schulz poses for a portrait in front of the University Recreation and Wellness Center on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. Schulz took on a parental role for his siblings and as a result found the transition to University life difficult. 

Shouldering the burden of a loved one’s addiction

by Dylan Miettinen
Published October 7, 2019
From left, Shashi Shekhar, Kenneth Doyle and Maria Gini pose for portraits on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019.

Armed with decades of experience, legacy professors bring history to the classroom

by Dylan Miettinen
Published September 22, 2019
"Elijah the Prophet" plays an original song on his custom guitar in Dinkytown on Saturday, Sept. 7. Elijah intends to use his love of music to start a program for troubled youth in the area.

Homeless increase in the Twin Cities is mirrored near the University

by Dylan Miettinen
Published September 12, 2019
Nancy Swanson prepares to place a handful of tobacco in the Mississippi as part of a sunrise ceremony on Wednesday, May 1 to commemorate the beginning of American Indian Month. The ceremony concluded with a special tribute to missing and murdered indigenous women.

Remembering the women the world forgot

by Dylan Miettinen
Published May 6, 2019
Jacob Erdman, a junior studying German and political science, poses for a portrait in Folwell Hall on Tuesday, April 30. In March, Erdman saved a man's life on campus. He was on his way home from class and stopped in Nicholson Hall to turn his music on when he noticed a group of people surrounding a man, Mike Vaughan, who was going into cardiac arrest. Erdman checked for a pulse, then located the nearest AED and administered CPR to Vaughan until paramedics arrived. Vaughan lived for two more weeks.

‘I did what anyone could’ve done’: UMN student performs CPR elderly man

by Dylan Miettinen
Published May 2, 2019
Katie Sisneros, lead curator of the Tudor room project, and Alyssa Gregory, student researcher, pose in the Tudor room at the Minneapolis Institute of Art on Saturday, April 27. The room will be renovated to show the relationship between England, the Ottoman Empire and other Islamic powers in the 16th and 17th centuries. "We have these amazing period rooms here, and I think it's important every so often to use the spaces to tell different stories," said Sisneros.

Rich colors and histories to be added to Mia’s Tudor Room

by Dylan Miettinen
Published April 29, 2019

UMN ranks third for Peace Corps volunteers

by Dylan Miettinen
Published April 24, 2019

Local company stirs controversy through marketing gene-edited foods

by Dylan Miettinen
Published April 24, 2019
Rachel Thompson and a group of medical students assess the diagnosis for a patient at the Phillips Neighborhood Clinic in Minneapolis on Monday, April 15. The free clinic, which is open from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays, is run by University of Minnesota professional students.

Students give free health care to underserved communities at local clinic

by Dylan Miettinen
Published April 18, 2019

Nonprofit focusing on wrongful convictions moves to Law School

by Dylan Miettinen
Published April 15, 2019

Waka Flocka Flame to light up Spring Jam stage

by Dylan Miettinen
Published April 5, 2019
Sophomore Jennie Harris, a sociology and gender, women and sexuality studies double major, poses for a portrait at the University's english department in Lind Hall on Tuesday, April 2. Harris said her english courses were too Eurocentric, so she changed her major to a minor.

English department committee formed to address diversity

by Dylan Miettinen
Published April 4, 2019

Many millennials not alone in being single

by Dylan Miettinen
Published April 1, 2019
Newly-elected Minnesota Daily leadership, Cleo Krejci, left, and Kyle Stumpf.

Minnesota Daily Board announces next year’s leadership

by Dylan Miettinen
Published March 29, 2019
Illustrated by Morgan La Casse.

Survey finds majority of Americans believe race should not be factor in college admissions

by Dylan Miettinen
Published March 28, 2019
Nursing students use escape rooms to learn.

UMN Nursing School escapes traditional teaching methods

by Dylan Miettinen
Published March 27, 2019
Abby Silbaugh, who had to pay $5,000 out-of-pocket for emergency prescriptions despite her University of Minnesota insurance, poses for a portrait on Monday, March 11 in her workspace. "Between neuroscience class work and independent research, I don't have time to work an additional job to fund expensive prescriptions," she said.

More adults find drugs overpriced, study finds

by Dylan Miettinen
Published March 14, 2019
Rev. Lauren Rheingans, campus minister for the Wesley Foundation, receives communion during a weekly worship service in Coffman Union on Sunday, March 10.

UMN community left uneasy after United Methodist Church’s LGBT decision

by Dylan Miettinen
Published March 13, 2019

Millennial debt tops $1 trillion nationally

by Dylan Miettinen
Published March 8, 2019
Muhammad Aqmar Haziq Md Yusoff looks at food at Nutritious U in Coffman Union on Thursday, February 28.

Less than half of eligible students use government food assistance, report finds

by Dylan Miettinen
Published March 7, 2019

Chemical spill in Southeast Como

by Dylan Miettinen
Published March 1, 2019
The crowd cheers as Amy Klobuchar takes the stage at her presidential bid announcement on Feb. 10 at Boom Island Park in Minneapolis.

UMN students respond to Klobuchar’s presidential bid

by Dylan Miettinen
Published February 28, 2019
Medical students James Pathoulas and Kevin O'Donnell pose for a portrait on Feb. 22 on campus. The two are part of an effort to ban conversion therapy in Minnesota.

Bill banning conversion therapy jumps first hurdle

by Dylan Miettinen
Published February 27, 2019
Sophomore Margaux Granath speaks with other MSA members and guest legislators about forum topics at Coffman Union on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018.

UMN student governments reach representative agreement

by Dylan Miettinen
Published February 18, 2019
Anna Sherlock, left, and Ron Biggs, right, pose for a portrait during their Google Hangouts date on Saturday, Feb. 9 in Minneapolis. Sherlock and Biggs have only met in person once, but consider themselves in a relationship, and have plans to visit each other in the future.

The varied love stories of UMN

by Dylan Miettinen
Published February 14, 2019

Family leave in rural Minnesota needs improvement, per UMN report

by Dylan Miettinen
Published February 12, 2019
Hannah Carlin poses for a portrait on Saturday, Feb. 2 at Northrop Auditorium in Minneapolis. Carlin was diagnosed with cancer at 16 months old. 

New device from UMN could make at-home cancer treatments easier

by Dylan Miettinen
Published February 4, 2019
Research Assistant Professor Dr. Hong Liu performs an in vivo cardiac electrophysiology test on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. The test is conducted to examine the inducibility of arrhythmia, an abnormal heart beat or rhythm.

UMN researcher finds potential cure for fatal heart condition

by Dylan Miettinen
Published January 31, 2019
Illustrated by Abby Adamski

Early confusion surrounds all-campus elections

by Dylan Miettinen
Published January 28, 2019
Study finds discrepancies in gender minority health care

Study finds discrepancies in gender minority health care

by Dylan Miettinen
Published January 24, 2019

UMN professor charged with domestic assault

by Dylan Miettinen
Published December 28, 2018
Senior Carlson student Morgan Justus injects herself with insulin in her apartment on Sunday, Dec. 9 in Dinkytown. Justus said she checks her blood sugar and injects insulin 6 to 7 times each day.

The cost of diabetes: young students battle an invisible disease

by Dylan Miettinen
Published December 10, 2018

Plant communities can help forecast repercussions of climate change, study says

by Dylan Miettinen
Published December 7, 2018
Illustrated by Hailee Schievelbein

Protections for pollinators outlined in committee report

by Dylan Miettinen
Published December 3, 2018

UMN Extension and MnDOT collaborate to make rural highways safer

by Dylan Miettinen
Published November 29, 2018

Researchers discover way to potentially prevent cancers caused by mono

by Dylan Miettinen
Published November 26, 2018

University professor brings Alzheimer’s awareness to each Minnesota county

by Dylan Miettinen
Published November 21, 2018
Undecided Freshman Chelsea Collins, Microbiology Junior Jenna Hovind and Microbiology Sophomore Michael Staff attend PAWS, an event that brings animals on campus to help relieve students' stress, on Monday, Nov. 12 at the Recreation and Wellness Center.

Gun violence, immigration reform make Gen Z the most stressed-out generation, report says

by Dylan Miettinen
Published November 14, 2018
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