Farrah Mina is the campus activities editor at the Minnesota Daily. She joined the Daily in 2019 as a general assignment reporter, going on to cover student issues and later campus communities. She is currently majoring in journalism and global studies at the University of Minnesota, with minors in Asian and Middle Eastern studies and French. In addition to working at the Daily, she prides herself on her vast collection of earrings. When she's not reading, writing or editing, Farrah is likely watching videos of her sister's cat, Pepper, or trying out new recipes.
All unopposed presidential and vice-presidential candidates for the Minnesota Student Association, the Council of Graduate Students and the Professional Student Government Associations won their elections.
A judge determined Friday that University of Minnesota officials were driven by safety concerns in conservative speaker Ben Shapiro’s freedom of speech lawsuit, according to the Pioneer Press.
Shapiro...
A robbery occurred near Fourth Street Southeast and 11th Avenue Southeast shortly after midnight, according to a SAFE-U alert.
The suspects were three males in a gray sedan who had handguns.
The...
The observance of the holy month of Ramadan is different this year for Muslim students at the University of Minnesota as many learn to bridge social distancing with community.
As the stay-at-home order...
As of last week, the University of Minnesota Foundation has disbursed $380,000 to students from an emergency fund set up in mid-March to support student finances amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Over the...
A robbery took place in Dinkytown Saturday evening, according to a SAFE-U alert.
The incident occurred at 8:00 p.m. near 4th Street SE and 15th Avenue SE where the suspect pushed the victim and took a...
For University of Minnesota students, staff and faculty who care for young children, the online transition has meant adjusting their workloads with new home responsibilities borne out of the stay-at-home...
The University of Minnesota Disability Resource Center hosted a virtual celebration of life for Corbett Laubignat on Friday, May 1. Laubignat was a senior access consultant who died March 2. She was 40.
Laubignat...
The University of Minnesota Medical School is finding ways to create opportunities for its students to contribute during the COVID-19 crisis.
Due to the pandemic, medical students have been unable...
With the cancellation of in-person fraternity events, the University of Minnesota Interfraternity Council is turning to online platforms to continue its philanthropy.
To keep with social distancing guidelines,...
University of Minnesota students voted in the All-Campus Elections in favor of referendums asking the University to divest from fossil fuels and declare a climate emergency.
Both referendums, sponsored...
The University of Minnesota’s Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life joined a pen pal project to keep queer students connected in a period of social distancing and stay-at-home orders.
The...
A University of Minnesota task force is collecting gloves, masks and other supplies from labs across the University in an effort to aid clinics, testing labs and hospitals combating COVID-19.
Hundreds...
The University of Minnesota Foundation set up an emergency fund last month to support students grappling with new financial circumstances in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many University students have lost wages...
Students and faculty at the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences are spearheading the creation of a campuswide arboretum.
The project, aimed at enhancing...
With the University of Minnesota closing all major campus venues in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, many student workers have been scrambling to find a source of income in the thick of uncertainty.
The...
Some students are asking the University of Minnesota to go pass/fail amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Students have created a petition, which as of March 18 has more than 5,500 signatures, calling the University...
The Bell Museum is using a University of Minnesota micro-grant to increase support for visitors with autism and other sensory challenges.
With funds from the Campus Climate Micro-Grant program,the...
Several people, including Vietnamese students at the University of Minnesota, have voiced criticism toward a sandwich Erbert & Gerbert’s launched last month: a plant-based roasted red pepper bánh...
The University of Minnesota Law School’s LGBTQ+ student association is hosting a name change clinic next month to provide legal services for queer and trans students.
OutLaw is collaborating with...
The University of Minnesota’s College of Design hosted its annual senior showcase Saturday, which highlighted a variety of unique voices and communities not often represented in fashion.
The fashion...
University of Minnesota English department faculty members are in contention over requiring English majors to take a course on William Shakespeare, a provision most top universities have discarded.
The...
Shamaila Usmani graduated from the University of Minnesota 10 years ago, but never got involved as an alumna until Friday, when the Muslim Alumni Network hosted its first event.
Though the University...
A University of Minnesota sociologist co-authored a study earlier this month examining what it would take for men to do something they have historically resisted: entering female-dominated jobs.
While...
The University of Minnesota Iranian community gathered Wednesday at John T. Tate Hall to mourn the 176 passengers who died after a plane was mistakenly shot down by Iranian missiles on Jan. 8.
Dozens...
The University of Minnesota’s Al-Madinah Cultural Center hosted its first intercultural gala Friday at the Weisman Art Museum.
AMCC regularly serves as a site for cultural exchange by hosting monthly...
In late September, University of Minnesota LGBTQ+ student groups raised questions about the owner of West Bank’s Seven Corners Coffee, Wooddale Church, and its suspected ties to conversion therapy.
OutLaw...
University of Minnesota student Lindsay Sacco went to Seven Corners Coffee almost every day since its opening, but after learning of the coffee shop’s potential connection to conversion therapy, she’s...
The University of Minnesota is defining new standards for lactation spaces that could create more resources for users, adding on to the minimum criteria required by state law.
Minnesota state law requires...
In an effort to create a comfortable space for women to work out, the University of Minnesota’s Recreation and Wellness Center is piloting a women-only gym space.
Around two years ago, University students...
More than 200 people gathered at the University of Minnesota Friday to attend a Hmong New Year celebration hosted by Viivncaus, a Hmong women’s student group.
The Hmong New Year is a traditional...
Hundreds of pro-Palestine student organizers from across the country gathered at the University of Minnesota over the weekend for the National Students for Justice in Palestine annual conference.
Leadership...
Part of the Halloween season for University of Minnesota student Meenakshi Mattson – and for many people of color – is seeing her culture appropriated.
Mattson said she has seen saris, dubbed...
The ninth annual National Students for Justice in Palestine conference, which will be hosted at the University of Minnesota in November, has received backlash from pro-Israel groups, who are calling on...
After professor Katrien Vanpee went over the syllabus with her Arabic class this semester, University of Minnesota student Lauren Meyers saw her usually lighthearted professor grow serious.
Vanpee,...
Before moving from India to the United States, University of Minnesota student Isha Mody said her biggest concern was class registration.
Mody, like the majority of international students, attended one...
In her undergraduate years at the University of Minnesota-Morris, international student Hanna Sun said she witnessed international and domestic students, staff and faculty struggle to communicate effectively.
Sun,...
Earlier this month, University of Minnesota graduate student torrin a. greathouse won a major award from Poetry, a leading monthly poetry magazine, for her poem “On Confinement.”
The poem, which was...
The University of Minnesota’s Asian Pacific American Resource Center faces uncertainty as the funding for some minority-serving institutions expires Monday and its renewal is stalled in the United States...
The University of Minnesota’s Bias Response Referral Network compiled reported bias incidents, showing a continued presence of graffiti, vandalism and flyers in reported incidents.
As indicated by three...
Looking to support asylum seekers at the U.S. border, the University of Minnesota Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences launched an initiative that aims to provide medical...
Asian-American Student Union
The Asian-American Student Union serves to represent the diversity of Asian Pacific Islander and Desi American cultures on campus. It promotes inclusivity and cultural awareness...
In an effort to advance diversity, the University of Minnesota Medical School announced it will be creating a new administrative position for equity and inclusion.
Following the announcement earlier this...
The University of Minnesota opened a passport office earlier this month following a recommendation from the U.S. Department of State.
The University’s Passport Office, which opened July 8, is an official...
To honor the late president of Students Devoted to Marginalized Communities, the University of Minnesota student group launched a fundraising campaign earlier this month to build a water well in Somalia...
University of Minnesota strategic management professor Mary Benner headed to St. Paul a few months ago to talk to American Public Media about the shrinkage of the film company Kodak.
Benner was recording...
It’s a 30-minute trip between University of Minnesota student Eric Hwang and his favorite snack from his home country in South Korea—Homerun Ball.
When he craves the popular chocolate-filled cookie...
Although spring semester concluded more than a month ago, many University of Minnesota students are still in possession of their unwanted textbooks and are looking to sell.
When it comes to selling used...
The name of the University of Minnesota’s Department of Asian Languages and Literatures has changed to the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies to provide a more accurate description of what...
The University of Minnesota’s history department will offer a new course this fall in response to recent discussion on the University’s history elicited by efforts to rename campus buildings.
The idea...
Muslim students at the University of Minnesota were breaking their Ramadan fast on May 7 when they noticed flyers left by the door of the Al-Madinah Cultural Center in Coffman Union.
Created by a far-right...
In addition to juggling final exams and managing stress, many Muslim students at the University of Minnesota will be fasting without food and drink from dawn to dusk as they observe the holy month of Ramadan,...
As controversy surrounding U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., grows, University of Minnesota students are participating in the debate surrounding the first Somali-American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
In...
To ensure professors and students pronounce each other's names correctly, all University of Minnesota system campuses will implement a name pronunciation software into Canvas next month.
The software,...
The University of Minnesota Law School’s journal recently launched a legal podcast featuring interviews with authors to make legal topics more accessible.
The podcast, called “Experto Crede,” was...
University of Minnesota economists recently launched an online tool that reveals how families’ access to child care varies statewide.
The tool maps child care access in different neighborhoods...
Some University of Minnesota students are critical of the decision to have "Green Book" producer and University alumnus Jim Burke as the College of Liberal Arts’ undergraduate commencement speaker this...
Third-year University of Minnesota international student Helene Zheng had a phone interview that seemed to be going well until the recruiter asked whether she was a U.S. citizen or a green card holder.
After...
Although Nyanna Wright, a third-year student at the University of Minnesota, normally leaves her curly hair out or wears it in a big bun on top of her head, she decided to wear it slicked-back for her...
University of Minnesota researchers recently released a report that focuses on making solar energy more accessible to low-income households — a solution that could help homeowners meet mortgage payments.
A...
The University of Minnesota Law School launched a new clinic late last month that aims to provide legal assistance to immigrants in rural areas.
Because the need for immigration services is increasing...
A team of University of Minnesota researchers are piloting a new text messaging system that aims to promote child and maternal wellness in the Cedar-Riverside community.
The program, Reminders for Readiness...
