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Lab worker and future medical student Gretchen Floan demonstrates how to intubate a person on a mannequin at the Commons Hotel on Tuesday. The Department of Defense provided in grant funding that Professor Pamela Andreatta and her team used to create the $50,000 mannequin with faux skin and organs.

[Photo] Research on the front lines

Published April 10, 2014
Performers Ryan Lindberg and Emily Zimmer rehearse a skit of Laughter in the Dark at the Nautilus Music Theater in St. Paul on Wednesday. Laughter in the Dark is a collection of skits written during the Holocaust by prisoners and will be performed in Ferguson Hall on April 3rd.

[Photo] Insight into the Holocaust

Published April 3, 2014
A Gopher baseball player prepares for practice Tuesday night at the Gibson-Nagurski Football Practice Complex. Minnesotas baseball and softball teams work to share the facility with the football team during the spring.

[Photo] Gophers need more room

Published April 2, 2014
Third year Plant Pathology graduate student Matthew Haas presents wheat growing in the Plant Growth Facility on Monday.

[Photo] University experts recommend whole grain food regulations

Published April 2, 2014
Delivery manager Nathan Nato Coles collects orders in preparation to deliver at Mesa Pizza on Friday.

[Photo] Drivers dish trade secrets

Published April 1, 2014
The Board of Regents discusses the strategic plan for the University and the institutions role in solving global agricultural and natural resources sustainability challenges on Friday afternoon at McNamara Alumni Center.

[Photo] Board representatives fight GPA conditions

Published March 31, 2014
The Board of Regents discusses the strategic plan for the University and the institutions role in solving global agricultural and natural resources sustainability challenges on Friday afternoon at McNamara Alumni Center.

[Photo] Board reps fight GPA conditions

Published March 31, 2014
Minnesota Student Association presidential candidate Abdisamed Awed, vice-presidential candidate Miguel Morales, presidential candidate Joelle Stangler and vice-presidential candidate John Reichl answer questions from the audience at the debate in Coffman Theater on Tuesday. The MSA election will take place April 2nd-4th.

[Photo] Debate showcases MSA plans

Published March 26, 2014
Server and former student Taylor Kuchera prepares malt glasses for customers at Annies Parlour on Tuesday. Minnesota law makers have proposed to change minimum wage from $6.15 to $9.50 which would affect many workers near the University of Minnesota.

[Photo] Pay hike irks employers

Published March 26, 2014
Minnesota guard DeAndre Mathieu dribbles at the game against Penn State on Sunday.

[Photo] Mathieu proves all his doubters wrong

Published March 13, 2014
Writer Andy Sturdevant works on an outline for an upcoming essay at his studio in Minneapolis on Tuesday. Sturdevant will be discussing and reading his first published book Potluck Supper with Meeting to Follow at the Weisman Art Museum along with two other authors on Thursday.

[Photo] The new kids on the page

Published March 13, 2014
Senior Director of Laboratory Operations in the Reproductive Medicine Center Dr. Christopher De Jonge demonstrates how he evaluates the quality and maturity of eggs microscopically, Monday in the Physicians Reproductive Medicine Center.

[Photo] Professor urges women to freeze eggs

Published March 12, 2014
Minnesota head coach Richard Pitino reacts to a call at the game against Penn State at Williams Arena on Sunday.

[Photo] Pitino showcases style with suits

Published March 11, 2014
Minneapolis Park Board worker cuts down an Emerald Ash Borer infested tree in the SE Como neighborhood on Thursday. Nearly 400 ash trees have been removed in Minnesota and 66 have been removed in the SE Como neighborhood.

[Photo] City begins ash tree phase-out

Published March 10, 2014
Senior Microbiology and Genetics major Basem Al-Shayeb uses a cell sorting software to analyze brain cells firing properties at Lions Research Building on Monday. Al-Shayeb transferred from MTCT three years ago.

[Photo] CBS research program targets transfers

Published March 6, 2014
Sophomore Macy Johannsen works out at the University Recreation and Wellness center on Thursday. Johannsen participated in the Lets Go! Physical Activity Challenge and had the most points out of the girls on her team.

[Photo] Rec program fires up 3K

Published March 5, 2014
Gopher forward Sam Warning handles the puck against Penn State at Mariucci Arena on Friday. Minnesota beat Penn State 5-1.

[Photo] Gophers sweep Penn State

Published March 3, 2014
Minnesota guard Andre Hollins fights for the ball against Iowa on Tuesday night at Williams Arena.

[Photo] Gophers still on the bubble

Published February 27, 2014
Prep Chef Aaron Colgrove prepares chicken at Coup DEtat on Tuesday.

[Photo] BOHs and FOHs

Published February 27, 2014
Gophers guard Austin Hollins celebrates after making a three-point shot. Hollins scored a career-high 27 points.

[Photo] Gophers get needed win over rival Iowa

Published February 26, 2014
Val Birkeland, 13, and Kayla Birekland, 8, watch their balls roll near the hole at the U.S. Bank Skyway Open Sunday, a putt-putt golf course located in downtown Minneapolis skyways.

[Photo] Students help design skyway mini-golf

Published February 24, 2014
A tear rolls down the face of Reba Sikder, a survivor of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh, as Kalpona Akter translates her story on Friday at Blegen Hall. Over 1,100 Bangladeshi garment workers died in the factory collapse.

[Photo] Bangladeshi garment worker leaders call for student support

Published February 24, 2014
Performers from Mixed Precipitation rehearse in Minneapolis on Tuesday. The company will perform Tonya and Nancy: The Opera at the Amsterdam Bar and Hall on Thursday.

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Performers from Mixed Precipitation rehearse in Minneapolis on Tuesday. The company will perform Tonya and Nancy: The Opera at the Amsterdam Bar and Hall on Thursday.

[Photo] Skates, stouts and sabotage: Mixed Precipitation’s “Tonya & Nancy: The Opera”

Published February 20, 2014
Members of the Dance Marathon Leadership Team talk Monday about the upcoming event at Bierman Field Athletic Building. The event is this Saturday and Sunday at Mariucci Arena.

[Photo] Students dance all night for children’s health

Published February 20, 2014
Local poet and activist Chaun Webster stands outside of his future bookstore in north Minneapolis on Tuesday. Webster and his wife are opening the only bookstore in the neighborhood, and it will only sell work by authors of color.

[Photo] The space between home and work

Published February 20, 2014
Two people walk in the Gopher Way near Nolte Hall on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. The University updated the tunnels in the 1990s to make it easier to navigate, but students say they still have difficulty using them.

[Photo] Gophers prefer crossing campus above ground

Published February 18, 2014
Multicultural Greek Council President Nancy Mahdy sits in the office for Fraternity and Sorority Life in Appleby Hall on Tuesday. Mahdy was setting up the agenda for the first Multicultural Greek Council after electing a complete executive board.

[Photo] MGC president brings change

Published February 13, 2014
Assistant chemistry professors and couple James Johns and Renee Frontiera talk in Frontieras office in Appleby Hall on Monday. Johns and Frontiera met while in grad school and applied to roughly forty-five institutions in hopes of working together.

[Photo] Together in sickness, health and the lab

Published February 13, 2014
Minnesota forward and captain Bethany Brausen.

[Photo] Brausen’s leadership goes beyond stats

Published February 11, 2014
Minnesota defender Milica McMillen handles the puck against Bemidji State, Saturday at Ridder Arena. Gophers won 5-3.

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University alumnus Shezanne Cassim was held in a maximum-security prison in the United Arab Emirates for nine months after posting a YouTube video that satirized teenage life in Dubai.

[Photo] After prison, U alumnus moves forward

Published February 6, 2014
A completely remodeled and refurbished space in Black: Coffee and Waffles, formerly Muddsuckers, located on the corner of Como Avenue and 15th Street. Black is in the process of fully rebranding.

[Photo] Como’s Muddsuckers Coffee gets a facelift

Published February 6, 2014
University junior and newly elected PHC President, Talia Saville.

[Photo] PHC president takes on safety, communication

Published February 5, 2014
The University of Minnesota dance team practices Thursday in Bierman Field Athletic Building.

[Photo] Gophers dance dynasty takes the international stage

Published February 5, 2014
Minnesota center Elliott Eliason fights for the ball at the tip off of the game against Northwestern, Saturday at Williams Arena. Minnesota lost the game 55-54.

[Photo] Gophers drop a nail-biter to Northwestern at the buzzer

Published February 3, 2014
Compliance Director Jt Bruett at Bierman Field Athletic Building on Tuesday. Bruett played professional baseball before his job at the University.

[Photo] Bruett keeps U athletics in compliance

Published January 29, 2014
The NetZero house in North Minneapolis was designed built by students from School of Architecture.

[Photo] Students, profs design green home

Published January 28, 2014
Gopher forward Dani Cameranesi moves the puck toward the net against St. Cloud at Ridder Arena on Saturday. The Gophers won 3-1.

[Photo] Minnesota sweeps SCSU amid penalties

Published January 27, 2014
Freshman Abby Gudgeon rides the weekend circulator on Saturday. The bus now runs until 2:00 a.m. on weekends, and it circulates between east and west bank.

[Photo] Weekend Circulator makes its debut

Published January 27, 2014
Minnesota guard Deandre Mathieu fights through Ohio State players at Williams Arena on Thursday. Mathieu led the team with 13 points.

[Photo] Gophers get signature win, beat Ohio State

Published January 16, 2014
Firefighters continue to hose down Minneapolis apartments and a grocery store that exploded and caught fire Wednesday morning near Cedar Riverside. A total of 14 people were taken to hospitals, 6 in critical condition. The cause of the fire is still being investigated.

[Photo] Second body found in Cedar Ave. fire

Published January 2, 2014
Firefighters continue to hose down Minneapolis apartments and a grocery store that exploded and caught fire Wednesday morning near Cedar Riverside. A total of 14 people were taken to hospitals, 6 in critical condition. The cause of the fire is still being investigated.

[Photo] Explosion, fire in Cedar-Riverside injure 14

Published January 1, 2014
Connor Cosgrove, a member of the University of Minnesota football team, was diagnosed with leukemia in September 2010. Cosgrove will have his final chemotherapy treatment Friday.

[Photo] Cosgrove finishes chemotherapy

Published December 11, 2013
Evergreen trees on St. Paul campus on Sunday. To reduce tree theft, the University sprayed the needles of evergreen trees on campus with skunk scent.

[Photo] U sprays evergreen trees to deter thieves

Published December 9, 2013
Minnesota guard Austin Hollins dunks the ball against New Orleans on Saturday at Williams Arena.

[Photo] Gophers defeat New Orleans at home

Published December 9, 2013
Minnesota junior guard Kendal Shell walks the ball against Lehigh on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, at Williams Arena.

[Photo] Shell excels off the court

Published December 5, 2013
Firefighter Emergency Medical Technicians Brock Tuntland and Riley Champagne practice high performance CPR at the Emergency Operations Training Facility on Tuesday. EMT training uses funds from the Minnesota Board of Firefighter Training and Education training grant.

[Photo] Minn. fire departments receive training grants

Published December 5, 2013
University students get on and off the campus connector bus on Tuesday. On Dec. 7 2013, the campus connectors, along with other metro transit buses, will resume bus service on Washington Avenue for the first time since May 2011.

[Photo] Bus changes worry students

Published December 5, 2013
Gopher wrestler Conrad Rangell spent five years playing professional paintball before returning to school and becoming a part of the University in fall 2012.

[Photo] Rangell trades paintball for the mat

Published December 3, 2013
American Indian Movement National Director and co-founder Clyde Bellecourt poses in the 6,444 square foot Henry B Frey Mansion on Tuesday. The organization is selling the mansion to raise funds to build a cultural center.

[Photo] Deserted mansion to be updated

Published November 27, 2013
Freshman Drake Bauer signs the Minnesota Student Associations safety pledge on Thursday at Middlebrook Hall. The MSA members were asking students to sign a pledge that they will call 624-Walk or Gopher Chauffeur instead of walking home alone.

[Photo] Crime is down, but campus worries over recent uptick

Published November 26, 2013
Former University student and faculty member Gary Johnsons gallery of photos taken in the chiefdom of Tikonko in Sierra Leone hang at Boynton Health Service. Johnson is involved with the Rural Health Care Initiative, a nonprofit founded by a Boynton employee that works to improve infant and maternal health care in Tikonko.

[Photo] U health efforts span the globe

Published November 20, 2013
Minnesota guard Andre Hollins pushes the ball up the court against Coastal Carolina on Tuesday at Williams Arena.

[Photo] Gophers get to rack after half, pull away from Coastal Carolina in win

Published November 20, 2013
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced that it is recognizing Riverside Plaza with the 2013 HUD Secretarys Award for Excellence in Preservation.

[Photo] Preserving Riverside Plaza

Published November 14, 2013
Alix Herzing reads a letter to the Minneapolis Public School Board during a board meeting at the John B. Davis Education and Service Center. Herzing, the mother of a first grader at the school, thanked Associate Superintendent Michael Thomas for canceling his proposal to move Marcy Open School.

[Photo] Parents fight K-8 school relocation

Published November 13, 2013
Gophers junior center Elliott Eliason blocks a shot against Lehigh at Williams Arena on Friday. Eliason recorded the first double-double of his career in the game.

[Photo] Gophers open season with speed, beat Lehigh

Published November 11, 2013
Junior Neil Horan pours coffee into a bucket of compost in his food science class in McNeal Hall on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2013.

[Photo] Down to a science

Published November 7, 2013
Annis Nusseibeh, Omar Adam, Rami Shaker and Musse Hussein play Quoridor at Al-Madinah Cultural Center on the second floor of Coffman on Friday.

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Students using laptops while studying next to a collection of offline resources on Sunday at Walter Library.

[Photo] University Libraries adapt to changing research

Published October 31, 2013
The entrance to the Aster Café patio on Main Street on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. After a water pipe burst and closed down many small businesses, Aster Café used the time that they were out of business to revamp their restaurant’s outdoor appearance by reconstructing their patio.

[Photo] St. Anthony Main dries out after flood

Published October 30, 2013
Joelle Stangler leads the Minnesota Student Association Freshman Internship program meeting on Sunday at Coffman Union.

[Photo] MSA internship program grows

Published October 28, 2013
Fiona Nolan waits for customers to scare outside of The Butcher Shop: House of Gore in St. Paul on Saturday.

[Photo] The man behind the masks

Published October 24, 2013
Pedestrians bike on the West River trails located under Washington Avenue bridge on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013.

[Photo] Bike trails to get $1.8M face lift

Published October 22, 2013
Junior Deandre Mathieu dribbles up the court at Williams Arena on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013.

[Photo] Mathieu shows speed, fits up-tempo mold

Published October 22, 2013
Minnesota guard Deandre Mathieu drives toward the basket at a team scrimmage at Williams Arena on Friday. Mathieu led all scorers with 26 points.

[Photo] Gophers run past Omaha in high-scoring affair

Published December 20, 2013
Minnesota guard Deandre Mathieu drives toward the basket at a team scrimmage at Williams Arena on Friday. Mathieu led all scorers with 26 points.

[Photo] Mathieu steps up at team scrimmage

Published October 21, 2013
Audience members listen to urban designer Andrew Dresdner explain the master plan for Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood at the Union Labor Center on Tuesday.

[Photo] Marcy-Holmes residents warm to master plan

Published October 17, 2013
University students Austin Kedrowski, Kassi Vickerman, Matthew Ogbeifun and Tarek Abdelkhalig review video footage from a G-Eazy concert at the Roy Wilkins conference room on Wednesday.

[Photo] Students to rebuild broadcast scene

Published October 24, 2013
Bird watcher and blogger Sharon Stiteler looks for birds in nearby trees on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013 outside the Bell Museum.

[Photo] The Birdchick helps makes bird watching badass

Published October 15, 2013
An audience member asks executive director of West Band Community Development Corporation Tim Mungavan a question about the citys new plans on Thursday.

[Photo] Cedar-Riverside preps for light rail

Published October 14, 2013
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