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All content by Jake Steinberg
Regent Abdul Omari listens in on the Board of Regents' special session on Friday, April 26. The board voted against the renaming of four buildings on campus after more than a year of community discussion on the issue.

Reckoning with history: How the University’s efforts to rename buildings failed

by Austen Macalus and Jake Steinberg
Published May 6, 2019
Regent Abdul Omari listens in on the Board of Regents' special session on Friday, April 26. The board voted against the renaming of four buildings on campus after more than a year of community discussion on the issue.

Reckoning with history: How the University’s efforts to rename buildings failed

by Austen Macalus and Jake Steinberg
Published May 5, 2019
The University's Student Rating of Teaching form, which students complete to evaluate their instructors at the end of each semester.

Women faculty warn of bias in student evaluations

by Jake Steinberg
Published April 29, 2019
Professor John Wright faces the Board of Regents after receiving support from the crowd during the special session on Friday, April 26. The board voted against the renaming of four buildings on campus after more than a year of community discussion on the issue.

Regents vote against renaming Coffman

by Austen Macalus and Jake Steinberg
Published April 26, 2019
The University's Board of Regents convene at the McNamara Alumni Center on Friday, Feb. 8, 2019.

Regents will vote on resolution to keep building names

by Cleo Krejci and Jake Steinberg
Published April 26, 2019
Illustrated by Abby Adamski.

On renaming, regents pursue own historical research

by Austen Macalus and Jake Steinberg
Published April 24, 2019
Robert Blanchette, a professor in the Department of Plant Pathology, poses for a portrait on Wednesday, April 17 in his office in Stakman Hall on the St. Paul campus. Blanchette studies forest pathology and wood microbiology, which sparked an interest in mycology. His office is filled with a collection of preserved fungi.

‘Indiana Jones’ of fungi helps save Egyptian artifacts

by Jake Steinberg
Published April 22, 2019
Solutions sought for crowded Disability Resource Center

Solutions sought for crowded Disability Resource Center

by Jake Steinberg
Published April 18, 2019
A view from the top floor of Pioneer Hall during renovation on Thursday, June 14.

The fifth name: History hangs on Pioneer Hall

by Jake Steinberg
Published April 11, 2019

UMN researchers find racial disparities in who produces air pollution and who breathes it

by Jake Steinberg
Published April 8, 2019
The University of Minnesota's Technology Commercialization hosts an open hour for Discovery Launchpad which is the new incubator to help researchers launch companies based off innovation on Tuesday, March 12 at McNamara Alumni Center.

Research takes off at the University’s new startup incubator

by Jake Steinberg
Published April 3, 2019

UMN-Crookston adopts test-optional admissions model

by Jake Steinberg
Published March 29, 2019
The University's Board of Regents convene at the McNamara Alumni Center on Friday, Feb. 8, 2019.

Regents’ reaction to renaming violated its own principles, committees say

by Jake Steinberg
Published March 27, 2019
Robin Schow helps Brian Barnett to prepare soup at an employee wellness program on Monday, Feb. 25 at McNeal Hall in St. Paul.

Ensuring wellbeing: UMN program lowers costs for healthy choices

by Jake Steinberg
Published March 14, 2019
Sophia DeGarmo plays with her dog, Riley, in her apartment on Friday, March 8. Riley is a registered emotional support animal who helps DeGarmo manage her mental health.

Proposed policy prohibits pets in buildings

by Jake Steinberg
Published March 11, 2019
Illustrated by Abby Adamski

‘This is not just for tree huggers’: Faculty bring climate change to med school

by Jake Steinberg
Published March 7, 2019
The feet washing station in Coffman Memorial Union on Feb. 19. The University opened the stations to better meet the needs of Muslim students who need to wash their feet several times each day and keep them from washing in the sinks of restrooms.

New campus wash stations struggle to get student approval

by Jake Steinberg
Published March 4, 2019
Illustrated by Morgan La Casse

University ends relationship with Chinese telecom giant

by Jake Steinberg
Published February 28, 2019

Delaying fellowship didn’t breach academic freedom, committee says

by Jake Steinberg
Published February 25, 2019
Passersby walk next to Coffman Union on Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. 

Task force to Kaler: rename four buildings

by Jake Steinberg
Published February 21, 2019
Passersby walk next to Coffman Union on Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. 

Report recommends renaming four buildings

by Jake Steinberg
Published February 20, 2019

Second shutdown averted, but first lingers

by Jake Steinberg
Published February 18, 2019

University expands travel abroad tracking

by Jake Steinberg
Published February 13, 2019
Illustrated by Abby Adamski

Hear to stay: UMN faculty take to podcasting

by Jake Steinberg
Published February 11, 2019
Meg Thompson puts together a breast pump in a lactation room on Friday, Feb. 1 in Alderman Hall in St. Paul. Thompson utilizes this lactation room multiple times a week.

A place to pump: U group advocates for lactation support

by Jake Steinberg
Published February 6, 2019
Illustrated by Abby Adamski

Punishments scrapped from pronoun policy

by Jake Steinberg
Published February 4, 2019
Illustrated by Abby Adamski

With higher ed costs rising, libraries offer free textbooks

by Jake Steinberg
Published January 31, 2019
Graduate student Kat Sweeney works in her makeshift lab on Friday, Jan. 25 at Christensen Laboratory in St. Paul. The federal government shutdown has forced Sweeney to temporarily move her lab.

With end of shutdown, grad students breathe sigh of relief

by Jake Steinberg
Published January 28, 2019
Professor Tane Danger poses for a portrait before the start of his new class, Improvisation for Design, on Tuesday, Jan. 22. The class will explore how improvisation can better students' creativity, communication and collaboration.

The Danger zone: new UMN class hopes to spark creativity with improv

by Jake Steinberg
Published January 23, 2019
The Northern Research Station is seen on Saturday, Jan. 19, in Saint Paul. The building, administrated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has been empty since the government shutdown in December. Researchers with offices in the building have moved to makeshift workspaces on campus to conduct their work.

Shutdown stirs uncertainty for UMN researchers

by Jake Steinberg
Published January 21, 2019
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