Gophers hockey player Nicole Schammel poses in Ridder Arena on Sunday, May, 24, 2014.

The mudslide on West Bank remains a work in progress on Sept. 2, 2014. The mudslide, which occurred at the base of the University of Minnesota's Fairview Medical Center in June of 2014, blocks bicyclists...

(Left to right) Amanda Churchill, Jess Smith, and Danny Churchill of Eustace the Dragon pose at Smith's home in St. Paul. The local folk band is one of many musical acts that will perform at Grounds and...

(Left to right) Nate Karnitz, Kirsten Karnitz and Chris Kulzer pose with their first product, "Tippling House Vodka", at Lawless Distilling Company in St. Paul on Monday. Founder and Carlson School of...

A biker travels along 18th avenue on Tuesday. While the city is planning to give the street bike lanes, the Southeast Como Improvement Association worries that such a change will harm parking availability...

A stalk of Mullein, an exotic species, grows at Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve on Friday, July 24. University researcher Eric Seabloom published a study last week about exotic species that explores...

U professor Jeff Millikan poses in his studio in Minneapolis on Monday. Millikan is one of the artists showcasing bee-related art at the Inaugural Bee Arts Event at the St. Paul Student Center on Monday,...

Paul Schoenecker places his purchased items in a plastic bag at CVS on Tuesday. Ward 2 City Councilman Cam Gordon hopes to reduce the city's environmental impact by keeping bags out of landfills and possibly...

Minnesota native Alicia Bognanno performs with band Bully at Pitchfork Music Festival on Saturday, July 18. The indie-rock band formed in 2013 and is currently based in Nashville.

Eddie Estrada bats for the Northwoods League's Willmar Stingers in a game against the Rochester Honkers at the Bill Taunton Stadium in Willmar, Minn., on July 9, 2015. Estrada will be entering his first...

Ran Blekhman poses in the Blekhman Lab on Friday. Blekhman, who studies genetic variations and the microbiome with fellow researchers in the lab, co-authored a study last month linking the gut microbiome...

The Gortner Avenue Ramp sits on the St. Paul campus on Sunday evening. The ramp was granted two awards from the Better Buildings Alliance's Lighting Energy Efficiency in Parking for the greatest percent...

Tyler Hanson pitches for the Willmar Stingers in a game against the Rochester Honkers at the Bill Taunton Stadium on Friday, July 9. Hanson, who finished his second season for the Gophers last spring,...

Founder Dan Oskey talks to Distillery Manager Bentley Gillman at Tattersall Distilling in northeast Minneapolis on Monday. Tattersall, which distills its own spirits in a distillery just beyond the glass...

New University of Minnesota Police Department chief Matt Clark poses in the Transportation and Safety Building on Monday. Clark, who has served on the Minneapolis Police Department for more than two decades,...

Justine Chu, Abby Hempy, and Alex Melin work on the Formula SAE car built by CSE group Gopher Motorsports in Minneapolis on Monday. The group members, who compete in the global Formula SAE series against...

Local indie-pop band Step Rockets poses in their rehearsal space in Minneapolis on June 25. The band will headline a show at Mill City Museum on July 4.

Barista Bethany Brown serves up a customer's iced coffee at Five Watt Coffee on Tuesday.

A Shuang Cheng employee brings a recycling bin back inside after emptying it behind the restaurant in Dinkytown on Monday. City Council has set a goal to have half of the city's waste composted or recycled...

A tanning bed sits available for residents to use at FloCo Fusion Apartments on Monday, June 15. Many luxury apartments near the U offer tanning as a free amenity for their residents despite CDC studies...

Northeast Night Market organizers Margie and Madeline Siggelkow plan the layout of their upcoming event at Bauhaus Brewery on Sunday, June 13. The market, which showcases thirty local artisan vendors,...

Coleman Iverson, Alexander Hambrock, Alexandra Feeken, and Nadya Nguyen pose in their workspace in Minneapolis on Saturday, June 13. They are four of five University alumni who have invented the HidrateMe...

Graduate design students Robin Carufel and Kira Erickson put the finishing touches on dresses designed for activewear in McNeal Hall on Monday. Tucker Center researchers worked with College of Design students...

Black Market Brass poses for a group portrait at their rehearsal space in Minneapolis on Wednesday, June 3. The music group plays a blend of Afrobeat and funk to bring bold, uptempo sound to their audiences.

Former Gopher forward Shae Kelley guards against New York Liberty's Candice Wiggins in a pre-season game at Target Center on Monday.

Bartender Vanessa Smith sells a growler of beer to a customer at Town Hall Brewery on Monday. On June 5 the city council will vote on possible changes that would allow the sale of growlers on Sundays at...

Sophomore Nicole Schammel poses in Ridder Arena on Sunday. Schammel is transferring from Minnesota State Mankato this year to join the Gopher Hockey team as a forward.

Narco States vocalist Michael MacBlane-Meyer sings with his band at the Turf Club on Monday. Narco States, a psychadelic garage-rock punk band, is passionate about the Minnesota garage scene and strives...

The Library Bar is one of the locations that could be deemed historic in Dinkytown. The bar would be protected and preserved by the Dinkytown Historic District.

Ivoire Foreman oversees the roasting process of coffee beans at the Peace Coffee Roastery on Friday. Peace Coffee sells organic, fair-trade coffee in its coffee shops as well as many retail locations....

University professor Daniel Voytas developed a method of editing plant genes using a technology that is currently at the center of a patent dispute.

Junior Ella Masters works as a cook at Butter Bakery Cafe on Sunday. She has duties ranging from roasting turkeys and preparing salad dressing for the kitchen line.

Creators of a mini beer pong contraption and a phone holder for vacuums converse while they wait to be interviewed by "Shark Tank" casting representatives on Saturday at the Carlson School of Management....

Graduate students Megan Cross and Grant Cooper pick up trash for Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board's Earth Day cleanup at Lake of the Isles on Saturday. Members of the student group Natural Resources...

Sarah Edwards poses at Arrow Boutique in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Edwards, with the help of her group I AM KXNDNESS, will present the I AM FABULOUS! fashion show at the Varsity Theater on Sunday to celebrate...

Blueberry lemonade and ginger ale with lemons serve as refreshing drinks in the spring.

Graduate architecture student Ben Kraft works on his thesis project, a tiny house, behind Rapson Hall on Monday. Kraft and his wife intend to live in the 221-square-foot home when he graduates in the spring.

Members of local bluegrass band Thirsty River rehearse in Minneapolis on Wednesday. The band will be performing at their CD release show at Icehouse on Friday, April 17.

Graduate students Alberto Babio and Deuk-Geun Hong build WAM's upcoming pop-up park in the W.L. Hall Workshop inside Rapson Hall on Sunday. Created by the WAM Collective student group, the park will take...

Urban Sound, a co-ed a cappella ensemble, rehearses in Ferguson Hall on Monday. The group is one of five a cappella groups that will be performing at the University A Cappella Fest at Coffman Union on...

Pulled pork, sazón rice and roasted vegetables are just a few of the Columbian-influenced menu options at Café Racer Kitchen in Minneapolis on Sunday.

Police officers stand on the steps of a multi-tenant housing unit on the corner of Fifth Avenue Southeast and Sixth Street Southeast on Friday. Residents were evacuated after unknown chemicals were found...

Keith Peterson cuts branches from a Dinkytown tree on Wednesday. The city is cutting down more than 30 of the nieghborhood's trees that have died from high salt concentrations in the soil and a lack of...

Bicyclists of all ages gather for doughnuts at the end of Calhoun Cycle's Pastry Ride at A Baker's Wife on Saturday. The ride is a part of "30 Days of Biking," a yearly event in which people pledge to...

Chef Erica Strait of Foxy Falafel serves kids as they partake in a taste test through the True Food Chef Council at Cityview Community School in Minneapolis on March 6. The Council partners with Minneapolis...

Theatre BFA students rehearse for Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors" in the Rarig Center on Monday. Opening April 2 and running through April 7, the University's BFA program will alternate productions of...

Theatre BFA students rehearse for Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors" in the Rarig Center on Monday. Opening April 2 and running through April 7, the University's BFA program will alternate productions of...

Theatre BFA students rehearse for Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors" in the Rarig Center on Monday. Opening April 2 and running through April 7, the University's BFA program will alternate productions of...

Theatre BFA students rehearse for Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors" in the Rarig Center on Monday. Opening April 2 and running through April 7, the University's BFA program will alternate productions of...

Theatre BFA students rehearse for Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors" in the Rarig Center on Monday. Opening April 2 and running through April 7, the University's BFA program will alternate productions of...