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The Minnesota Daily

All content by Kristoffer Tigue
Megan Hernick as the incoming Business Operations Officer and Co-Publisher

Cody Nelson as the incoming Editor in Chief and Co-Publisher

Andreas Quinn as the incoming President and Co-Publisher

MN Daily publishers pass the torch

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published May 8, 2014
Andreas Quinn, Cody Nelson and Megan Hernick will take over as the Daily’s new heads.

Can’t take the heat? Get out of the city

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published May 6, 2014
U researchers are learning why cities tend to be hotter than other areas.
Ian Macrae with unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, or drone) Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station research project #17-037, Influence of Spatial Processes on the Population Dynamics of Insect Pests, Principal Investigator Ian Vance Macrae.  at the Sand Plain Research Farm in Becker, Minn.

U research pushes for agriculture drones

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published April 30, 2014
Despite privacy concerns, drones could help farmers boost crop yields.

Test results show miniscule levels of arsenic in University key ring

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published April 28, 2014

A University of Minnesota-licensed manufacturer released test results earlier this month in response to allegations of one of their products containing potentially dangerous levels of arsenic. Michigan-based...

Raptor Center volunteer Rochelle Roche holds a great horned owl while explaining raptor characteristics to St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman at the center on Thursday.

Raptor Center renovation takes off

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published April 28, 2014
The $1.5 million project is privately funded, and it’s set to finish up next winter.
Mechanical engineering freshman Micah Lindstrom works on Strand Beast, a pedal-powered giant mechanical moving sculpture, outside Rapson Hall on Friday. Strand Beast will be featured at the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering Expo on Friday, April 25, as part of CSE week.

CSE touts student work

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published April 24, 2014
The annual College of Science and Engineering week is a chance to court future students.

University’s nanotech building to host open house

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published April 24, 2014

Three years and $85 million dollars later, the University of Minnesota’s Physics and Nanotechnology building is almost fully moved in. And tomorrow they’ll be showing the place off. The University...

Medicaid expansion may help pregnant inmates

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published April 22, 2014
U researchers say the Affordable Care Act could benefit thousands of prisoners.

OIT cuts student repairs

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published April 17, 2014
Officials say the subsidized computer fixes aren’t used, but students have doubts.

U, TFA seek partnership approval

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published April 14, 2014
The plan would create Minnesota’s first alternative teacher licensing program.
A student in the biology class, Brewing: The Biology, History and Practice, pours a sample of beer to taste during class on Monday in the Biology Sciences Center on Monday evening.

Students get brewing down to a science

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published April 10, 2014
The University’s Biochemistry Club is hosting a home brewing seminar on Friday.
University professor Sehoya Cotner describes a study about homosexual relationships in a species of bird during her Evolution and Biology of Sex class on Monday morning in STSS.

Distinguished professor uses sex to teach science

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published April 8, 2014
Sehoya Cotner won a coveted teaching award by making students giggle and squirm.

Physicists find Big Bang’s smoking gun

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published April 3, 2014
U researchers found gravitational waves that support the Big Bang Theory.

Arsenic possibly found in University key ring

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published April 1, 2014
The manufacturer is disputing the findings, and the University is looking into them.

University holds third annual information technology competition

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published March 29, 2014

Sometimes the best way to learn is to dive right into the deep end and computer technology is no exception to the rule. On April 4, the University of Minnesota is hosting its third annual national Competition...

Research network measures grasslands

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published March 26, 2014
University ecologists say the network will show how fossil fuels and fertilizers are affecting grasslands on a large scale.
Ben Boo and Eric Sannerud at Sanneruds family farm March 16 in Ham Lake, Minn. The farm has been in Sanneruds family for four generations and will be the new home for Mighty Axe Hops.

Students fill hop demand

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published March 24, 2014
Mighty Axe Hops is working to provide craft breweries with rare local, organic hops.

New institute tackles the U’s data problem

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published March 13, 2014
The Informatics Institute will help researchers make sense of big data.
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.

City begins ash tree phase-out

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published March 10, 2014
Workers removed dozens of trees infected by the emerald ash borer last week.
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.

CBS research program targets transfers

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published March 6, 2014
Transfer students often participate less in research before graduating.
Lab technician Mark Mulivahill works in the Center for Drug Design with assistant professor  Christine Salomon in a lab in theVFW Cancer Research Building.

Underground life drives drug research

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published March 4, 2014
Deep in Minnesota mines, U researchers found versatile, disease-treating microbes.

Want to work better? Try a treadmill

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published March 3, 2014
University researchers found employees who walked while they worked performed better.

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to set sulfate standards Thursday

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published February 27, 2014

State grain may be in danger from high concentrations of a mineral salt that is produced by metal mining and other industrial discharge. According to the Star Tribune, sulfate has long been associated...

U patches research funding

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published February 26, 2014
The University has offset federal cuts, but researchers say it may not be enough.
Anna Barton and Kristen Draper gather information and evidence during the Forensic Clubs casino themed Murder Mystery dinner in Moos Tower on Friday.

Students dial M for murder

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published February 24, 2014
The Forensic Science Club put its skills to the test to solve a fake murder mystery.

Students’ networks outpace GoldPASS

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published February 20, 2014
Few alumni say the website helped them find employment.

Food, drink, art drive Pinterest users

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published February 17, 2014
U research showed that both men and women pin on these topics.

So much weight for such tiny particles: NOvA’s newest detector spots its first neutrinos

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published February 15, 2014

About 500 miles away near Chicago, one of the world's largest particle accelerators is shooting an invisible beam at a soon to be complete particle detector in Ash River Minnesota. The goal? To detect...

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.

Together in sickness, health and the lab

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published February 13, 2014
Three sets of married University researchers talk about how they met, finding jobs together and even sharing lab space.

HIV research may improve treatment

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published February 10, 2014
The results of University research showed that current drugs poorly penetrate tissues where the virus replicates most.

Companies test drive U technology

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published February 6, 2014
A new program lets companies try out inventions before buying.

$84 million systems upgrade quietly continues

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published February 5, 2014
The project won’t make any visible changes until December.

New website created for tackling student questions

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published January 30, 2014
The site is based on social media platforms and is user-generated.

Research funding gets a bump for 2014

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published January 28, 2014
Federal science agencies saw small budget increases after major cuts.

New program preps for medical device industry

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published January 22, 2014
The master’s program will begin in June.

U research: Plant may help prevent cancer

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published January 21, 2014
Kava reduced lung cancer tissue by up to 99 percent in mice.

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