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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

All content by Lew Blank
Blank: Solving climate change requires more than just solar panels

Blank: Solving climate change requires more than just solar panels

by Lew Blank
Published August 8, 2019
Blank: The green line extension should’ve gone to low-income neighborhoods

Blank: The green line extension should’ve gone to low-income neighborhoods

by Lew Blank
Published July 24, 2019
Blank: To eliminate UMN’s racial achievement gap, we need to invest in children of color

Blank: To eliminate UMN’s racial achievement gap, we need to invest in children of color

by Lew Blank
Published July 17, 2019
Blank: Let’s end gerrymandering — and in doing so, let’s create competitive districts

Blank: Let’s end gerrymandering — and in doing so, let’s create competitive districts

by Lew Blank
Published July 9, 2019
Blank: University of Minnesota students need Medicare for all

Blank: University of Minnesota students need Medicare for all

by Lew Blank
Published July 3, 2019
Blank: Blame for UMN's tuition hikes should fall on the state legislature

Blank: Blame for UMN’s tuition hikes should fall on the state legislature

by Lew Blank
Published July 3, 2019
Blank: The University of Minnesota is effectively a food desert

Blank: The University of Minnesota is effectively a food desert

by Lew Blank
Published June 19, 2019
Blank: Boycotts of Israel are not Anti-semitic

Blank: Boycotts of Israel are not Anti-semitic

by Lew Blank
Published June 19, 2019
The University's Board of Regents convene on Friday, Sep. 14, 2018 at McNamara Alumni Center.

Regent Candidate Advisory Council advances 25 applicants to interview stage

by Tiffany Bui and Lew Blank
Published December 13, 2018
Psychologist Jerry Shih speaks at the Student Counseling Services open forum on Tuesday, Dec. 11 in Coffman Union. The forum discussed hiring a new director of SCS.

Student Counseling Services holds public forums to select new director

by Lew Blank
Published December 13, 2018
Vascudyne’s implantable heart valve is made of living tissue, allowing it to heal itself and last longer inside a patient’s body.

UMN announces breakthrough startup to replace heart valves

by Lew Blank
Published December 12, 2018
A medication drop box is seen inside the Boynton Pharmacy on Tuesday, Dec. 4. It serves as a no questions asked option for the disposal of prescription drugs and medications.

Boynton uses drug disposal box to prevent opioid abuse

by Lew Blank
Published December 6, 2018

Reports of sexual assault and mental health issues spike at UMN

by Lew Blank
Published November 29, 2018
Illustrated by Jane Borstad

New nurse practitioners clinic will expand personalized healthcare near UMN

by Lew Blank
Published November 26, 2018
Virajita Singh, assistant vice provost at the University of Minnesota Office of Equity and Diversity, speaks at the Diversity Data Deep Dive held at Coffman Memorial Union on Friday, Nov. 16. The event featured a variety of presentations throughout the day discussing the intersection of data with diversity.

Conference seeks to make research more accessible to marginalized communities

by Lew Blank
Published November 19, 2018

Students travel across Minnesota to test deer for fatal disease

by Lew Blank
Published November 19, 2018

Childbirth treatment options lack for opioid-using women in rural areas

by Lew Blank
Published November 13, 2018

Design students to remodel computer lab for Big Ten competition

by Lew Blank
Published November 5, 2018
Small zebra mussels

Researchers find new methods to combat invasive zebra mussels

by Lew Blank
Published October 31, 2018
University pediatrics professor Dr. Mark Schleiss works in his lab on Monday, Oct. 29 McGuire Translational Research Facility in Minneapolis. Schleiss is a leading expert on acute flaccid myelitis, a rare disease affecting seven children in Minnesota this year.

University researchers respond to spike of polio-like illness cases in Minnesota

by Lew Blank
Published October 29, 2018
Communications PhD student Samira Musleh rides the Gopher Chauffeur on Sunday, Oct. 21, which was the first Sunday that the ride service has run as it will now serve students seven days a week.

Gopher Chauffeur extends hours to include weeknights

by Lew Blank
Published October 22, 2018

UMN works to identify areas lacking health insurance

by Lew Blank
Published October 22, 2018
Charlotte Paulsen feeds her dad, Andrew, a cricket based chip on Sunday, Oct. 7. as part of Food Fest at the newly opened Bell Museum in Saint Paul. Sujaya Rao's presentation, which examined bugs as a sustainable source of protein, encouraged the audience to try samples.

Eating bugs: University researcher advocates for a different kind of diet

by Lew Blank
Published October 10, 2018
A male red-tailed hawk is released by CNC volunteers Jeff Carlson and Stacy Carlson on Saturday, Sept. 22. The hawk had been seen hitting multiple windows in Minneapolis before being admitted to the University's Raptor Center.

Raptor Center trains veterinarians from across the U.S. in wildlife rehab

by Lew Blank
Published October 8, 2018
Blue House, a girls' orphanage in rural Uganda, partnered with an apparel design course at the University to create clothing items for the girls in need.

UMN class makes clothes for girls in Uganda

by Lew Blank
Published October 3, 2018
Illustration by Hailee Schievelbein.

FDA creates new regulations for e-cigarette companies

by Lew Blank
Published September 24, 2018

Billionaire Richard Liu turned over to prosecutors in sexual assault case

by Lew Blank
Published September 20, 2018
Boynton Health as seen on Friday, Feb. 23. Visits to the mental health clinic are up 18 percent compared to fall semester.

Students struggle with University therapy appointment limits

by Lew Blank
Published September 19, 2018
Boynton Health as seen on Friday, Feb. 23. Visits to the mental health clinic are up 18 percent compared to fall semester.

Boynton Health celebrates its 100th anniversary

by Lew Blank
Published September 13, 2018

Research center opens at UMN, simplifying research development

by Lew Blank
Published September 13, 2018

Research Roundup: Socioeconomic status affects some childhood cancer survival rates.

by Lew Blank
Published September 6, 2018
Professor Ahmad Qais Munhazim talks with students about his past childhood living in Afghanistan at the QueerX event "Men, Masks, and Toxic Masculinity" in Appleby Hall on Friday.

QueerX lecture covers toxic masculinity and war

by Lew Blank
Published April 30, 2018

Students seeking new environmental justice minor

by Lew Blank
Published April 30, 2018

University’s $42 million grant to research new treatments, programs, community health

by Lew Blank
Published April 16, 2018
Director of Education at the Office of Equity and Diversity, Step Jarvi, talks about how to be more inclusive to marginalized groups in CSE at the Iclusivity in CSE event in Bruininks Hall on Saturday, April 7.

CSE students hopeful for more diversity

by Lew Blank
Published April 9, 2018
Sundal Hashwani reads stories from others sharing their experiences with diversity at the School of Public Heath.

Public health students call for more diversity in program

by Lew Blank
Published April 5, 2018
Senior Matic Spec, a native of Slovenia, poses for a portrait in his home on Saturday, March 24. Spec is the only student from Slovenia currently studying at the University of Minnesota.

UMN’s lone ambassadors: students reflect on being only one at school from country

by Lew Blank
Published April 2, 2018
State sen. Patricia Torres Ray fields questions during a panel VISA held focusing on immigration discussing the TRUST act at the University of Minnesota Law School on Friday, March 30. 

UMN Law School event advocates for sanctuary state policy

by Lew Blank
Published March 31, 2018
Khafre Jackson cuts a pineapple in an ecology class at Minneapolis North Community High School. The University of Minnesota recently hired Brandon Roiger, a former student, to work with the Growing North Project, an initiative to get Minneapolis high schoolers of color involved in environmental issues.

New CFANS position hopes to diversify student body

by Lew Blank
Published March 22, 2018
Jessica Schalz speaks about ways to be an LGBTQIA+ ally in CSE during during a workshop in Bruininks Hall on Thursday, March 8.

Workshop seeks to increase LGBT awareness in STEM fields

by Lew Blank
Published March 10, 2018
Irna Landrum presents a seminar on Wednesday, Feb. 14, at Jackson Hall as a part of the Black Student Union's new "Wellness Wednesdays". The seminar covered institutionalized racism and how it contributes to peoples' wellness using an arc from the television show "The Walking Dead."

Wellness Wednesday connects diversity to ‘The Walking Dead’

by Lew Blank
Published February 19, 2018

University students tell black history through performance

by Lew Blank
Published February 13, 2018
Interviewee Samad Qureshi makes air quotes with his hands while talking about his experience with mental health stigmas on Saturday, Feb. 10 as a part of a video profile series on Indian students at the University created by the Indian Student Association.

Indian Student Association launches ‘The Indian Perspective’

by Lew Blank
Published February 12, 2018
Sophomore Pierre Abillama from Lebanon portrays his disappointed reaction to the Superbowl by the Industrial & Systems Engineering Office on Sunday, Jan. 28. He's a football fan and was really hoping that the Vikings would get to play at the Superbowl.

International students share their thoughts on the Super Bowl

by Lew Blank
Published February 1, 2018

University sees international student rates drop for first time since 2006

by Lew Blank
Published January 25, 2018

CFANS works for diversity through new staff members

by Lew Blank
Published January 25, 2018
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