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All content by Marisa Wojcik
The current layout of clinics within the Phillips-Wangensteen Building is not conducive for the workflow of physicians, residents and nurses. The University of Minnesota Medical School, the University of Minnesota Physicians and Fairview will partner to fund a new site.

[Photo] Letter: UMN Nursing School's change in transfer option is weeding out diversity

Published May 1, 2017
Romney supporters gather in front of a screen airing Fox News to watch as states declared their election results Tuesday at the GOP election night party in Bloomington, Minn.

College students from the Patrick Henry College, located in Virginia, sit in front of GOP signs Tuesday at the GOP election night party in Bloomington, Minn. The three students are all leaders from the Generation Joshua Student Action Team sent to mobilize voters across the United States.

Kurt Bills, former candidate for U.S. Senate against Amy Klobuchar, gives a concession speech Tuesday at the GOP election night party in Bloomington, Minn.

Members of Da Band play a song for "Bloomington's finest," Sergeant D. Otterness and the Bloomington Police Department, in the lobby of the Bloomington Hilton on Tuesday at the GOP election night party in Bloomington, Minn.

Evonne Bak, left, and Kristin Ostrander watch Fox News as doubt is cast on whether the election can be officially declared Tuesday at the GOP election night party in Bloomington, Minn.. "I still hold on to faith and hope. It's too soon to give up," said Ostrander.

Jorgelina Melendez waits as election results come in on Fox News on Tuesday at the GOP election night party in Bloomington, Minn. Melendez moved from Ohio two months ago and voted republican in Minnesota.

Flow, an artificial cadaver in the wet lab of the Medical Devices Center, is used by fellows to test medical device prototypes. The Medical Devices Center is moving from Shepherd Laboratories to the renovated building of the former Mayo parking garage.

[Photo] Medical Device Center plans $2.2M expansion

Published August 8, 2012
Dark chocolate and dark beer fuse together to make a rich chocolate beer cake topped with powdered sugar and a beer caramel sauce.

Beer-battered yellow cauliflower create convenient treats for watching the Olympics. The beer batter, which can be used on more than just vegetables, is made of beer, onion, carrot, flour and salt.

Chicken covered in a light beer sauce enhances the flavors of garlic, lemon and a spice rub that coats the dish.

[Photo] College Kitchen: Beer-lympics Special

Published August 6, 2012
Canae Weiss, who plays the character of a deaf dancer named Abby, signs Sunday at the Cowles Center during rehearsal of the musical “Silence.” The performance features a cast of actors that sign, speak, sing and interpret.

[Photo] Break the silence

Published August 1, 2012
The Hennepin Energy Recovery Center, a mass garbage incinerator in downtown Minneapolis, wants to increase the waste burned daily by 212 tons. The move has faced opposition from neighborhood groups and residents.

[Photo] Garbage-burning controversy remains at a standstill

Published August 1, 2012
Pottery artist Chuck Solberg preps a batch of clay in his studio Monday. Solberg moved his studio to 2010 E. Hennepin Ave. two years ago after he was forced to move out of his space at Raymond and University avenues due to light-rail construction.

Sculptor and fabricator Asa Hoyt welds legs onto an outdoor fireplace unit Monday in his studio space at 2010 E. Hennepin Ave. Hoyt collaborates with other artists in the building on specific projects.

Luthier Milo Tupy adjusts the bridge of a double bass Friday at Quinn Violins, another building part of the 2010 E. Hennepin Ave. building complex. Quinn Violins sits one floor below what's been rumored as having once been “Betty Crocker’s kitchen.”

Charissa Peterson shapes a bulb of molten glass into a bowl Thursday at FOCI Minnesota Center for Glass Arts. FOCI, located in a building complex that used to be a General Mills research and development complex, is the only open studio for glass blowing in Minnesota where hobbyists can take classes and rent studio time.

[Photo] An arts haven on Hennepin

Published August 1, 2012
Artist Wang Ping holds a thread of flags containing art and poetry over the Mississippi River, made by people along the river, Monday. Ping will be holding her exhibit “Kinship of Rivers” this Saturday at the Soap Factory in Minneapolis. The exhibit is part of the ongoing project joining the Mississippi River and the Yangtze River through collective art and ideas.

[Photo] Rolling on the river

Published July 25, 2012
Cherries, yellow zucchini, apples, plums, pineapple chunks and blueberries make two servings of bright, tart juice.

A vibrant ruby-red breakfast juice is made from blueberries, pineapple, apples, plums, yellow zucchini and cherries. The ingredients are put through a juicer to separate the juice from the pulp.

[Photo] College Kitchen: Juice on the Loose

Published July 25, 2012
David Bedford, a University of Minnesota apple-breeding research scientist, samples a Mantet apple that is almost ripe for picking Monday at the Horticultural Research Center near Victoria, Minn. Bedford samples thousands of naturally bred apple varieties every season to determine their potential to be put on the consumer market.

[Photo] First genetically-modified, non-browning apple spurs debate

Published July 25, 2012
University of Minnesota wrestling and student alum Joe Nord, left, demonstrates a move to young wrestlers of the J Robinson Intensive Wrestling Camp on Wednesday at the Gibson-Nagurski football complex.

[Photo] Up-and-coming grapplers brave J Robinson’s intensive camp

Published July 18, 2012
Dirty Beaches, also known by his real name Alex Zhang Huntai, performs the first set Sunday at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago.

[Photo] Interview: Dirty Beaches

Published July 18, 2012
Fresh berries picked from the Berry Patch in Forest Lake, Minn. can be used to make seasonal favorites such as raspberry cornbread muffins and raspberry freezer jam. Due to this season's unusually warm weather, the raspberries in Minnesota are ripening three weeks ahead of schedule.

Riley Gorman, Lauren Wachter and Ava McCarron pick raspberries at the Berry Patch in Forest Lake, Minn.

[Photo] College Kitchen: Raspberry road-trip

Published July 18, 2012
Parents Bill and Lisa Roe watch Thee Oh Sees with their 3-year-old daughter Ronnie and their 2-month-old son Arthur on Sunday at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago. The Roes own a Chicago-based record label named Trouble in Mind.

[Photo] Baby boomers

Published July 18, 2012
Ashley Majer, a nutrition undergraduate at St. Catherine University, studies Friday at Hard Times Cafe. Majer says she chooses to study there because she doesn’t “feel so alone when doing homework.”

Cook Nickolas Kimble, left, and barista Arik Xist work a shift Friday at Hard Times Cafe in Minneapolis. The cafe has been operating as a collective for 20 years.

[Photo] Hard Times to close its doors for remodel

Published July 11, 2012
Fourteen-year-old Abdirahman Abdulahi defends the ball during a basketball tournament Monday at the Brian Coyle Center. Monday’s events were part of the Youth Awareness Week organized by the Cedar Riverside Youth Council and partnering organizations.

Members of the Cedar Riverside Youth Council meet Friday at the Brian Coyle Center to discuss events for Youth Awareness Week. The council, made up of 13- to21-year-olds, collaborated with other organizations to plan events focused on youth issues and community.

Cedar Riverside Youth Council member Kowsar Abdi, second from the right, supervises the chalk drawing station Monday outside the Brian Coyle Center. The CRYC organized the field day Monday as part of a week of events that for Youth Awareness Week.

[Photo] Minneapolis police create new division for community outreach

Published March 23, 2017
Gail Baerg from Brooklyn Park reaches the end of “81 Minutes: After the Bridge Collapsed” exhibit Sunday at the Firefighters Hall and Museum in Northeast Minneapolis. The exhibit takes visitors from minute 0 to 81 following the collapse of the I-35W bridge five years ago.

[Photo] For the fighters

Published July 11, 2012
CJ Smith (cq/gophersports) swims during practice June 22 at the University Aquatic Center. Smith placed 13th in the 1500-meter freestyle Sunday at the U.S. Olympic trials and missed the final by five places.

[Photo] Swimmers’ Olympic run ends with surprising disappointment

Published July 3, 2012
Mary Ann Milton (cq/source), owner of Milton Investment Company, sits in the courtyard of Milton Square on Monday in St. Anthony Park in St. Paul. Milton bought the property in 1957 and has since been the owner and developer.

Judi Steltzner, left, and her daughter Gretchen Funk browse books Saturday afternoon at Micawber's Books in St. Paul. The bookstore is part of the "destination shops" located in Milton Sq.

Angella Hanson and her son Douglas sip tea and nibble pastries on Thursday at Lady Elegant's Tea Room & Gift Shoppe in Milton Sq. Hanson brought her son to the tea room to celebrate his ninth birthday.

[Photo] Milton Square: an ‘unfound treasure’ in St. Paul

Published July 3, 2012
Odin is a research unmanned aerial vehicle and the precursor to Thor.

Aerospace engineering and mechanics doctoral candidate Andrei Dorobantu checks the inner hardware of research plane Thor Friday at a hobby field in Anoka, Minn., during experimental flight tests.

[Photo] U aerospace lab explores civilian uses for drones

Published July 3, 2012
University Athletic Director Norwood Teague (cq/web) at his office Friday in the Bierman Athletic Complex. Teague, who has been on the job for a week and a half, is still settling into his new role and his new office.

[Photo] Teague talks facilities, first week at U

Published June 27, 2012
Ashley Steenvoorden (cq/gophersports) swims during practice Friday at the Aquatic Center. Steenvoorden will compete in the 200, 400 and 800 meter freestyles at the U.S. Olympic trials.

Haley Spencer swims during practice Friday at the Aquatic Center. Spencer is competing in the 100 and 200 meter great stokes at the U.S. Olympic trials.

[Photo] 32 Gophers swimmers vie for Olympic berth

Published June 27, 2012
Darrin Mercil, owner of Mercil's Campus Auto Repair, helps an employee work on a car Thursday at the shop in Stadium Village.

Keith Mercil (cq/source) works the front of the shop at Mercil's Campus Auto Repair on Thursday in Stadium Village. Keith Mercil, former owner and now retired, still comes into the shop to help his son Darrin do odd jobs

[Photo] Student apartments to displace Mercil’s in Stadium Village

Published June 22, 2012
Charles Moore, a security officer with the Riverside Services Office, greets residents as he patrols Riverside Plaza on Monday. Moore said the creation of the Safety Center will strengthen the relationship between the community and the police.

Minneapolis Police Department crime prevention specialist Carla Nielson, right, meets with Sherman Associates Inc. employees Friday at new MPD Safety Center located inside Riverside Plaza. From left to right, Abdi Nassan, Tim Frost, Justin Teal and Charles Little discuss plans with Nielson for National Night Out, a community building event held in the neighborhood.

[Photo] New safety center bridges police-community gap

Published June 20, 2012
Incoming freshman Michael Orvik fills out paperwork with assistance from theOneStop Veterans Services on Monday in the Science Teaching and Student Services Building. Orvik is currently a combat medic in the Army Reserves and wants to pursue a biology or medical degree.

[Photo] OneStop recognized for veteran services

Published June 20, 2012
Team GreyDuck produced the horror film “Restraint” for the 48 Hour Film Project. Jason P. Schumacher, left, a professional filmmaker, reunited with his childhood friend, Jesse Frankson, second from left, for the project. The two made horror films together in high school.

Librarian Chad Gilman and mail carrier Chris Allen produced the mockumentary film “Mothermen” for the 48 Hour Film Project. Neither had ever made a film of his own before.

[Photo] Every second counts

Published June 20, 2012
Regent Linda Cohen receives an iPad tutorial from College of Education and Human Development technical coordinator Daniel Ferrara on Thursday during the Educational and Policy Planning Committee meeting at the McNamara Alumni Center. Representatives from CEHD, which has started an iPad pilot program for incoming freshmen, delivered the presentation.

[Photo] Regents question U’s classroom tech savviness

Published June 13, 2012
Bevan Riches builds an outdoor sink for his backyard patio Sunday at his home in St. Louis Park. Riches, a firefighter laid off in September 2011, has been unsuccessful in finding other work. With the help of the SAFER grant, the Minneapolis Fire Department hopes to hire him and five others back later this summer.

[Photo] Grant could bring 6 firefighters back

Published June 13, 2012
Illustrator and graphic designer Kelly Abeln holds her cat, Pebbles, on Friday in her home studio in south Minneapolis, where she creates pieces by hand and by computer for the online magazine Rookie.

[Photo] Kelly Abeln: An illustrator for teenage girls

Published June 13, 2012
Political science junior Daveen Trentman, left, and Taryn Brown from the DFL knock on doors to persuade voters to get to the polls and vote for Gov. Scott Walker's challenger Tom Barrett Tuesday in Eau Claire, Wis.

RailWorks laborer Lisa Becker measures and surveys to put in light-rail tracks May 25 on Washington Avenue Southeast.

Laborer Jenellen Gallatin clears constructions signs from in front of a gate May 25 on Union Street Southeast.

Jenellen Gallatin, a laborer with Ames Construction, finishes up her work clearing roads, adjusting signs and moving gates May 25 on Union Street Southeast.

[Photo] Female construction workers prove themselves in a ‘man’s field’

Published June 6, 2012
"Honeywell has hired 900 veterans over the past year," Obama said. "Standing up for our veterans, this is not a Democratic responsibility, it's not a Republican responsibility, it's an American responsibility."

[Photo] Obama talks veterans, jobs at Honeywell

Published June 6, 2012
Carl Moerschbacher’s daughters, Aliza, Aida and Aliyah, spend time in the courtyard of the Como Student Community Cooperative with culture and teaching doctoral candidate Shelda Smith and her son, Elijah on Monday.

Cultural studies senior Bethany Waldron inspects her 10-year-old son Malik on May 22 at a playground in Fridley, Minn., after he fell while playing. Waldron has three children and expects to complete her degree over a year from now.

Religious studies graduate Carl Moerschbacher pulls his 5-year-old daughter Aliyah on Monday in the courtyard of the Como Student Community Cooperative during a family Memorial Day barbecue. Moerschbacher and his wife, a student at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, have four children ranging from age 1 to 6.

Sociology senior Chelsey Herndon watches her 8-year-old son, Blane, try on a wig and Thor costume and pretend to do battle Friday in the courtyard of the Como Student Community Cooperative. Herndon is a 28-year-old single mom and a Navy veteran finishing her undergraduate degree in the fall of 2012.

[Photo] Student-parents balance dual roles with dwindling U support

Published May 30, 2012
Former Minnesota hockey player Ben Clymer studies statistics with a tutor in the learning center Sunday evening at the Bierman Field Athletic Building. Clymer left school before earning his degree but expects to graduate in fall 2013.

Ben Clymer watches

Former Gophers hockey star Ben Clymer holds his two-year-old son

[Photo] Clymer trades playoffs for finals

Published May 2, 2012
Caroline and the Treats graced the stage at the first night of the Girls Got Rhythm Fest on Friday, May 11 at the Amsterdam Bar in St. Paul.

[Photo] Girls Got Rhythm Fest: Girls just wanna have rock 'n' roll

Published May 15, 2012
Cody Lake, left, and roommate Nick Fehst smoke a cigarette on the porch of University House, a sober house in Marcy-Homes neighborhood. Lake will start taking classes at the University this summer.

[Photo] Back where it started: addiction on campus

Published May 3, 2012
Nick Fehst and Cody Lake, eat pizza and watch sports in the living room of the University House. Both Fehst and Lake have been living in this sober house for about three months.

Bridget McGuinness walks to class on the West Bank on Tuesday. McGuinness, a transfer student, has been at the University for a semester and relaunched the S.O.B.E.R. student group on campus.

From left to right, sophomore Kevin Zhou, psychology junior Bridget McGuinness and family social science junior Sarah Day hold their regular S.O.B.E.R. student group meeting April 19 at the Purple Onion.

History senior Steve Porter stretches with the Plymouth Wayzata Youth Baseball team during practice Wednesday at the Wayzata East Middle School.

Steve Porter practices drills with a youth baseball team Wednesday in Plymouth, Minn. Porter hopes to become a history teacher.

Officer Luke Huck of the UMPD picks of remnants of a plastic light dome that was throne over the Washington Avenue bridge onto the East River Parkway.

At 4-foot-11, coxswain Jackie Stein talks to Leah Rogotzke before practice Tuesday at the boat house. Traditionally, there is a lot of pressure for coxswains to be petite.

Gophers head football coach Jerry Kill, head men's basketball coach Tubby Smith and men's basketball star Trevor Mbakwe attend a press conference Monday announcing Teague as the new AD. Football and men's basketball are two of the University's three revenue sports.

Gophers head football coach Jerry Kill, head men's basketball coach Tubby Smith and men's basketball star Trevor Mbakwe attend a press conference Monday announcing Teague as the new AD. Football and men's basketball are two of the University's three revenue sports.

[Photo] Coaches express confidence in Teague’s approach, experience

Published April 24, 2012
Teague was the athletics director at Virginia Commonwealth from 2006-2012. The men's basketball team at VCU made the Final Four in 2011, but the school does not have a varsity football program.

Norwood Teague addresses the media Monday during a press conference announcing his hiring at TCF Bank Stadium.

[Photo] Teague to replace Maturi as U athletics director

Published April 24, 2012
Minnesaota's Dusti Russel competes on the balance beam Jan. 28 at the Sports Pavilion.

[Photo] Gymnastics season ends with disappointment

Published April 23, 2012
Minnesota defensive backs Grayson Levine and Steven Montgomery and wide receiver A.J. Barker collide for the ball Saturday during the annual Gophers spring game at TCF Bank Stadium.

[Photo] Signs of improvement on display at annual spring game

Published April 23, 2012
Minnesota defensive backs Grayson Levine and Steven Montgomery and wide receiver A.J. Barker collide for the ball Saturday during the annual Gophers spring game at TCF Bank Stadium.

Minnesota defensive back Troy Stoudermire jams a receiver from the Gold team during Saturday

[Photo] Troy Stoudermire: a linchpin in a young cycle of D-backs

Published April 23, 2012
Muja Messiah and Maria Isa collaborate as the rap duo Villa Rosa. "It’s not about the local scene. It’s about representing what we know here, what we learn here and who we are, and taking that to other borders and boundaries, and getting stamps on the passport," Messiah said.

[Photo] Villa Rosa: It takes two

Published April 19, 2012
Ali Haws rows during practice Wednesday on the Mississippi River. Haws started as a member of the novice team and has worked her way up to the first varsity eight.

[Photo] Former novice becomes a top rower

Published April 19, 2012
Gideon Sampson, a post-doctoral math research fellow, rides a Nice Ride bike from Kolthoff Hall on Wednesday afternoon. The Kolthoff Hall station receives the highest number of rentals in the Twin Cities.

[Photo] Nice weather leads to more Nice Rides

Published April 19, 2012
Child psychology senior Jeonghah Heo pets the less-than-one-year-old llama Tootsie during Agriculture Awareness Day on Tuesday afternoon on Church Street. The llama was a guest from a farm in Waconia, Minn.

[Photo] Chickens on Church Street? U club brings Ag Awareness to campus

Published April 17, 2012
Titambe West-African drummer preform before the beginning of the fashion show Saturday evening at TCF Bank Stadium. The African themed event raised money for the Smile Network's reconstructive surgeries in Africa.

Left to right Med and dental students Nellie Pooler, Rachel Anderson and Kayla Anderson wear scrubs by design students Ellie Hottinger, Mai See Her and Mai Yang (respectively) on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium. The "Scrubbed into Fashion" show was a fundraiser for the Smile Network.

[Photo] Designers restyle scrubs for charity

Published April 16, 2012
From left to right, incoming editor in chief Cali Owings, incoming president Morgan Hay-Chapman and incoming business operations officer Nathan Moen will lead the Minnesota Daily for 2012-13.

[Photo] Daily announces leaders for new year

Published April 10, 2012
Tubby Smith

Football players, friends and family light candles in memory of Gary Tinsley Friday in front of Roy Wilkins Hall.

Minnesota football head coach Jerry Kill, quarterback MarQueis Gray, and University of Minnesota Athletics Director Joel Maturi gave responses to the death of linebacker Gary Tinsley at a press conference Friday at the Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex.

Marisa Wojcik, Daily

Marisa Wojcik, Daily

Black Student Union president Arsenio Ward lights candles for friends, family and gatherers of the vigil for Gary Tinsley. BSU organized the vigil held Friday night outside Roy Wilkins Hall.

Students, friends and family of recently passed Minnesota linebacker Gary Tinsley gather and hold a group prayer Friday night outside of Roy Wilkins Hall.

Minnesota head football coach Jerry Kill holds quarterback MarQueis Gray’s son during the Friday night vigil for linebacker Gary Tinsley held outside of Roy Wilkins Hall.

The Gophers football team holds up the number 51 for Gary Tinsley at a vigil held in his honor Friday in front of Roy Wilkins Hall. The Black Student Union organized the vigil after news spread that Tinsley had passed away.

Students, friends and family of recently passed Minnesota linebacker Gary Tinsley gather and hold a group prayer Friday night outside of Roy Wilkins Hall.

[Photo] Students, teammates hold vigil in memory of Tinsley

Published April 9, 2012
Jamison Scholer, a master’s student in entomology, feeds colonies of bumble bees varying levels of neonicotinoids, a class of pesticides, Friday at the University Bee Lab greenhouse.

[Photo] U Bee Lab joins debate on insecticide’s role in bee disappearance nationwide

Published April 9, 2012
University of Minnesota Athletic Director Joel Maturi gave an emotional speech at a press conference on Friday at the Gibson-Nigurski Football complex discussing recent Minnesota linebacker Gary Tinsley's death.

Minnesota quarterback Marqueis Gray spoke to the brotherhood he and Tinsley shared, during a press conference discussing Minnesota linebacker Gary Tinsley's death.

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