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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Natalie Rademacher, Reporter

All content by Natalie Rademacher
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison speaks during the United Black Legislative Caucus at the Brian Coyle Center in Cedar-Riverside on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019.

Walz taps Attorney General Keith Ellison to lead case on George Floyd’s killing

by Natalie Rademacher
Published June 1, 2020
A demonstrator holds up a rose at the protest at Government Plaza in Minneapolis on Thursday, May 28.

Chauvin charged in killing of George Floyd

by Natalie Rademacher and Dylan Miettinen
Published May 29, 2020
Tommie Daye, owner of Urban Jungle, spray paints “Stop the Violence” on his boarded-up shop window in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood on Thursday, May 28. 

Businesses near UMN boarded up in response to riots across the Twin Cities

by Natalie Rademacher
Published May 29, 2020
Protesters clash with police outside of the Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct on Minnehaha Avenue on Tuesday, May 26. The protest was in response to the death of George Floyd in police custody. 

Thousands march to protest police brutality after death of George Floyd

by Natalie Rademacher
Published May 27, 2020
A trash bin adorned with the silhouette of Minneapolis is half buried in snow in the Marcy Holmes neighborhood on Tuesday, Jan. 28. The neighborhood provides housing for a significant number of University students.

New charges filed against Marcy-Holmes suspected serial rapist

by Natalie Rademacher
Published May 8, 2020
In the Know: Breaking Down the U's News

Episode 57: How the pandemic changed University life, plus an interview with College Jeopardy! champion Nibir Sarma

by Natalie Rademacher, Megan Palmer, Jessica Toledo, and Megan Germundson
Published May 7, 2020
Sarah*, who began using the site SeekingArrangement to help compensate for lost wages after being laid off, poses for a portrait near campus on Monday, May 4.  

Stuck at home and unemployed, some students seek out sugar dating for companionship, financial support

by Natalie Rademacher and Jasmine Snow
Published May 7, 2020
In the Know: Breaking Down the U's News

Episode 56: Couples in quarantine – personal stories and advice from experts

by Natalie Rademacher and Jessica Toledo
Published April 28, 2020
Smith Hall stands empty during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and in 1918, the year the influenza outbreak commonly known as the "Spanish flu" also forced campus and business closures. Archive photo courtesy of the University of Minnesota Archives - Twin Cities. 

Closures, delays and contagion: How UMN’s 1918 influenza pandemic response mirrors COVID-19 efforts today

by Natalie Rademacher and Michelle Griffith
Published March 29, 2020
UMN plans to formally recognize campus placement on Indigenous land

UMN plans to formally recognize campus placement on Indigenous land

by Natalie Rademacher and Dylan Miettinen
Published March 16, 2020
Illustration by Hailee Schievelbein

University of Minnesota system moves to online-only instruction

by Natalie Rademacher
Published March 11, 2020

Amid COVID_19 concerns, University system moves to online-only instruction

by Natalie Rademacher
Published March 11, 2020
In the Know: Breaking Down the U's News.

Episode 53: Bernie Sanders’ big win near the University of Minnesota

by Natalie Rademacher and Jessica Toledo
Published March 7, 2020
In the Know: Breaking Down the U's News

Episode 51: Erbert & Gerbert’s red pepper bánh mì draws campus criticism

by Natalie Rademacher, Farrah Mina, and Jessica Toledo
Published February 28, 2020
In the Know: Breaking Down the U's News

Episode 50: Family, friends and community members march to support missing and murdered Indigenous women

by Natalie Rademacher and Jessica Toledo
Published February 20, 2020
In the Know: Breaking Down the U's News

Episode 49: Ramping up efforts to count students in the census

by Natalie Rademacher and Jessica Toledo
Published February 13, 2020
In the Know: Breaking Down the U's News

Episode 48: U awarded grant to help Minneapolis youth

by Natalie Rademacher and Jessica Toledo
Published February 6, 2020
In the Know: Breaking Down the U's News

Episode 47: Protests, from India to Minnesota

by Natalie Rademacher and Jessica Toledo
Published January 31, 2020
In the Know: Breaking Down the U's News.

Episode 46: Students respond to tensions with Iran

by Natalie Rademacher and Jessica Toledo
Published January 23, 2020
In the Know: Breaking Down the U's News.

Episode 45: In a step to rebuild relationships, U hires director of tribal relations

by Natalie Rademacher and Tiffany Bui
Published December 12, 2019
Morgan La Casse

A step to rebuild relationships: U hires director of tribal relations

by Natalie Rademacher and Tiffany Bui
Published December 12, 2019
Students and faculty march towards Morrill Hall as part of the UMN Climate Strike on Friday, Dec. 6. Those in attendance criticized the University’s policies on fossil fuel usage.

U student group: UMN should declare a climate crisis, divest from fossil fuels

by Natalie Rademacher and Abbey Machtig
Published December 8, 2019
A crane picks up trash to be distributed in bins and transported to the incinerator at the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Dec. 4.

Let’s talk trash: U reduces 1,000 tons of waste

by Natalie Rademacher
Published December 5, 2019
Jeannine Cavender-Bares discusses the effects of burning different land plots at the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve in East Bethel on Saturday, Sept. 9 2018. The center recently turned 75 years old and teaches scientists the current understanding of biodiversity and its importance. 

Art exhibit in Coffman Union highlights work at the U’s Cedar Creek

by Natalie Rademacher
Published November 24, 2019
Sean Connaughty, a University art professor, explains his proposal for adding new rice fields around Lake Hiawatha to improve water quality at the White Page gallery in South Minneapolis on Friday, Nov. 19. The lake, formerly called Rice Lake, is critical habitat for wildlife and has been deeply impaired by storm water pollution from South Minneapolis. 

Professor uses art, Indigenous knowledge to highlight local lake

by Natalie Rademacher
Published November 20, 2019
A distribution tunnel dug during the construction of the original building at the beginning of the twentieth century remains beneath the Main Energy Plant on Thursday, Nov. 14.

Meet the Main Energy Plant: a hidden world reducing University emissions

by Natalie Rademacher
Published November 18, 2019
A blacklegged tick used in research on tick-borne pathogens at the University of Minnesota crawls across a petri dish in the Hodson Hall tick lab on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016.

Suitcase-sized labs make science mobile

by Natalie Rademacher
Published November 13, 2019
Zhenming Xiem, left. and Woongsun Jeon, right, pose for a portrait in the Mechanical Engineering building on Monday, Nov. 4. Xiem and Jeon have been working on a prototype bike system since 2015 to help improve cyclist safety.

University researchers using bike alert system to examine bicyclist safety

by Natalie Rademacher
Published November 7, 2019
Morgan La Casse

University initiative works to include Indigenous perspective into humanities work

by Natalie Rademacher
Published November 7, 2019
Brochures about the Islamic faith sit on a shelf inside Coffman Union on Monday, Oct. 21.

Researchers explore why religion is lacking in “broad conversations” at UMN

by Natalie Rademacher
Published October 27, 2019
Sophomore Bradley Hartwyk works on an assignment in Walter Library on Friday, Oct. 26. The University's decision to transition lights to LEDs in heavy-traffic buildings is one initiative driven by its goal of eliminating 100 percent of carbon emissions by 2050. 

UMN flips the switch on climate action

by Natalie Rademacher
Published October 27, 2019
Wendy Pradt Lougee, University librarian and dean of libraries, poses for a portrait in Wilson Library on Wednesday, Oct. 16. 

A pioneer of digital libraries: Wendy Pradt Lougee retires from her longtime legacy as University librarian

by Natalie Rademacher
Published October 24, 2019
From left, Kyungsoo Yoo, Len Kne, Darrell Gerber and Melinda Kernile explore the mapping of data regarding drinking water supply with ArcGIS in the Collaborative Research Studio in Wilson Library on Friday, Oct. 11.

A roundup of some of UMN’s efforts around environmental justice

by Natalie Rademacher
Published October 15, 2019
First year students Annika Cushnyr, left, and Tori Seaver, right, study in Mondale Hall on Monday, Oct. 7.

UMN Law School sees largest first-year class in almost a decade

by Natalie Rademacher
Published October 10, 2019
Kameron Duncanson, a farmer with the KD2 Farms Partnership and a University of Minnesota alumni, uproots a soybean plant to point out its characteristics on his farm in Mapleton, Minnesota on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. He says that the abundance of rain this growing season has made harvesting more difficult, but that he and other farmers are not unfamiliar with these challenges. 

As Minnesota farmers deal with another wet year, UMN researchers try to help

by Natalie Rademacher
Published October 7, 2019
From left, Eric Dorland, Olivia Crull, Étienne Magdalen and Sondos Ibrahin congregate for a sit-in protest outside President Joan Gabel's office on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. The group, representing Students for a Democratic Society, studied and shared donuts and coffee in the office lobby. (Liam Armstrong / Minnesota Daily)

Students host ‘study-in’ outside Gabel’s office

by Natalie Rademacher
Published October 5, 2019
Sarah Mai

‘Manoomin’ brings together UMN researchers and tribal members

by Natalie Rademacher
Published October 3, 2019
Morgan La Casse

UMN adds new major, looking to increase environmental education

by Natalie Rademacher
Published September 22, 2019
Hailee Schievelbein

Going against the grain: UMN researchers ramp up commercialization efforts for wheat substitute

by Natalie Rademacher
Published September 15, 2019
A frozen colony of bumblebees is seen on a table in Dr. Vera Krischik's lab in Hodson Hall on Tuesday, March 26.

The buzz around bees moves to public spaces

by Natalie Rademacher
Published September 12, 2019
Brian Palik, site lead for the Cutfoot Experimental Forest, points out different types of trees at the Cutfoot Experimental Forest on Saturday, Sept. 7. 

Research explores strategies for how forests can adapt to climate change

by Natalie Rademacher
Published September 10, 2019
Illustrated by Hailee Schievelbein

U reaches new high: class on cannabis debuts this fall

by Natalie Rademacher
Published September 2, 2019
Elizabeth Borer's ecological research plots are nested against the forest line on a protected portion of research facility land on Friday, May 3.

UMN researchers lead global study on human impact on ecosystems

by Natalie Rademacher
Published May 6, 2019
University President Eric Kaler speaks about sustainability at Mondale Hall on the West Bank campus on Wednesday, April 24 during the announcement that the University has installed nine solar gardens around campus.

University adds solar panel sites around campus

by Natalie Rademacher
Published April 29, 2019
Barthollomew Presby makes environmental-friendly shirts at the Environmental Justice Earth Day celebration in Northrop Mall on Friday, April 19. 

A history of UMN students’ Earth Day advocacy

by Natalie Rademacher and Cleo Krejci
Published April 22, 2019
Illustrated by Abby Adamski

Student-led coalition brings together sustainable student groups

by Natalie Rademacher
Published April 11, 2019

Faculty, students working to map out environmental education at the U

by Natalie Rademacher
Published April 8, 2019

University program funds and supports student projects

by Natalie Rademacher
Published April 4, 2019
A frozen colony of bumblebees sits on a table in Dr. Vera Krischik's lab in Hodson Hall on Tuesday, March 26. The queen bee is seen on top, marked with a green dot. Bumblebee queens are solely responsible for starting a colony, making them more susceptible to the affects of pesticides like neonicotinoids.

Minnesota’s buzzin’ about bees

by Natalie Rademacher
Published March 28, 2019

UMN researchers examine how climate change affects state’s water

by Natalie Rademacher
Published March 25, 2019
Students Vinh Nguyen, Tam Nguyen and Long Nguyen throw snowballs on Saturday, March 9 on campus.

Snow place to go

by Natalie Rademacher
Published March 11, 2019
Interim Zero Waste Coordinator Todd Tanner demonstrates how the new organics bins will work on Saturday, March 2 at the Como recycling facility. The bins will be put into every building at the University. 

Amid crowded recycling market, UMN recyclables have fewer places to go

by Natalie Rademacher
Published March 8, 2019
Allison Sandve loads her plastic-free groceries into her car on Sunday, Feb. 24 at the Seward Community Co-op in Minneapolis. Sandve started living a plastic-free lifestyle almost a year ago and plans to continue exploring ways to incorporate sustainability into her life.

University members take steps to reduce their plastic footprint

by Natalie Rademacher
Published February 28, 2019

University system uses stormwater to cool buildings on campus

by Natalie Rademacher
Published February 21, 2019
Melissa Wilson measures a plot where manure will be laid on Friday, Feb. 8 in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. Wilson leads several research projects and is currently conducting research to observe manure, snow and its runoff.

‘Manure prof’ expands lab at UMN

by Natalie Rademacher
Published February 18, 2019

Morris campus leads nation in sustainability

by Natalie Rademacher
Published February 13, 2019

App promotes sustainable transportation options to UMN contract parkers

by Natalie Rademacher
Published February 8, 2019
Illustrated by Abby Adamski

UMN researchers explore access to sustainable energy around Minnesota

by Natalie Rademacher
Published February 7, 2019
Katey Pelican, left, and Amy Kircher ,right, pose for a portrait at the launch of the Strategic Partnerships and Research Collaborative at the McNamara Alumni Center on Tuesday, Jan. 29. 

University launches new research collaborative

by Natalie Rademacher
Published January 31, 2019
Members of the Global Convergence Lab on the Don Bocas Hydroelectric Dam in Utuado, Puerto Rico. 

UMN collaborates with Puerto Rico to explore sustainable energy

by Natalie Rademacher
Published January 24, 2019
University student Bella* shows an example of what navigating the SeekingArrangement website looks like on Monday, Jan. 14 in her apartment near campus. Ava communicated with several men on the website, getting compensated to spend time with them. 

The bittersweet life of sugar babies at the University of Minnesota

by Natalie Rademacher
Published January 21, 2019
Employees sort waste into different recycling categories at the Como Recycling Facility on Friday, Jan. 18 in Minneapolis.

New program aims to cut research waste

by Natalie Rademacher
Published January 21, 2019

Former University employee convicted of wire fraud

by Natalie Rademacher
Published November 9, 2018
Students wait in line that wraps around the inside of the University Lutheran Church polling place on Tuesday, Nov. 6 in Dinkytown. Students said the wait was as long as two hours.

Long polling lines don’t deter students

by Natalie Rademacher
Published November 7, 2018

Kaler responds to fraternity death; calls for safety review and education

by Natalie Rademacher
Published September 13, 2018

Police, firefighters respond to gas leak on UMN campus

by Natalie Rademacher and Max Chao
Published August 9, 2018
The University's Board of Regents talk at a meeting on June 10, 2016.

UMN accepting applications for presidential search committee

by Natalie Rademacher
Published August 6, 2018
University of Minnesota president Eric Kaler answers questions from members of MSA during a meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017.

Past University of Minnesota leaders reflect on Eric Kaler’s time in office

by Natalie Rademacher and Cleo Krejci
Published August 3, 2018
University President Eric Kaler fields questions after stepping down as president one year before his term is scheduled to end on July 13, 2018 at McNamara Alumni Center.

Faculty members across UMN system respond to Kaler’s announcement

by Natalie Rademacher and Hannah Ovcharchyn
Published July 18, 2018

UMN mentor program will use tech to boost grad rates

by Natalie Rademacher
Published December 13, 2017
A private testing space in the Disability Resource Center is seen on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at the McNamara Alumni Center. The DRC is seeking faculty help to support growing numbers of students using testing accommodations on campus, having administered 9,681 tests over the 2017 fiscal year.

UMN disability resource center struggles with testing demands

by Natalie Rademacher
Published December 11, 2017

UMN video game tournament attracts 300 competitors

by Natalie Rademacher
Published December 4, 2017

UMN will change fetal tissue research policy

by Natalie Rademacher
Published December 1, 2017

UMN employees push for parental leave equity

by Natalie Rademacher
Published November 28, 2017

University personnel plan review underway

by Natalie Rademacher
Published November 21, 2017
Facilities Support Supervisor Dana Donatucci, known to many as "The Recycling Guy," poses for a portrait among bales of recycled materials on Tuesday, Nov. 7 in Minneapolis. Donatucci has been in charge of all things recycling at the University for 30 years.

‘He is University of Minnesota recycling’: U employee seeks campus sustainability

by Natalie Rademacher
Published November 20, 2017
Hannah Bernardson, a business agent for the union group Teamsters Local 320, protests on Friday, Nov. 17, outside Morrill Hall in Minneapolis. The group is fighting for fair wages at the University of Minnesota.

Over 200 union protesters take to Morrill Hall

by Natalie Rademacher
Published November 17, 2017
President Eric Kaler delivers his State of the University address at Coffman Union Theater on Thursday, March 7, 2016.

Administrators seek to prevent sexual assault through culture change

by Natalie Rademacher
Published November 13, 2017
Sue Wick, Director of Undergraduate Studies for the College of Biological Sciences, speaks to the Senate Committee on Student Affairs about student mental health programs at Morrill Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 8.

‘Getting instructors on board’: Professor hopes to improve student mental health

by Natalie Rademacher
Published November 13, 2017
Ginger Jentzen speaks with supporters during her Election Day party at the Ukrainian Event Center on Nov. 7.

No winner in Ward 3 race Tuesday night

by Natalie Rademacher, Michael Achterling, and Kayla Song
Published November 8, 2017

New program at UMN aims to promote academic honesty on campus

by Natalie Rademacher
Published September 20, 2017
Ginger Jentzen, candidate for the Ward 3 City Council seat, poses for a photo outside her office in Northeast Minneapolis on Thursday, Aug. 31. Jentzen is known for her work with the $15 minimum wage movement in Minneapolis.

Ginger Jentzen aims to bring affordable housing, police reform to city council

by Natalie Rademacher
Published September 5, 2017

UMN professor dies in car crash in Czech Republic

by Natalie Rademacher
Published May 4, 2017

Phishing scam disguised as Google Docs hits UMN email accounts

by Natalie Rademacher
Published May 3, 2017
Computer Science freshman Arman Shah performs a magic trick in Coffman Memorial Union on Thursday, April 27, 2017. Shah has been performing for 7 years after teaching himself on YouTube.

‘I have never seen anything like it before’: UMN student tests his magic tricks on campus

by Natalie Rademacher
Published May 3, 2017
A prayer vigil is held for Chris Stanley at Oak Grove Lutheran Church on Wednesday, April 26, 2017.

Police: Search continues for missing UMN student who fell into Mississippi

by Natalie Rademacher
Published May 1, 2017
A large group walks past fraternities on Fraternity Row on March 10, 2017.

Advocates, more sex assault prevention training slated for UMN Greek members

by Natalie Rademacher
Published April 27, 2017
A prayer vigil is held for Chris Stanley at Oak Grove Lutheran Church on Wednesday, April 26, 2017.

Search underway for missing UMN student who fell into Mississippi; prayer vigil held

by Natalie Rademacher
Published April 27, 2017
Pedestrians bike on the West River Parkway trail under Washington Avenue bridge on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013. University students and faculty members disagree over whether to add concrete barriers to the sides to better prevent people jumping from the bridge.

UMN taskforce considers safety changes for Washington Avenue Bridge

by Natalie Rademacher
Published April 24, 2017
People view James Rosenquist's mural "World's Fair Mural" at Weisman Art Museum on April 12, 2017.

James Rosenquist, UMN alum and pop art icon, dies at 83

by Natalie Rademacher
Published April 20, 2017
Cars drive down I-94 under the 27th Ave SE bridge early on Tuesday morning. Proposed plans include increased access to the interstate with an access point in Prospect Park.

UMN plan will cut rates for campus night parking

by Natalie Rademacher
Published April 17, 2017
The Aurora Center director Katie Eichele leads a group exercise at the Aurora Center's all-volunteer training at Elliott Hall on Feb. 4, 2014. The goal of the exercise was to keep balloons, representing sexual assault victims, off the ground and emphasizes how agencies have different policies regarding sexual assault victims and how easy it is for the victims to fall through the cracks with miscommunication between agencies.

Students fundraise for Aurora Center; push for UMN to fund it

by Natalie Rademacher
Published April 12, 2017
Psychology professor Robert Krueger talks with the Minnesota Daily in his office in Elliot Hall on Monday, April 10, 2017. Krueger and his colleagues recently published a new psychiatric classification system called the Hierarchal Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTop).

UMN professor helps develop new method for mental health diagnoses

by Natalie Rademacher
Published April 12, 2017
Pioneer Hall, which does not currently hold up to many contemporary building codes, stands in the Super Block on the evening of Saturday Sept. 10, 2016.

UMN dorm advisors to get additional Title IX training for next school year

by Natalie Rademacher
Published April 6, 2017

UMN students to host mental health awareness event at Carlson

by Natalie Rademacher
Published April 5, 2017

UMN names new College of Design dean

by Natalie Rademacher
Published April 4, 2017
Student body president, Abeer Syedah, talks during a beer with Abeer at Stub and Herb's on Friday March 24, 2017 in Minneapolis

‘A beer with Abeer’: An update on UMN student government

by Natalie Rademacher
Published March 29, 2017
Aurora Center director Katie Eichele speaks at the Dismantling Campus Rape Culture Panel on Saturday, Mar, 25. 2017.

UMN panel discusses solutions to end campus rape culture

by Natalie Rademacher
Published March 27, 2017
Minnesota Student Association president and vice-president candidates make their opening statements at the MSA Debate in Coffman Memorial Union Theatre on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017.

After elections, Minnesota Student Association looks to ease tensions

by Natalie Rademacher
Published March 23, 2017
Environmental science and management sophomore Claudia Althoen explains the Minnesota Student Association's organics initiative to student Paige Adams in Yudof Hall on Friday, March 10, 2017.

MSA eyes long-term goal of increasing UMN campus recycling

by Natalie Rademacher
Published March 23, 2017
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