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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

All content by Nikki Pederson
Strategic communications sophomore Schuyler McKinley sifts through trash from Coffman Marketplace food court that wasn't already tossed into the correct recycling, compost or waste bin on Wednesday, April 18 in outside Williamson Hall.

Hennepin County enacts new organics requirements, but UMN is one step ahead

by Nikki Pederson
Published December 11, 2018

University receives specialty crop grants from Department of Agriculture

by Nikki Pederson
Published December 10, 2018
Illustrated by Jane Borstad

U.S. climate report highlights environmental problems facing Midwest

by Nikki Pederson
Published December 3, 2018

Researchers to develop robust power resources that can withstand increasing natural disasters

by Nikki Pederson
Published November 28, 2018

Research Roundup: foodbourne illnesses and stopping cancer cells

by Nikki Pederson
Published November 26, 2018

Researchers identify lack of surgical care for rural Ugandan children

by Nikki Pederson
Published November 20, 2018

Betsy DeVos proposes new sexual assault and misconduct rules

by Nikki Pederson
Published November 16, 2018
Illustrated by Hailee Schievelbein

Diet, health and environment challenges are interconnected, report says

by Nikki Pederson
Published November 15, 2018

Researchers find errors in study about warming ocean temperatures

by Nikki Pederson
Published November 15, 2018

Oceans are retaining 60 percent more heat than previously thought, study says

by Nikki Pederson
Published November 13, 2018

In light of opioid crisis, researchers find ways to treat pain without prescription drugs

by Nikki Pederson
Published November 6, 2018

After 15 years, study reveals dieting differences between genders

by Nikki Pederson
Published November 5, 2018

Researchers to analyze sex trafficking networks

by Nikki Pederson
Published November 1, 2018

UMN leads project to bring awareness to pedestrian fatalaties

by Nikki Pederson
Published October 29, 2018

Research Roundup: rural road fatalities and 3D stem cell research

by Nikki Pederson
Published October 25, 2018
Illustrated by Hailee Schievelbein

University students sponsored to attend women engineer convention

by Nikki Pederson
Published October 22, 2018

Researchers discover way to slow aging process

by Nikki Pederson
Published October 15, 2018
The University of Minnesota chapter of College Republicans' panel on the Washington Avenue Bridge is seen on Saturday, Oct. 13. The group's panel was vandalized overnight.

Conservative group’s bridge mural vandalized for third year in a row

by Nikki Pederson
Published October 13, 2018
Student Nicole Lyren gets a flu shot at a walk-in clinic at Boynton Health Dec. 8, 2015.

UMN preps for flu season

by Nikki Pederson
Published October 9, 2018
Illustrated by Jane Borstad

UMN researchers study centuries-old star collision

by Nikki Pederson
Published October 8, 2018

Gonorrhea could be antibiotic resistant in the next decade

by Nikki Pederson
Published October 2, 2018

Research Roundup: Bike safety and city planning

by Nikki Pederson
Published September 27, 2018

UMN researchers to use machine learning to observe global change

by Nikki Pederson
Published September 26, 2018
University Mathematics Professor Svitlana Mayboroda conducts research using physics and analysis in her office at Vincent Hall on Tuesday, Sept.18. Mayboroda is not teaching classes this semester, instead focusing on the research.

UMN Researchers receive $8 million to study waves

by Nikki Pederson
Published September 20, 2018

New child care options planned for Twin Cities

by Nikki Pederson
Published September 20, 2018

UMN announces new child care options for Twin Cities campus

by Nikki Pederson
Published September 18, 2018
The College of Biological Sciences Conservatory as seen on Monday, Sept. 10 in St. Paul. Construction for a new conservatory begins in October.

CBS to build new conservatory to replace outdated building

by Nikki Pederson
Published September 13, 2018
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. 

Renewed funding for environmental research extends UMN’s reach

by Nikki Pederson
Published September 10, 2018
Julie Garvin poses outside of Moos Tower where the majority of her nursing studies are conducted. Garvin developed respiratory symptoms in August, leading her to believe that poor air quality linked to recent wildfires are the cause for her symptoms.

Wildfire smoke impacts University of Minnesota student health

by Nikki Pederson
Published September 5, 2018
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