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All content by Raju Chaduvula
A view outside of Blegen Hall on West Bank on Monday July 3. A robbery was reported at this location at around 4:45 a.m.

Two robbed at knifepoint on campus

by Raju Chaduvula
Published July 5, 2017

University of Minnesota student takes on payday lending

by Raju Chaduvula
Published May 4, 2017
Students resume their day outside Anderson Hall on West Bank Monday late afternoon

Mandating diversity statements in hiring are wrong, Oregon professor says

by Raju Chaduvula
Published May 4, 2017
Professor June Carbone teaches a property law course in Mondale Hall on Wednesday, April 26, 2017.

A new study shows 80 percent of UMN Law School faculty are liberal. Some say that could hurt education.

by Raju Chaduvula
Published May 1, 2017
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.

UMN Nursing School curriculum will focus to substance abuse among nurses

by Raju Chaduvula
Published April 26, 2017
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.

UMN gets $4.5 million to fight invasive species

by Raju Chaduvula
Published April 20, 2017
An image of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs from October 2016.

UMN student has bailed 39 people out of jail — now he wants reform

by Raju Chaduvula
Published April 10, 2017
Champlain intern at Fairview Wenson Masoka and policy research analyst for the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Sarah Radosevich talk during a small group session at "Welcoming Immigrants to our Communities" held at University Lutheran Church of Hope on Saturday afternoon. The event hoped to spark discussion on what it means to be an immigrant in light of Amy Klobuchar's immigration reform bill that passed the senate in June.

UMN creates team to help those affected by immigration policies

by Raju Chaduvula
Published April 3, 2017
Abdullahi Sheikh explains what high cholesterol is during a healthcare program that educates immigrant and refugee seniors in the Brian Coyle Center on Friday, Mar. 31, 2017.

West Bank program helps seniors learn to manage health

by Raju Chaduvula
Published April 3, 2017
The Coalition to Increase Teachers of Color and American Indian Teachers in Minnesota is working to increase students' access to diverse teachers in the state.

Group seeks to double amount of nonwhite teachers in state

by Raju Chaduvula
Published March 30, 2017
The University of Minnesota adult dentistry clinic at the Riverside Professional Building on Sunday, Mar. 26, 2017.

UMN reverses decision to close Cedar-Riverside dental clinic

by Raju Chaduvula
Published March 27, 2017
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.

Minneapolis police create new division for community outreach

by Raju Chaduvula
Published March 23, 2017
A lone student treks across the pedestrian mall in subzero temperatures while school was closed Jan. 27.

UMN ranks third in nation for Peace Corps volunteers

by Raju Chaduvula
Published March 9, 2017
A lone student treks across the pedestrian mall in subzero temperatures while school was closed Jan. 27.

UMN officials trying to fix gap between white, black student graduation

by Raju Chaduvula
Published March 6, 2017
A lone student treks across the pedestrian mall in subzero temperatures while school was closed Jan. 27.

UMN graduation rates for black students among worst in nation, study finds

by Raju Chaduvula
Published March 3, 2017
Students resume their day outside Anderson Hall on West Bank Monday late afternoon

UMN students and legislators meet to discuss rising tuition costs

by Raju Chaduvula
Published March 3, 2017
Andrea Jenkins, a former Minneapolis City Council policy aide and Transgender Oral History Project curator, poses for a portrait outside Blegen Hall on the West Bank on June 2, 2016.

UMN archivist could be Minneapolis’ first transgender council member

by Raju Chaduvula
Published February 27, 2017

Cedar-Riverside legal clinic aims to provide support for immigrants

by Raju Chaduvula
Published February 20, 2017
Tartan High School Genders Sexuality Alliance member Gabe Marcotte speaks during Skyview Middle School's meeting with UMN social studies education associate professor J.B. Mayo at Tartan High School on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. The meeting educated teachers how to use language properly when speaking about gender and sexuality.

UMN professor helps include LGBTQ history into public school curriculum

by Raju Chaduvula
Published February 16, 2017
Somali refugee Hodan Mursal, right, works with members of the Refugee Resettlement Program to complete paperwork to formally settle her into her new home in South Minneapolis on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.

‘I thought I had lost everything’: Minnesota’s Somali community faces uncertainty with travel ban

by Ryan Faircloth and Raju Chaduvula
Published February 13, 2017
Ashley Crook holds her nearly two-year-old daughter Charlotte in the Glendale Community Townhomes on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017.

Competing interests have complicated future of Glendale Community Townhomes

by Nick Wicker and Raju Chaduvula
Published February 13, 2017
A screenshot from the #ImmigrationSyllabus website, which compiles articles, scholarship, first-hand accounts and books on U.S. immigration.

UMN’s #ImmigrationSyllabus provides historical context on U.S. immigration

by Raju Chaduvula
Published February 6, 2017
A screenshot of Umbra search, is a University-led digital archive that houses African American historical materials.

UMN-led site makes African American historical materials more accessible

by Raju Chaduvula
Published February 1, 2017
University President Eric Kaler presents during a meeting on March 12, 2013, at the Minnesota state Capitol.

President Kaler responds to Trump’s immigration executive order

by Kevin Beckman and Raju Chaduvula
Published January 31, 2017
Nuredin Dahir works on lighting LED lights at the Ka Joog mentorship program in the Riverside Mall on Nov. 5, 2016. Ka Joog, a non-profit aimed at helping Somali youth, started the mentorship program in March and collaborates with University mentors to teach kids about STEM fields.

Cedar-Riverside groups receive federal funding to combat extremism

by Raju Chaduvula
Published January 26, 2017
A shopper walks through a strip of stores on Tuesday Jan. 24. at Village Market in Minneapolis.

New mall for Somali residents proposed in Philips neighborhood

by Raju Chaduvula
Published January 25, 2017
Politician and Ward 6 Minneapolis City Councilmember Abdi Warsame.

Minneapolis will get more funding to investigate hate crimes

by Raju Chaduvula
Published January 19, 2017
Owner Abdirahman Kahin help prepare orders during a lunch rush on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, the second to last day of being open at Afro Deli's West Bank location in Minneapolis.

Minneapolis gives small businesses a leg up on contracts under $100K

by Raju Chaduvula
Published January 17, 2017

U plan aims to foster communication between coordinate campuses

by Raju Chaduvula
Published December 12, 2016

With Kaler’s OK, student services fees allocation changes to be formally approved

by Raju Chaduvula
Published December 7, 2016
A preliminary rendering shows the bird's eye view of the new Bunge Tower development.

Bunge Tower will be redeveloped into apartment complex

by Raju Chaduvula
Published December 7, 2016
The University's Board of Regents talk at a meeting on June 10, 2016.

Board of Regents review past semester; look forward to spring

by Raju Chaduvula
Published December 6, 2016

Professors: Course evaluations necessary, but flawed

by Raju Chaduvula
Published November 30, 2016
Larry Jacobs lectures in his Presidential Leadership and American Democracy class on Dec. 11, 2012 in Blegen Hall.

U experts discuss Trump’s potential impact on the press

by Raju Chaduvula
Published November 23, 2016
Afro Deli owner Abdirahman Kahin stands in his restaurant in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood on June 20, 2016. The West Bank store will close on Nov. 17, but Kahin plans to reopen the restaurant in Stadium Village, eventually intending to return to the West Bank community in a new location.

Afro Deli says it will close its West Bank location this month

by Raju Chaduvula
Published November 7, 2016
Minnesota Student Association President Abeer Syedah speaks in support of Hillary Clinton at Northrop Auditorium on Oct. 4, 2016 ahead of Sen. Bernie Sanders' speech.

For some student-leaders, navigating the terrain of personal beliefs can be tricky

by Rilyn Eischens and Raju Chaduvula
Published November 3, 2016
Source: University of Minnesota, OIR

Despite U initiatives, representation remains low for faculty of color

by Raju Chaduvula
Published October 27, 2016
Source: MN Daily archives

Paranomal studies research continues despite holes in research, proof

by Raju Chaduvula
Published October 19, 2016

Former student’s sexual harassment lawsuit in final stages before trial

by Raju Chaduvula
Published October 17, 2016
Left to right, University faculty Samanth Gopinanth, Mary Pogatshnik, Rob Stewart, Aaron Sojourner and Joel Waldfogel speak at a community forum on faculty unionization cohosted by the Faculty Consultative Committee and the Minnesota Daily in the Coffman Theater on Monday afternoon.

A brief history of the faculty union push at the University of Minnesota

by Raju Chaduvula
Published October 13, 2016

University of Minnesota wants state to reconsider union ruling

by Raju Chaduvula
Published October 3, 2016
As the protest grew more restless, police tried to get students out of the mall area. Police broke the protester lines by shooting nearly 40 canisters of mild tear gas and pepper fogger into the crowd. Soon after, Governor Wendell Anderson called in the National Guard to help police get the protest under control.

9 photos of the University of Minnesota’s massive 1972 anti-war protest

by Raju Chaduvula
Published October 3, 2016
In the 1960s, a former University professor hoped to model a city after a machine

In the 1960s, a former University professor hoped to model a city after a machine

by Raju Chaduvula
Published September 26, 2016

At University, single women barred from birth control pills in 70s

by Raju Chaduvula
Published September 22, 2016
University Director of Marching and Athletic Bands Betsy McCann directs a football pre-game performance at TCF Bank Stadium on Sept. 1, 2016. McCann is the first female director of a marching band the University has had, as well as in the Big 10.

For University of Minnesota Marching Band Director, a historic ‘surprise’

by Raju Chaduvula
Published September 15, 2016
Minnesota Daily Archive Photo of Dr. John T. Tate, Dr. H. A. Erikson and Dr. John H. Williams during the construction of the Van de Graaff , image originally published July 26, 1938.

In 1938, the University of Minnesota tried to ‘smash’ apart atoms

by Raju Chaduvula
Published September 9, 2016

In the last 100 years, the need for Medical School lab space has not lessened

by Raju Chaduvula
Published September 8, 2016

Shooting of Philando Castile spurs public discussion; Turner forms new task force

by Raju Chaduvula
Published August 29, 2016
Campers are taught dance moves at All in the Circle Nature Camp at Prospect Park United Methodist Church on Monday morning. The camp, offered to kids in first through eighth grade, aims to connect children with nature and create a culture of kindness.

Prospect Park camp gets kids outdoors

by Raju Chaduvula
Published August 29, 2016
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.

Rondo, Prospect Park push I-94 changes

by Raju Chaduvula
Published July 27, 2016
Members of the Prospect Park Association take a tour of utility boxes in the area that have been wrapped in art by local artists. The project was completed in an effort to stop graffiti and bring beauty to the neighborhood.

Local utility box art paints Prospect Park

by Raju Chaduvula
Published July 20, 2016
The Dinkytown Greenway's funding is in question after a two-year struggle to convince the University of Minnesota to put up signs on the path that would tell users of the Greenway where they are. The University does not want to be liable for damage to the signs.

Greenway information project falters

by Raju Chaduvula
Published July 13, 2016

For Glendale, designation is key objective

by Raju Chaduvula
Published July 6, 2016

Experts weigh Brexit woes

by Raju Chaduvula
Published June 29, 2016
A biker rides down 20th Ave S in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood on the morning of 28 June. Minneapolis city council members Abdi Warsame and Elizabeth Glidden are working on a bill which would prevent landlords from denying prospective renters based solely on their Section 8 status.

Officials vie for housing availability

by Raju Chaduvula
Published June 29, 2016

New Opportunity Center nears its funding goal

by Raju Chaduvula
Published June 22, 2016
A group plays a game of pick-up basketball at Holmes Park located in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood of Minneapolis. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board has money designated for renovations that are set to start in 2018.

Marcy-Holmes parks need renovations

by Raju Chaduvula
Published June 22, 2016

University awards Prince with honorary doctorate

by Raju Chaduvula
Published June 15, 2016

Como housing pending approval

by Raju Chaduvula
Published June 8, 2016
The Witch's Hat Tower sits in Prospect Park on Monday evening. On May 23, the Prospect Park Association voted on bylaw amendments that would have reserved a spot on their Board for student residents. The bylaw amendments did not pass, but will be revisited in later in June.

Association members fail to pass bylaws

by Raju Chaduvula
Published June 1, 2016

Oromo people seek more recognition

by Raju Chaduvula
Published June 1, 2016
Sophomore Thiago Heilman stands outside of Murphy Hall Wednesday afternoon. Heilman is an immigrant from Brazil who came to the U.S. as an undocumented child and was unable to attend university until President Obama passed the law Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in 2012.

Project helps immigrants share stories

by Raju Chaduvula
Published October 1, 2015

Funds to fix health buildings

by Raju Chaduvula
Published September 24, 2015

New tool compares college data

by Raju Chaduvula
Published September 22, 2015

University rolling out an upgraded system for noncredit students

by Raju Chaduvula
Published September 15, 2015

Obama rolls out FAFSA changes

by Raju Chaduvula
Published September 14, 2015
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