Two people were robbed on the University of Minnesota West Bank campus on Monday.The robbery occurred around 4:45 a.m. at the Blegen Hall bus stop on Washington Avenue, according to a University of Minnesota...
For the past three years, one University of Minnesota student has battled payday lending.Adam Rao, a graduating MBA candidate at the Carlson School of Management, has worked with two different companies...
Mandating that faculty members support university diversity initiatives may betray an ideological bias, according to an Oregon Association of Scholars report.The report, released in March, said imposing...
Ideological imbalances in law school faculty across the nation may not prepare students for legal careers, according to an article by a Case Western Reserve University law professor.While some professors...
The University of Minnesota School of Nursing is placing a new focus on issues of addiction among registered nurses — an issue rarely covered in nursing programs. The School of Nursing incorporated...
Armed with $4.5 million from the state, the University of Minnesota is funding 11 new projects to combat the spread of invasive species.Species like oak wilt fungus, emerald ash borer and gypsy moth will...
Since last fall, Simon Cecil has bailed 39 people out of jail — some for as little as $78.Cecil, a third-year graduate student in a dual degree program at the Carlson School of Management and the...
To address concerns over the effect of immigration policies on students, University of Minnesota administrators have created a new team to field questions.The new group, called the Immigration Response...
While immigrating to the U.S. can be stressful, living in a small apartment with food readily available and not needing to walk long distances to work can also cause health problems for new arrivals.To...
Growing up in a small Dakota community in southwest Minnesota and attending public school, Vanessa Goodthunder never saw a Native American teacher leading her classes.Goodthunder, a teacher candidate at...
Months after announcing the closure of a financially struggling University of Minnesota dental clinic in Cedar-Riverside, dentistry school leaders have decided to keep it open.Input from community members...
In an effort to ease its relationship with the city’s communities, the Minneapolis Police Department has created a new division to run all of its outreach initiatives.The Community and Collaborative...
For the second year in a row, the University of Minnesota has the third highest number of graduates who signed on to be Peace Corps volunteers.Seventy 2016 U graduates joined the Peace Corps — behind...
The University of Minnesota is among the worst schools in the nation for black students’ college completion, a report released Wednesday found.The report, commissioned by the Education Trust —...
While more African-American students are going to college, disparities still remain when it comes to graduation rates a report released Wednesday said. The problem exists at the University of Minnesota...
Part of a nationwide, daylong movement, University of Minnesota students and faculty members met with elected officials at a forum Wednesday to discuss ways to make college tuition more affordable.The...
Come November, Minneapolis could see its first transgender City Council member.Andrea Jenkins, an archivist and lead of University of Minnesota’s Transgender Oral History Project, is running for the...
Immigration lawyers and volunteers set up a clinic to help Cedar-Riverside residents traverse the now uncertain status of immigrants and refugees in the U.S.But the clinic on Wednesday at the Brian Coyle...
When the Civil Rights Movement is taught in classes, historical actors like Bayard Rustin are often overlooked.And though Rustin — a gay man who was a companion of Martin Luther King Jr. —...
Fartun Ahmed hasn’t seen her mother in 12 years.Ahmed — a 28-year-old Minneapolis resident from Somalia — applied for an immigrant visa for her mother in 2015. Ahmed’s mother, also from...
Glendale Community Townhomes residents were mingling with their Prospect Park neighbors in 2014 when they heard second-hand their homes could disappear.Three years later, some residents of the public housing...
In the wake of President Donald Trump’s travel ban and public outrage surrounding the policy, a University of Minnesota site is compiling a history of immigration in the United States to give perspective...
From handwritten 17th-century letters to underground hip hop albums from the 1970s, a whole bevy of African-American historical artifacts are now available via the University of Minnesota’s Umbra search.The...
University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler released a statement Sunday night expressing concern over President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting immigration from seven predominantly Muslim...
Two Minneapolis nonprofit organizations have received grants from Building Community Resilience — a controversial program that has been the focus of protests and criticism in the Cedar-Riverside...
Village Market, a vibrant collection of shops geared toward the needs of Somali-American residents, may soon have competition.A new plan from Ward 6 Minneapolis City Council Member Abdi Warsame, proposes...
After a contentious election year with issues of race coming to the forefront, the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights is receiving more funding to investigate hate crimes and acts of discrimination.Ward...
For small businesses, local stores and mom and pop shops, going up against big franchise businesses is never easy.To promote and maintain small businesses in Minneapolis, the city began the Target Market...
Leaders at the University of Minnesota’s coordinate campuses say they’re left out of system-wide decisions.The school’s System-Wide Strategic Planning Committee presented its findings from a...
The University of Minnesota is expected to formally adopt an overhauled student fee allocation process later this week. The recommendations were sent to University President Eric Kaler last month after...
A University of Minnesota neighborhood landmark is now a step closer to its planned redevelopment.The Namaste Apartments project, which would convert the Bunge Tower in Southeast Como, received $1.2 million...
As the semester comes to a close, the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents will meet Thursday and Friday to review the past semester while looking forward to spring.Agenda items include tuition...
Professors are supposed to use course evaluation results to see how they measure up to students’ needs, but some say the information isn’t useful.While the required course evaluations administered...
As president-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the press — tasked with being the “eyes and ears of the public” — finds itself at a turbulent crossroads.Experts at the University...
After six years of operation on Riverside Avenue, Afro Deli — a culinary staple on the West Bank — is closing its doors this month with plans to relocate.The restaurant will close on Nov. 17...
For Minnesota Student Association to maintain its school funding, the group must remain nonpartisan and strive to represent the entire student body. Still, many of the group’s members, as well as its...
In reaction to a year of protests, the University of Minnesota began to hire more faculty of color last year, but some say it’s not enough. The University hired four faculty members in ethnic studies...
Paranormal studies once took place at the University of Minnesota, and though the probability of its merit is low, the research lives on. University researchers conducted experiments that looked for proof...
A Minnesota
Court of Appeals decision filed earlier this month could bring a former
University of Minnesota doctoral student’s sexual harassment case closer to
trial after almost a year. Stephanie
Jenkins...
To the University of Minnesota, faculty unionization attempts are nothing new. Thus far, neither is the outcome.University faculty members have tried to unionize three times — in 1978, 1981 and 1996...
The University of Minnesota wants the state’s Bureau of Mediation Services to reconsider a ruling from September that grouped faculty such as lecturers and teaching specialists with tenured faculty in...
In response to President Richard Nixon’s order
to blockade the northern Vietnamese coast — mining Haiphong Harbor, and in
effect, continuing the Vietnam War — a massive, 3,000-person protest...
A geodesic dome, atomic power and pretzel-flavored beer cans were all figments of a University of Minnesota professor’s failed experimental city.In the early 1960s, Athelstan Spilhaus — a world-renowned...
At the University of Minnesota in the 1960s and 1970s, doctors denied single female students birth control pills while married or engaged women were not.In 1970, an unmarried University graduate student’s...
Nearly half a century after the University of Minnesota Marching Band begrudgingly welcomed its first female percussionist, a woman is running the show.Betsy McCann is the first female marching and athletic...
For about 40 years, nuclear physicists at the University of Minnesota smashed atoms in hopes of discovering what lies beyond. In 1938, a machine called the ‘Van de Graaff’ was built behind...
In the last century at the University of Minnesota, modes of research have changed, but the persistent need for lab space has endured — even since the early days of the University Medical School.“It...
In the weeks after the fatal police shooting of Philando Castile, community members have coalesced, urging city leaders to implement sweeping reforms to police conduct in the Twin Cities.Two separate public...
In a church hall, the sound of reverberating drumbeats cued the beginning of festivities at a new kids’ camp in Prospect Park.Previously held in Wayzata and Minnetonka for the past seven years, the camp...
For the first time since its inception, the functional and neighborhood impact of Interstate 94 will get another look.At a two-day “Every Place Counts Design Challenge” workshop held last week, residents...
A project to distinguish the Prospect Park neighborhood from others was showcased on a tour for residents Thursday.The project, led by the Prospect Park Association, recruited local artists to design artwork...
After two years of preparation and designs, a Dinkytown Greenway project has stalled.
The Connecting U Neighborhoods project, designed to build kiosks and direction signage for users of the Dinkytown Greenway,...
The Prospect Park Association has officially asked for a historic designation for a complex of low income townhomes to help thwart its demolition.
The resolution — passed last week by the Prospect...
On Thursday, Britain voted to leave the European Union after a 43-year stint with the bloc. Britain will become the first country to relinquish its EU membership.
Following the referendum — with...
Minneapolis officials are drafting an amendment to up housing accessibility to address issues faced by Section 8 voucher holders.
Ward 6 City Council member Abdi Warsame and Ward 8 council member Elizabeth...
To fight Cedar-Riverside unemployment, a community-based project is looking to gain more funding.
The Cedar Riverside Opportunity Center is designed to provide career and job opportunities through training...
As the University of Minnesota’s Marcy-Holmes neighborhood grows, its parks have seen more wear and tear.The Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board will soon...
He went by Prince, then an unpronounceable glyph, and now another moniker has been added to the mix: Dr. Prince.
On Friday, the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents unanimously voted...
A University of Minnesota neighborhood is seeking city approval to bring it up to par with other area associations.
The Como Blueprint outlines development and expansion in the Southeast Como neighborhood...
More student engagement will have to wait at least another month as proposed structural changes were rejected at a Prospect Park neighborhood meeting.
Last week, proposed bylaw amendments were voted down...
In search of recognition, a cultural group that feels like it’s been undercounted in Minnesota
is looking to calculate its exact population in the state.
The Oromo Cultural Institute...
Thiago Heilman first came to the United States from Brazil 20 years ago. The undeclared University of Minnesota sophomore remained undocumented until 2012, when President Obama announced undocumented...
The University of Minnesota plans to improve existing health buildings or build new ones in an effort to improve education facilities.
As part of the 2016 capital request, school officials plan...
The College Scorecard initiative launched earlier this month by President Obama marks another effort by the administration to increase the number of Americans with college degrees.
The scorecard...
A new online academic platform at the University of Minnesota will make signing up for classes easier for noncredit students.
In the past, resources for students not earning credits were housed...
President Obama continues his efforts to reform education and college affordability. This morning, the President joined his U.S. Education Secretary to discuss the changes the Free Application for the...
