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Students can expect updates to Course Works for the spring semester.
UMN Bookstore reflects on Course Works program
by Mady Leick
Published September 22, 2024

The opt-out deadline for Course Works was Sept. 16, leaving students who opted in with the University of Minnesota’s new textbook service introduced...

Protestors silenced Cunningham’s inaugural speech for over four minutes as members of staff struggled to contain activists in Northrop Hall.
Protesters disrupt President Cunningham’s inauguration
by Olivia Hines and Tyler Church
Published September 19, 2024

President Rebecca Cunningham’s inauguration on Wednesday started as a success. There are 2,692 seats in Northrop Auditorium according to Andria...

Palestine protest march Sept. 5.
Protest tensions echo 1985 fight for South Africa divestment
by Hannah Ward and Samantha Siedow
Published September 17, 2024

Mistrust in administration, protesters facing off with police and the Board of Regents declining to divest from a foreign country may sound familiar...

Rebecca Cunningham at the Board of Regents meeting Friday, Sept. 13.
UMN President Rebecca Cunningham breaks down her recommended budget request
by Samantha Siedow
Published September 16, 2024

Editor's Note: This article has been updated for greater context. University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham announced her recommended...

Cunningham discussed tuition increases and campus safety.
Cunningham shares presidency goals
by Olivia Hines
Published September 3, 2024

On Thursday, University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham discussed her administration’s goals regarding affordability, increasing...

Croson received an 80% “no-confidence” vote from the CLA Assembly on June 26.
Provost Croson to select academic freedom review committee
by Olivia Hines
Published September 16, 2024

In a systemwide email sent July 15, University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham appointed Provost Rachel Croson to create a faculty-led...

The UMN CLA Assembly passed a vote of no confidence June 24.
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies director search pause raises academic freedom concerns
by Georgia Jensen
Published August 12, 2024

In his last weeks as Interim President of the University of Minnesota, Jeff Ettinger withdrew a job offer for director of the Center for Holocaust...

After a century and a half, international students at UMN say it is not easy to adjust to life on campus.
International Student and Scholar Services celebrates 150 years of international students
by Tyler Church
Published September 11, 2024

The University of Minnesota’s International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) is celebrating 150 years of international students on campus.  The...

The program was launched in September 2022 and received positive feedback.
UMN students say Dinkytown Alerts was a good idea, executed poorly
by Georgia Jensen
Published July 1, 2024

Since its pilot launch in September 2022, Dinkytown Alerts has informed students and community members about crimes within Dinkytown. The...

Minnesota student literacy scores hit decade low
Minnesota student literacy scores hit decade low
by Mady Leick
Published September 11, 2024

New data reveals only 49% of Minnesota students are proficient in reading,  a decade low for students' reading scores, according to data from...

Protestors attending the meeting shouted several chants and held signs saying “There’s no neutrality in genocide” and “Divest from genocide.”
UMN Board adopts “institutional neutrality” on divestment
by Olivia Hines
Published August 27, 2024

Protestors attended the University of Minnesota Board of Regents special meeting Tuesday, asking the regents to vote no on a resolution establishing...

The group of engineers was led by UMN professor Ognjen Ilic. Image Courtesy of Ognjen Ilic.
UMN engineers launch state flag into space
by Georgia Jensen
Published August 3, 2024

A team of engineers from the University of Minnesota sent the new Minnesota state flag into space on July 17. The experiment tested how certain...

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