Eddy Hall on the U of M’s Twin Cities campus is getting ready for a makeover. The work would not only preserve the exterior of the historic building, but remake the interior for modern use. According to a story from Finance and Commerce, the U of M is currently seeking proposals for the $11.25 million Read more →
Never mind the challenge of getting in to the University of Minnesota or even paying for it. Getting to the Twin Cities campus could become more difficult. Noticed this in Dan Olson’s story yesterday about potential Metro Transit cutbacks: Officials say the highly-used service to the University of Minnesota, which constitutes most of Metro Transit’s Read more →
Minneapolis — U.S. Sen. Al Franken visits the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on Friday to visit medical research labs and speak at a conference. The first-term Democrat delivers a speech at a conference on environmentally friendly chemistry at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Afterward, he will visit two university labs where researchers are Read more →
Nice little year-round look at the U — You mean spring, summer and fall exist? — with a few New Year’s greetings thrown in.
A magazine production class in the University of Minnesota’s journalism school is making ambiguity the theme of its magazine, Blur. It’s the culmination of a semester’s worth of student work — what the U calls “an investigation of the blurring lines between culture, food and music in today’s society.” Available both online and on paper Read more →
Just got this from the University of Minnesota: Tom Sullivan, the University of Minnesota’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, today appointed a committee to begin the search for a new dean for the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. In January 2011, current dean Brian Atwood will take leave from the university to Read more →
I want to see the majority of my tuition going toward the salaries of professors and teaching assistants instead of unnecessary renovations and technology. Our education comes from humans. Should we really be covering every inch of the Science Teaching and Student Services building in high-definition televisions while many students can no longer afford to Read more →
The Minnesota Daily reports that Katie Brenny, who resigned in October as the University of Minnesota’s associate women’s head golf coach after only two months on the job, is gearing up to sue the U on charges of discrimination: Brenny is openly gay and has a female partner. When asked if the alleged discrimination involved Read more →
Watch as thousands of members of the Class of 2014 do their Welcome Week thing in TCF Bank Stadium — the second year they’ve pulled it off. The formation begins around the 0:27 mark.
I’m in Prof. Brad Hokanson’s Storytelling and Narrative class in the College of Design, and the 18 freshmen with me are about to put some of their old habits behind them. They’ve come to learn how to communicate more effectively by crafting a narrative rather than just spewing facts. They’ll learn how to structure knowledge Read more →