Mark ZdechlikThe University of Minnesota is stepping up security following an alleged attempted armed robbery that shut down the West Bank campus for about an hour Monday. In an email to students and faculty, U of M President Eric Kaler referred to a rash of recent robberies and other crimes on and near the Minneapolis campus. Read more →
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Tim PostEddy 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 →
Bill WarehamNever 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 →
Alex FriedrichMinneapolis — 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 →
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 →