Say hello to the world's new greetings
May 13, 2020, Covid-19
Covid-19 has fundamentally changed the way we interact, and physical greetings with potential to spread the virus are among its cultural casualties. But the ways people around the world are adapting to this new reality suggests that we haven’t yet lost the human urge to say “hello”... Continue reading Lake Love stories: They're like family to us
Aug. 20 2018, Top Story
For Alan Ferguson, the bodies of water that make up the Yahara chain of lakes are like family... Continue reading Federal Regulations play a key role in UMN scholarship distribution
Sep. 9, 2018, In-Depth
Not all incoming University of Minnesota students know where their federal aid will end up this fall... Continue reading Madison playground part of national movement
Aug. 20 2018, Top Story
This fall, Madison’s Elver Park will host everything from space-like pods to soaring bridges to whimsically nautical teeter-totters... Continue reading AP wire story
A haven for Native American students: decades-old tuition waiver supports Morris students
Oct. 10 2018, Top Story
The American Indian Tuition Waiver, which is still utilized today, dates back to the Morris campus's history as a boarding school... Continue reading Madison homeless shelter struggles to stay open a year after funding cut
Aug. 21 2018, Homelessness in Madison
After losing $350,000 in federal grants last year, residents and employees at the Madison homeless shelter Safe Haven say it has survived but is struggling... Continue reading Most read of the summer!
Explorers brave Twin Cities underground
Aug. 2, 2017, In-Depth
Deep below St. Paul’s streets sprawls a web of abandoned utility tunnels, the remnants of a once-great underground service system... Continue reading Bad girls, beautiful communities
Nov, 28, 2016, Features
From a second floor balcony, the sport appears downright elegant: agile bodies swing around a track, weaving in between one another in an entrancing orbit, bodies ricocheting with ease and elasticity. Trackside, however, the scene transforms...Continue reading (page 13) |