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A University of Minnesota alumna with expertise in education. An emergency room doctor overseeing university research. A nuclear engineering professor who's spent years working as a provost. When regents meet Monday to select the next U president, they'll choose from three finalists with deep experience in different facets of higher education. And student and faculty leaders will be closely ...

Athletics certainly are not the most important thing happening on campus. But they will play an outsized role in the school's reputation and the next president's success.

Created: May 05, 2021 09:12 PM Until losing his seat on the Board of Regents earlier this year, Michael Hsu was one of the loudest and most critical voices at the University of Minnesota.   Now a chorus of lawmakers, faculty, and a former governor say Hsu was targeted by a well-financed campaign involving some of his own former colleagues. Some are even requesting the state's legislative auditor to launch a formal investigation of lobbying efforts involving a political action committee that has received thousands of dollars in contributions and public support from four regents an...

Submitted by Michelle Christopherson, Director of Outreach and Engagement Crookston Times     The equine arena in the University Teaching and Outreach Center (UTOC) on the University of Minnesota Crookston Campus will be named the Charles H. Casey Equine Arena in honor of the former Chancellor and U of M Regent.     The All-University Honors Committee met and concluded in favor of the nomination by UMN President Emeritus Robert Bruininks, UMN Crookston Chancellor Emeritus Donald Sargeant and current Chancellor Mary Holz-Clause, Assistant to the Chancellor Judith Neppel, retired and UMN ...