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Things are looking up at the fair

U astronomy students set up a solar telescope designed to offer passersby views of the sun. Once again, the U’s building at the Minnesota State Fair is a smorgasbord of activities, exhibits, and entertainment.

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Building our students' futures

With its state-of-the-art classrooms and one-stop student services, a new University building represents one of the country's biggest investments in educating students and preparing them for their careers.

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Giving back in a big way

Over the past year, University of Minnesota student-athletes like Austin Lubinsky have found time in their hectic schedules to donate upwards of 8,700 hours to volunteer activities. Along the way, they've put smiles on a lot of faces.

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Freeing the innocent

As a law student in the U’s Innocence Clinic, Hans Anderson (here with clinic overseer Julie Jonas) dreamed of helping free people wrongly imprisoned. When the clinic took the case of Koua Fong Lee, Anderson’s dream came true.

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A map of a different color

On the surface, Rebecca Krinke’s latest public art piece seems straightforward enough: a giant laser-cut map of the Twin Cities. But once people began coloring in places of joy and pain, it became an unexpected vehicle for emotional release.

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