By: Brian Edwards

With rising childcare costs and daily travel to daycare facilities, University of Minnesota third-year law student Harold Yun said he’s finding it increasingly difficult to balance school and parenting.

In order to help student parents like Yun, the Professional Student Government is gathering feedback and comments to send to the Office of Student Affairs.

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By: Brian Edwards

With rising childcare costs and daily travel to daycare facilities, University of Minnesota third-year law student Harold Yun said he’s finding it increasingly difficult to balance school and parenting.

In order to help student parents like Yun, the Professional Student Government is gathering feedback and comments to send to the Office of Student Affairs.

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By: Sadman Rahman

Daughters may be getting more attention from parents than sons because they have a greater chance of having kids, according to a Carlson School of Management study.

The study, which will be published in November, found during economic recessions in the United States, parents are more likely to spend money on daughters than sons. Though the researchers believe the trend stems from a subconscious belief that daughters have a greater chance of having children in a recession than sons, some experts think gender doesn’t play a role in how parents allocate resources to their children.

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By: Sadman Rahman

Daughters may be getting more attention from parents than sons because they have a greater chance of having kids, according to a Carlson School of Management study.

The study, which will be published in November, found during economic recessions in the United States, parents are more likely to spend money on daughters than sons. Though the researchers believe the trend stems from a subconscious belief that daughters have a greater chance of having children in a recession than sons, some experts think gender doesn’t play a role in how parents allocate resources to their children.

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By: Sarah Thamer

Decked in long tubes and cable wires, the Blekhman lab on the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus is designed to collect data at lightning-fast speeds about human gut microbiomes — the collection of microbes living in the human body that may be linked to cancer.

Ran Blekhman, the lab’s principal investigator and a population geneticist at the school, researches how genetic variations in humans contribute to differences in the microbiome and how the interaction between bacteria in the microbiome is causing diseases.

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By: Sarah Thamer

Decked in long tubes and cable wires, the Blekhman lab on the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus is designed to collect data at lightning-fast speeds about human gut microbiomes — the collection of microbes living in the human body that may be linked to cancer.

Ran Blekhman, the lab’s principal investigator and a population geneticist at the school, researches how genetic variations in humans contribute to differences in the microbiome and how the interaction between bacteria in the microbiome is causing diseases.

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By: Elizabeth Smith

Despite a rise in homicides in Minneapolis this year, overall crime is decreasing for nearly every city neighborhood.

Compared to numbers over the first half of the past four years, the number of homicides from Jan. 1 to June 30 of this year has risen from an average of about 14 homicides in the last five years to 22 this year. Though the University of Minnesota campus has seen a slight decrease in crime, its surrounding neighborhoods have seen the biggest jump in violent crimes this year.

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By: Elizabeth Smith

Despite a rise in homicides in Minneapolis this year, overall crime is decreasing for nearly every city neighborhood.

Compared to numbers over the first half of the past four years, the number of homicides from Jan. 1 to June 30 of this year has risen from an average of about 14 homicides in the last five years to 22 this year. Though the University of Minnesota campus has seen a slight decrease in crime, its surrounding neighborhoods have seen the biggest jump in violent crimes this year.

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By: Benjamin Farniok

In an effort to persuade students to vote in local elections, Ward 3 City Councilman Jacob Frey is looking to University of Minnesota-area landlords for help.

At a City Council meeting last week, Frey announced he will introduce a plan at the end of the month that would require landlords to hand out voter registration documents to residents when they move in. The idea aims to make voter registration easier for student renters and to increase the number of students turning out on Election Day.

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By: Benjamin Farniok

In an effort to persuade students to vote in local elections, Ward 3 City Councilman Jacob Frey is looking to University of Minnesota-area landlords for help.

At a City Council meeting last week, Frey announced he will introduce a plan at the end of the month that would require landlords to hand out voter registration documents to residents when they move in. The idea aims to make voter registration easier for student renters and to increase the number of students turning out on Election Day.

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