By: Tyler Gieseke

Responding to successive cuts in federal funding, University of Minnesota Extension announced Monday it will scale back a program that helps low-income families make healthy, cost-effective food choices.

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By: Jack Satzinger

In their 63-52 loss Saturday at Creighton, the Gophers couldn’t stop Bluejays forward Sarah Nelson, who scored a game-high 22 points.

“Nelson played the four position, and she was extremely versatile,” Minnesota head coach Pam Borton said. “I thought she was a really tough matchup for our team.”

In Wednesday night’s game against Kansas, the Gophers will have to deal with another athletic post player — Chelsea Gardner.

Gardner scored 24 points and reeled in 13 rebounds in Kansas’ first game of the season.

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By: Jace Frederick

The Gophers attempted a lot of three-point shots Tuesday night.

It may have been too many — especially for a team that shot just 28.6 percent from the beyond the arc in the game.

Minnesota took 28 total threes — 17 in the first half — but still managed an 82-72 victory over Coastal Carolina at Williams Arena.

“We fell in love with the three,” junior guard Andre Hollins said. “We should have attacked them [and gotten] to the foul line.”

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By: Jack Satzinger

In the offseason, the Gophers lost Devin Crawford-Tufts and Andre McDonald — two of the team’s most talented wide receivers.

They might have just lost a third.

Senior Derrick Engel went down with a knee injury during practice Sunday afternoon.

Gophers head coach Jerry Kill said at his Tuesday press conference that he would not comment on whether Engel tore his anterior cruciate ligament until he knew test results.

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By: Tyler Gieseke

When Gary Johnson’s wife told him they were having guests, he set out chairs and made coffee. He didn’t realize the meeting about women’s health in Sierra Leone would end up taking him across the globe.

Johnson, a former University faculty member, is part of the Rural Health Care Initiative, a new nonprofit working to improve health resources for pregnant women in Sierra Leone’s remote chiefdom of Tikonko.

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By: Alex Bitter

As the Minnesota Vikings prepare to play at TCF Bank Stadium next year, the team is bringing along funds for surrounding neighborhoods.

The football team will contribute $90,000 in cash and $35,000 in in-kind contributions per season for “high-visibility” projects in the neighborhoods around the University of Minnesota. University Community Relations outlined how it and the football team will grant the funds at a meeting Wednesday night in Southeast Como.

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By: Hailey Colwell

Coming to the University of Minnesota as a Post Secondary Enrollment Options student, Muhammad Islam joined the PSEO Student Association to meet other high school students attending the University and to feel more comfortable on campus.

This fall, the computer science and mathematics freshman is working to revamp the Pakistani Student Association so Pakistani students can feel more connected on campus and teach others about their culture.

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By: Hailey Colwell

Coming to the University of Minnesota as a Post Secondary Enrollment Options student, Muhammad Islam joined the PSEO Student Association to meet other high school students attending the University and to feel more comfortable on campus.

This fall, the computer science and mathematics freshman is working to revamp the Pakistani Student Association so Pakistani students can feel more connected on campus and teach others about their culture.

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By: David Nelson

Entering matchups with Iowa over the weekend, the Gophers men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams had a combined 5-1 record.

Both teams continued their hot starts to the season against the Hawkeyes. The men’s team won 174-126, and the women’s team won 194-101.

Senior co-captain Luke Bushman turned in a solid performance for the men’s team, winning both the 200-meter backstroke and the 400-meter individual medley.

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By: Dane Mizutani

Minnesota’s women’s basketball team finished up its exhibition slate Saturday with a 69-54 win over Minnesota State-Moorhead at Williams Arena.

After a hotly contested first half, the Gophers pulled away in the second en route to the 15-point win.

“I thought we played better the other night,” head coach Pam Borton said in a press release. “This was a little bit of a reality check. I thought our players faced adversity out there, but I thought we did some good things.”

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