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Monday, September 1, 2025
Hello everyone, it’s Labor Day, so I won’t be too long. However, I did want to give a heads up that we will really start to put the “daily” in the Minnesota Daily.
From Google’s Gemini to the University’s revamped bike center, lots have happened, so scroll and see what you may have missed this summer.
Stay golden,
Alexis Letang | Editor-in-Chief | [email protected]
Top Story
The launch of the University National Security Research Institute was postponed indefinitely. — Image by Eleanor King
Protests interrupt a years long effort to secure additional defense dollars at the University
by Anshu Patel | Published August 31, 2025
In mid-June, then Board of Regents President Janie Mayerson woke up to two words spray painted on her doorstep — “NO MISSILES.”
Amidst budget and funding cuts at the time, the Board of Regents faced backlash for deciding to sell 60 acres of land to St. Paul base defense contractor, North Wind.
That land sale was part of a larger effort to bring defense dollars to the University of Minnesota and the state at large. One facet of this initiative is the launch of the University of Minnesota’s new National Security Research Institute, which was quietly postponed.
Keep up with campus
 | Google’s generative AI tool now available for UMN systemwide useBy Hannah Reynolds | University of Minnesota students, faculty and staff systemwide now have access to Google’s latest AI assistant, Gemini. |
 | Carlson School of Management announces rebrand as Minnesota Carlson ahead of fall semesterBy Sara Hussein | The University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management announced on Wednesday that for marketing purposes, the school will be referred to as “Minnesota Carlson” instead of “Carlson School,” which was used for about 40 years. |
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