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Board of Regents

The University’s Board of Regents approved the budget in a 9-3 vote.

UMN approves operating budget, controversial tuition hikes and academic program cuts

by Hannah Reynolds and Sara Hussein
Published June 19, 2025

The University of Minnesota Board of Regents voted Wednesday to approve the upcoming year’s operating budget, hiking tuition across all campuses and making cuts to academic programs. The $5.1 billion...

Gretchen Ritter previously worked at Syrracuse University as provost, vice chancellor and chief academic officer. Photo courtesy of UMN Public Relations

Provost nomination causes upset among faculty

by Sara Hussein and Isabella Morden Wheeldon
Published June 18, 2025

University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham is facing controversy among staff and faculty after she announced her selection for the university’s new provost, pending the Board of Regents’...

Regents met in the boardroom on Friday.

UMN Board of Regents faces activist criticism amid budget discussions

by Isabella Morden Wheeldon, Anshu Patel, and Sara Hussein
Published June 18, 2025

The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents faced controversy during their June sessions on Thursday and Friday, as students and community members protested concerns for the university’s budget...

“NO MISSILES” spray-painted outside of a regent's home.

Board of Regents’ homes vandalized

by Minnesota Daily News Staff
Published June 12, 2025

Members of the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents had their homes vandalized Wednesday in protest of the University’s sale of UMore Park for the development of a hypersonic missile test facility...

From left to right: Douglas Huebsch and Robyn Gulley

Board of Regents discuss leadership as Regents Huebsch, Gulley seek the chair position

by Anshu Patel
Published May 30, 2025

The Board of Regents Nominating Committee met Wednesday to interview candidates for upcoming vacancies in Board leadership positions, as sitting Chair Janie Mayeron and Co-Vice Chair Mike Kenyanya’s...

Senior Vice President Myron Frans presenting during the University of Minnesota Board of Regents special meeting on Monday June 26, 2023.

Meet the UMN Board of Regents state at-large, fifth district candidates

by Mady Leick
Published May 6, 2025

The Minnesota State Legislature will elect four new University of Minnesota Board of Regents this spring to fill the four open seats — one student at-large, two statewide at-large and one fifth district...

Flora Yang (right), who ran for the statewide at-large seat two years ago, and Dylan Young (left) are the current candidates. Courtesy of Young and Yang.

Meet the UMN Board of Regents student candidates

by Mady Leick
Published April 24, 2025

The Minnesota State Legislature will elect four new University of Minnesota Board of Regents this spring to fill the four open seats — one student at-large, two statewide at-large and one fifth district...

Students and staff across campus have felt outrage after the Board of Regents.

Protesters, faculty speak against UMN Board of Regents institutional speech resolution

by Tyler Church and Mady Leick
Published April 1, 2025

Since the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents approved a policy regarding institutional speech, many members of the University community, from faculty to staff and students, feel the Board’s...

Regent Janie Mayeron addresses a crowd of protesters who chanting during the Board of Regents meeting.

UMN Board of Regents restricts institutional speech, tours university facilities

by Mady Leick
Published March 17, 2025

The University of Minnesota Board of Regents adopted a policy of restricting institutional speech to be approved by President Rebecca Cunningham in a 9-3 decision at its meeting March 13 and 14. Regents...

UMPD arrested one protester in the sixth-floor lobby of McNamara Alumni Center minutes after the Board of Regents approved the resolution.

Protester arrested at UMN Board of Regents meeting

by Mady Leick, Hannah Reynolds, and Hannah Ward
Published March 14, 2025

University of Minnesota Police Department (UMPD) arrested one protester in the McNamara Alumni Center minutes after the Board of Regents approved a resolution restricting institutional speech during their...

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