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Professor Jessica Clarke was interviewed about her Duke Law Journal article, "Inferring Desire," for the RightsCast podcast. Clarke's article discusses courts' tendency to treat sexual desire as a…
Professor Myron Orfield's new Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity report on housing segregation in the Twin Cities was discussed in a MinnPost article entitled "Why Are the Twin Cities so Segregated? A New Report…
Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Pioneer Press article about the University of Minnesota's Student Service Fee Committee's attempt to condition funding to an independent student magazine on "culturally…
Professor Paul Vaaler was interviewed by WCCO News Radio's John Hines on yesterday's announcement by Target Corporation's CEO, Brian Cornell, that Target would be shedding "thousands" of workers at the Minneapolis…
Professor Paul Vaaler was interviewed by WCCO TV's Natalie Nyhus about the history and achievements of five prominent Minnesotans on the Forbes World Billionaires List: Whitney MacMillan, Stanley Hubbard, Glen Taylor…
Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin has been selected to join the University of Minnesota's Grand Challenges Research Strategies Group to help shape grand-challenges research priorities. This group has been charged with…
Professor Heidi Kitrosser's new book, Reclaiming Accountability, was reviewed by Steven Aftergood in Secrecy News, the widely read publication of the Government Secrecy Project of the Federation of American…
Professor Alexandra Klass was quoted in a ThinkProgress blog on the use of eminent domain for the Keystone XL Pipeline. The article explores why private property rights groups have been mostly silent on the use of…
Professor Francis Shen wrote an op-ed in Crain's Chicago Business calling for a binding referendum to allow Chicago to return to an elected school board. The proposal follows a citywide vote on Tuesday…
Professor Paul Vaaler joins WCCO News Radio's Dave Lee every Wednesday morning to discuss the latest topics in business in their segment entitled "Business By Carlson."
Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Pioneer Press article about the University's new policy to omit race and other descriptors of suspects from crime alerts under most circumstances. Kirtley was asked…
Professor Christopher Soper discussed with MPR News what assets might be available to the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to pay claims in bankruptcy. "The answer is: It depends," said Soper. He expects…