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Last Updated: Jun 15, 2025

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Former University of Minnesota student among hundreds killed in Air India plane crash • June 14, 2025, 6:41 AM ET (CBS)

Vandals strike University of Minnesota regents' homes to protest aerospace facility • June 14, 2025, 6:41 AM ET (CBS)

U of M proposes tuition hikes across all campuses, 7% cut to academic programs • June 9, 2025, 11:17 PM ET (CBS)

2 hurt, 1 arrested after shooting at U of M following H.S. graduation ceremony, police say • June 2, 2025, 5:36 AM ET (CBS)

Video Shooting near Minnesota graduation event, suspect in custody • May 31, 2025, 6:57 AM ET (ABC News (U.S.))

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Date	1851 - present
Areas Of Involvement	land-grant universities • public education
Notable Alumni	Elvin Charles Stakman • Nick Clegg • James Hong • Tony Dungy • Melvin Calvin • Henry Fonda • Ron Johnson • Tim Pawlenty • Hubert Humphrey • Norman Ernest Borlaug • Maria Schneider • Yanni • Brian K. Kobilka • Walter Mondale • James Rosenquist • Duane Hanson • Louis Ignarro • Seymour Cray • Kate Millett • Carl Rowan • Everett McKinley Dirksen • Whitney Young • Patricia Schroeder • Lars Peter Hansen • Carl Stokes • Daniel L. McFadden • Eric Sevareid • Norman E. Shumway • Edward B. Lewis • Christiaan Barnard • Donald Kent Slayton • Walter H. Brattain
Related People	Maria Louise Sanford

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