Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—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 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 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…
—Four different state appellate courts have cited or quoted Professor Barry Feld's juvenile justice scholarship on issues ranging from youth's custody status for purposes of Miranda warning to use of delinquency…
—Professor Susan Wolf has received the McDonald-Merrill-Ketcham Award for Excellence in Law and Medicine, given annually by Indiana University Law School and Medical School. Wolf traveled to Indianapolis to…
—Professor Susan Wolf is blogging on Harvard Law School's "Bill of Health" about dying in America. Her post, entitled…
—Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in an Atlantic article entitled "The Miracle of Minneapolis." He describes the importance of the fiscal disparities or tax base sharing law and argues that it has kept…