In a little over a year, the two-story Mathematics Library in Vincent Hall at the University of Minnesota will close for good. By then, most of the book and journals will be settled in their new home – the U of M's offsite collections facility – currently under construction. As a result of changes in patron usage patterns, libraries across campus are being reimagined to meet the needs of digital natives.

Gen Z has an affinity for all things 90s. TV personality and artist, Bob Ross, happens to fall into that era. During a Valentine's Day snowstorm, honors students traded in their pencils for paintbrushes to experience a sprinkle of vicarious nostalgia and those happy little trees.

Capturing a fleeting scene is not easy, especially when referencing it solely from memory. But on April 15, 2023, the Twin Cities chapter of the international group, Urban Sketchers, ventured to Keg and Case Market in Saint Paul, Minn., and did exactly that. Gliding their pens, pencils and water brushes across their sketchbooks, the sketchers turned their eyes into viewfinders to document the extraordinary in the ordinary.

Students at the University of Minnesota learn how to practice sustainability in their day-to-day lives with the help of the CLA Student Board and Undergraduate Student Government during a sustainability activity fair on Oct. 26, 2023.

While national dialogue about natural hair has emerged, following the suspension of a Texas student who wore his natural hair tied up in locs, Tianna Thompson – owner of The Human of Color Haircare – has taken it upon herself to promote natural hair empowerment. On Sunday Oct. 1, 2023, Thompson's last day at the Farmers Market Annex in Minneapolis, Minn., she opened up about the importance of uplifting the textured natural hair community,.

This year, Diwali began on Sunday Nov. 12. At the University of Minnesota, festivities for the Hindu holiday began two days earlier. On Friday, Nov. 10, the student group Bharat organized an event called Dil Se Diwali to give the campus community a taste of one of India's biggest holidays.

On January 27, 2023, Saint Paul native Andrew Hinrichs, shared his goal of owning a coffeehouse one day. 7 Corners Coffee, adjacent from the University of Minnesota’s West Bank, is where he has found community for now.

Next Stop: Public Transit in 2022 is a short film hybrid between a documentary and a broadcast news segment. Synopsis: Public Transit in the Twin Cities has changed since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic. A student journalist takes a look at how Metro Transit operations have been affected and the importance of public transit. A special thank you to Metro Transit for providing the opportunity to film on-site, and to Brian Funk and Michele Selseth for being willing to be interviewed. Subscribe to my channel!: @sofecita