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The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (U of M or The U) is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system. The nickname of the University of Minnesota is the Golden Gophers.

Minnesota's sports teams mostly play in the Big Ten Conference. The women's ice hockey team plays in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA); the men's ice hockey team also played in the WCHA until 2013, when the Big Ten began a men's ice hockey league.

 

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Images for kids

  • Northrop Mall 2

    Northrop Mall

  • Northrop Mall Winter

    University of Minnesota East Bank campus in the winter

  • Northrop Mall panorama

    Mall panorama, from left: Ford Hall, Coffman Memorial Union, Kolthoff Hall, Smith Hall (in center of image), Walter Library, Johnston Hall, Northrop, and Morrill Hall

  • AerialUMN-MPLS012506

    Aerial photo of the Minneapolis campus, facing east

  • UMN-NorthrupMall

    East Bank

  • Walter Library-20060904

    Walter Library, Northrop Mall

  • Pillsbury Hall

    Pillsbury Hall, one of the oldest buildings on campus (1889)

  • Weisman Art Museum

    Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum

  • Rarig Center-20071213

    Department of Theatre Arts & Dance, Rarig Center

  • Washington Avenue Bridge Minneapolis

    The Washington Avenue Bridge connects the East Bank and West Bank portions of the Minneapolis campus.

  • Green Line, Coffman Union, and bus stop

    A Green Line train after leaving the East Bank Station, heading towards Downtown Minneapolis

  • AerialUMN-SP012506

    Aerial photo of St. Paul campus, facing south

  • Northrupmall

    The eastern edge of the Northrop Mall, Spring 2008

  • TCF Bank Stadium opener

    TCF Bank Stadium replaced the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome as the Gophers' home stadium in 2009.

  • Mariucci Arena

    Mariucci Arena

  • Norman Borlaug

    Norman Borlaug (B.S, Forestry, 1937; M.S. (1939) and Ph.D. (1942), Plant Pathology), 1970 Nobel Prize in Peace

  • Herb Brooks 1983

    Herb Brooks (B.A., 1962), Olympic ice hockey coach

  • Nick Clegg by the 2009 budget cropped

    Nick Clegg (Fellow, 1989–90) Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

  • Bob Dylan - Azkena Rock Festival 2010 2

    Bob Dylan (Literature & Arts, 1959-1960) 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature

  • GKpress

    Garrison Keillor (B.S, English, 1966), author

  • U.S Vice-President Walter Mondale

    Walter Mondale (B.A., Political Science, 1951), 42nd Vice President of the United States

  • Slayton

    Deke Slayton (B.S., Aeronautical Engineering, 1949), Mercury Seven astronaut


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